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• Flu shots now available at health clinics, pharmacies across Alberta

  15-10-2018 23:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Public health clinics, doctors’ offices and pharmacies across the province started offering flu shots Monday as health officials encouraged Albertans of all ages to get vaccinated this year.
  Anyone above the age of six months can get the shot, free of charge.
  “It’s your best chance at being protected against influenza. And what it does is not only protect ourselves, it often reduces the severity of illness and if you’re not ill, then you are not transmitting to other peop
  
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• Suspicious death of senior: Husband injured, homicide unit not seeking suspects

  15-10-2018 22:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  The owner of an apartment complex where a senior was found dead under suspicious circumstances Sunday said the woman and her husband were “model tenants.”
  “They’re really long-term tenants,” said Craig Stout, owner of the Parkside Manor building at 10220 115 St. in Oliver.
  “I didn’t know her very well but the gentleman I knew quite well. He’s a great guy, very articulate, intelligent — we never ever had any issues with them.&rd
  
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• Bravery awards: Man helped city police officer from attacker gouging her eyes

  15-10-2018 22:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  When a combative man wandering in traffic attacked a city police officer, twice trying to gouge her eyes out with his thumbs, Thomas O’Leary jumped in to help.
  O’Leary — one of over a dozen Albertans honoured Monday at city police headquarters with Royal Canadian Humane Association Bravery Awards — was on a ride-a-long with the officer June 16 when they pulled over to help a man impaired by drugs jumping in and out of downtown traffic.
  But when the constable attempte
  
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• Alberta to give $11.2M to municipalities for legalized pot costs; Iveson 'furious'

  15-10-2018 21:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will be providing $11.2 million over two years to help municipalities with policing and regulation after recreational cannabis becomes legal on Wednesday.
  Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Monday the funding will go to municipalities that pay for policing costs and have more than 5,000 residents.
  “We know much of the impacts of cannabis legalization will be felt locally,” Ceci said in a Monday morning press conference in Calgary.
  However, municipalities say limitations on the ne
  
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• Gingerbread for charity back this year at Duchess Bake Shop

  15-10-2018 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Duchess Bake Shop co-owner Garner Beggs thinks big. To whit: even the table for his gingerbread house at the bakery is eight feet by six feet. So prepare to be amazed by the structure itself.
  Garner has made the holiday gingerbread house as a fundraiser for a number of years, although he’s taken the couple of years off from the effort. This year, he’s back with a holiday creation modelled after Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Castle.
  It’s a labour of love that takes up countless
  
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• Alberta to give $11.2 million in police funding when pot legalized, 17 stores ready to open

  15-10-2018 20:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will be providing $11.2 million to help municipalities with policing after recreational cannabis becomes legal on Wednesday.
  Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the funding will go to municipalities that have their own policing costs.
  He says 60 per cent of the money will be made available this fiscal year, with the remaining funds distributed next year.
  The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis commission says 17 retail shops have been approved so far to open with interim licences Wednesday.
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• Residents Encouraged to Attend Annexation Open Houses

  15-10-2018 18:30
  Chance to learn about potential annexation of portion of Sturgeon County The City of St. Albert and Sturgeon County are... Read Post
  
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• Oilers in 60: Fans can breathe a sigh of relief

  15-10-2018 16:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well that feels much better doesn’t it?
  It seemed like Oilers fans were on the brink of desertion heading into Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers with their beloved team having lost two in a row and looking quite dismal in the process. But it’s amazing how winning can help quell any and all fan frustration.
  The Oilers played the Rangers to a hard fought 2-1 matinee game at Madison Square Gardens, but it wasn’t an easy victory by any means. Things could have gone
  
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• Edmonton weather: Great Odin's Raven! It's going to be 21 C Wednesday

  15-10-2018 14:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 8.4 C with 15 km/h winds out of the west, northwest.
  Up is down. Left is right. Summer is fall. Fall is winter. But fall is also summer. Hands up if you’re confused yet? It doesn’t really matter anymore because this week is goign to wash away any winter blues you may have been experiencing over the past few weeks. Forecasters are calling for nothing b
  
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• Quick laws and freezing wages: Jason Kenney outlines plans for power

  15-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lower wages for youth and a minister of de-regulation could be in the cards for Alberta if the United Conservative Party wins a provincial election in 2019.
  Bits and pieces of the official Opposition’s platform continue to leak into the public sphere, including these plans outlined by leader Jason Kenney at a recent Calgary Chamber of Commerce speech.
  Swift changes to avoid opposition
  Kenney said the UCP will hire people to draft orders in council for cabinet to adopt the week it’s s
  
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• Edmonton's public school enrolment tops 100,000 students

  15-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s public schools are running out of places to put some of the 100,000 kids enrolled — especially in the suburbs.
  A Sept. 28 head count tallied 101,865 students in the city’s 213 public schools, which is a three per cent jump from September 2017.
  “We’re just delighted that parents and families and students are choosing Edmonton public as the place to do their education,” board chairwoman Michelle Draper said in a Friday interview.
  Maybe so, but adding
  
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• Edmonton's collective tax burden remains competitive despite 'financially challenging' times, says report

  15-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City administration has committed to finding “efficiencies” and controlling costs in the upcoming capital and operating budget in order to “limit the property tax increases and mitigate the impact” on all Edmontonians.
  In a report to be tabled to committee this week, administration said it recognized the past few years have been “financially challenging” for small and medium-sized businesses in part because of the burden of property taxes.
  While larger busines
  
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• Edmonton could add trained taxi drivers to ease demand on overbooked DATS service

  15-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Michelle Bissell gets up at 7:15 a.m. to be first on the phone when she needs to book a ride on Edmonton’s paratransit service.
  The earliest anyone can book DATS is three days ahead. If you’re not on the phone when the lines open, good luck, said Bissell, a public speaker who has cerebral palsy. You’ll have to stay home or pay for a private cab. “You’ve got to be one of the first ones … The demand for DATS is so high right now.”
  People who use DATS
  
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• Cannabis retailers finalize preparations as legalization approaches

  15-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The excitement in Matt Schmitt’s voice is palpable as he puts the finishing touches to his store ahead of cannabis legalization this week.
  The manager of Cannabis House in Edmonton has no idea how many people will pass through the doors Wednesday, but he’s guessing it will be “pretty crazy.”
  Schmitt’s store is one of 17 retailers across Alberta to secure an interim cannabis licence from Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC).
  Fire and Flower has three store
  
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• Edmonton Oilers right wing scoring from Rattie, Yamamoto and Puljujarvi has evaporated

  15-10-2018 09:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  NHL preseason goal scoring
  In the National Hockey League preseason, Edmonton Oilers right wingers were king of the heap. Three games into the regular season, they’re bottom of the pile.
  In the preaseson, Ty Rattie scored seven goals to lead all NHL scorers, Kailer Yamamoto had six to finish second, and Jesse Puljujarvi had four goals, tied for fifth overall.
  It was enough to have Edmonton Oilers fans feeling pretty good about the chances of these three to help the Oilers score more regular
  
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• 'We're flying by the seat of our pants': Fire chiefs push for provincial legislation

  15-10-2018 04:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is one of two provinces without a Fire Services Act, leaving small-town brigades without the support and guidance they need.
  It’s something fire chiefs want to change.
  Alberta Fire Chiefs Association president Peter Krich said small-town fire services are on their own when it comes to making decisions about what to do and how to do it, and municipalities decide whether they even want to provide fire protection.
  “We’re flying by the seat of our pants to figure out how an
  
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• PHOTOS: Edmonton Huskies Defeat Edmonton Wildcats 42-17

  15-10-2018 03:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Huskies defeated the Edmonton Wildcats in Canadian Junior Football League Prairie Football Conference game action at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton on Sunday October 14, 2018. The Huskies defeated the Wildcats by a score of 42-17.
  Edmonton Wildcats wide receiver Nick Hykawy (left) battles for the ball against Edmonton Wildcats defensive backs Tony Savchuk (#2) and Brady Kerr (#11) during Canadian Junior Football League Prairie Football Conference game action in Edmonton on Sunday Octobe
  
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• Homicide detectives investigate senior citizen's death in Oliver neighbourhood

  15-10-2018 01:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of an elderly woman found in an apartment Sunday morning.
  Downtown division officers responded at around 9:40 a.m. for a “check on welfare” call at the Parkside Manor apartment block at 10220 115 Street in the Oliver neighbourhood. The caller requested police check on two people living in a suite there.
  On arrival, officers found the dead woman and an injured male senior citizen, Edmonton police said in a Sunday afternoon new
  
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