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• Alberta's Freedom Conservative Party secures cash for legislature work

  25-10-2018 23:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s newest political party will receive taxpayer funds to help run its one-member caucus.
  The Freedom Conservative Party, led by Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt, asked for the cash Thursday at the legislative assembly’s members’ services committee.
  His argument was simple: The single-MLA Liberal Party gets a leader’s allowance and research dollars, as did the Alberta Party when it was a one-man show, so his fledgling caucus should too.
  Fildebrandt was origin
  
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• Social Seen: Style for Stollery

  25-10-2018 20:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Style for Stollery
  Where: Southgate Centre
  When: October 14
  What: Fashion show fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, hosted by the Stollery Women’s Network
  Featuring: Brunch, mimosas, live music from the a/b Trio, candy bar and a fashion show
  Photojournalist Codie McLachlan hits some of Edmonton’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at
  
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• Wine column: Partake extends open invitation to wine lovers

  25-10-2018 20:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’m always delighted to find a restaurant that puts the same level of attention and focus of the food menu toward the wine list. Of course, it must be followed with trained and knowledgeable staff to enhance the customer experience. Well, what a pleasant surprise it was when I pulled up a stool and ordered a glass of sparkling wine at Edmonton’s newest wine bar in High Street called Partake (12431 102 Ave.), and complimentary bar snacks arrived from the kitchen.
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• Lipscombe: Yoga for toddlers?! Who knew?

  25-10-2018 20:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Is the exercise I’ve been avoiding all my life actually the most natural thing in the world?
  I have an active, smart, engaged just-turned-two-year-old. But nothing could have prepared me for what I saw him do earlier this week.
  My husband had been hosting a fitness conference in Vancouver and returned with an idea.
  “I have a new show for Indy!” he said, excitedly. “It’s called Cosmic Kids Yoga.”
  I told him no. Indy had enough TV shows on his roster already and
  
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• Musicians find renewal in learning what they do best

  25-10-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Despite the move to re-create classic rock and pop albums on stage, most musicians will tell you that their songs are always evolving in some small way in live performance. Most of them like it that way, because always playing exactly the same thing can get boring fast.
  Singer Jenie Thai finished her third CD Night On Fire early this year but the tunes aren’t finished.
  “The songs have taken on a life of their own,” she explains. “They have already grown and changed even t
  
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• Alberta Ballet's fresh spin on Sleeping Beauty takes fairytale to the Rockies

  25-10-2018 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good versus evil. Princes and princesses. Fairies, magic spells and mountain castles.
  Those are some of the story elements that have made The Sleeping Beauty a cornerstone of the classical ballet repertoire since Tchaikovsky’s musical adaptation of the fairy tale had it’s premiere performance in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1890.
  Still, it never hurts to blow the dust off an old classic.
  In featuring this archetypal drama for its current season Alberta Ballet adds a little novelty, relo
  
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• Game Day #8 – Edmonton Oilers aim to keep a promising October rolling against the powerhouse Caps

  25-10-2018 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers can almost see daylight.
  At the outset of the season the club and its fans looked at the October schedule and saw a virtual murder’s row of opponents:
  Bruins. Jets. Bruins again. Stingy Nashville. The perennial contending Pittsburgh Penguins. The defending Stanley Cup Champions. And then the Predators one more time before “relative” relief arrives against Chicago on the 28th. Yikes! If the Oilers could survive that stretch intact? The season could line
  
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• Talk Back: A vision for sprawl? What's at stake for Edmonton in self-driving shuttle test

  25-10-2018 17:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s cute self-driving test shuttle is skittish –- down for repairs again this week.
  But most people watching this rapidly evolving technology are convinced it will succeed eventually and have dramatic impacts on how we build our cities.
  Will autonomous technology lead to massive sprawl — with people working in their cars as they commute, for example, from Pigeon Lake to Edmonton?
  Or will it usher in more urban renewal, with vibrant, walkable neighbourhoods centred on cos
  
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• Mountie shot dead in 1913 finally gets regimental headstone at Edmonton cemetery

  25-10-2018 16:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was coming onto dusk when Cpl. Maxwell Bailey and two fellow North West Mounted Police officers arrived on horseback at the property of Oscar Fonberg at Grassy Lake, near present day Vegreville.
  It was April 23, 1913, and the province was gripped by an unseasonably warm spell. Fonberg was wanted on a warrant of insanity — a legitimate charge in those days — after shooting at a neighbour.
  At the sight of the Mounties, Fonberg fled his ramshackle shanty and hid in a dugout
  
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• Edmonton weather: Temperatures still way above seasonal, but it won't last

  25-10-2018 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 4.1 C with 8 km/h winds out of the west.
  Today might just be one of the last nice autumn days as the long-term forecast shows signs of rain, snow, wind and a return to single digit temperatures. But in the meantime, today is shaping up to be another dandy with a high of 14 C (double the seasonal average of 7 C). Friday is looking to be slightly warmer at 15 C b
  
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• Thursday's letters: Carbon-tax math doesn't add up

  25-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  We are told that the federal government will return 90 per cent of the money it collects from the carbon tax. How nice of the Liberals to take our money, then expect support by giving 90 per cent back.
  The next article explains how the average household will receive rebates of 20 per cent to 40 per cent more than the average household costs will go up.
  Sure, much of the money collected comes from taxes on industry, but who do you think ends up paying for that?
  Can you believe how ludicrous this
  
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• Editorial: Go-to spot better than no-go zone

  25-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s the end of The End of the World as we know it, and it feels fine.
  That’s because the forbidding, and forbidden, lookout point informally known as The End of the World will soon be replaced by a safer, more accessible and city-sanctioned site to take in one of the most spectacular vistas of the North Saskatchewan River valley that Edmonton has to offer.
  For those unfamiliar with The End of the World, it’s a vantage point atop a rugged cliff of massive concrete columns
  
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• Brian Jean: Alberta has been firewalled from Canada

  25-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Over two decades ago, some prominent Alberta thinkers wrote the infamous “firewall letter” laying out suggestions for how Alberta could insulate itself from the interference of Ottawa and Eastern elites.
  It looks like the authors got their wish — Alberta has been firewalled. Somehow, we have reached the stage where the Canadian establishment and elites in the courts, politics and academia are all happy to throw away the underlying principles of Confederation to punish Albertans
  
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• Keith Gerein: NDP minister's visit to picket line a lesson in poor optics

  25-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  This week, as rotating postal strikes started to disrupt mail delivery in various parts of Canada, Alberta’s NDP Labour Minister Christina Gray decided to send a message of her own.
  It just may not have been the message she intended.
  Gray was featured in a social media post that showed her posing with striking members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in Edmonton.
  “Show your support today in their fight for a fair contract by dropping by the picket line,” the Tweet read.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos invite St. Albert family that received racist letter to football game - Global News Edmonton

  25-10-2018 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton Eskimos invite St. Albert family that received racist letter to football game  Global News EdmontonThe president of the Edmonton Eskimos has invited a St. Albert family that received a threatening letter earlier this month to be his personal guests at the Nov.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers newcomers Chiasson, Marody, Rieder, Bouchard, Gravel looking good so far

  25-10-2018 07:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers are not tearing up the NHL but they’re hanging in there, with seven points in seven games.
  How have they do so, despite a brutal travel schedule against generally tough opposing teams?
  The Oilers have had solid contributions from a number of returning players, most notably Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kris Russell and Oscar Klefbom.
  But a group of newcomers has also stepped up, including Alex Chiasson, Tobias Rieder, Evan Bouchard, and Kevin Gravel.Chiasson, 28,
  
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• Washington Capitals Practice – Alex Ovechkin, head coach Todd Reirden

  25-10-2018 05:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Considering how hard the Washington Capitals celebrated their first Stanley Cup title, it’s almost a minor miracle they are not suffering a championship hangover.
  Instead of stumbling out of the gate, the Capitals pounded the Boston Bruins 7-0 in their opening game of the season and are out to a 4-2-2 start heading into their game against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place (7 p.m.) on Thursday.
  “For us, it’s a great feeling (being defending champs), obviously, we did something
  
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• Charges laid after cannabis products allegedly sold without authorization at store north of Edmonton

  25-10-2018 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  Three people have been charged with drug-related offences after the RCMP allege a store selling vaping products in St. Albert, Alta., was also selling cannabis products without authorization and before it became legal in Canada.
  
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• Central Alberta worker dies at Dow Canada plant

  25-10-2018 03:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A worker at a Dow-operated polyethylene plant in central Alberta died on-site Wednesday, the company said in an email.
  No details are being released by the company except to say that the person died at the Prentiss site, located about 30 kilometres north of Red Deer, at about midnight on Oct. 24.
  “Dow notified the appropriate authorities and the name of the worker is not being released at this time,” the email said adding that an investigation is underway.
  “Our thoughts are wit
  
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• Lubicon Lake Band reaches historic $121-million land claim settlement with Canada, Alberta

  25-10-2018 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A land claim dispute that spanned 85 years, spurred an Olympic protest and became a symbol for Indigenous self-determination in Canada ended Wednesday when the Lubicon Lake Band inked a $121-million deal with the federal and provincial governments.
  “There is no use lamenting the past, we have to look into the future,” said Chief Billy Joe Laboucan at a news conference held at the Federal Building on the Alberta legislature grounds. “This has been a long time coming.”
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• Regimental headstone installed for RCMP Cpl. Maxwell George Bailey

  25-10-2018 02:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  A regimental headstone was installed for North West Mounted Police Cpl. Maxwell George Bailey (Reg. No. 4968) at Edmonton cemetery on Wednesday.
  Bailey was killed in the line of duty while responding to a report of a man shooting at his neighbour at Grassy Lake (near present day Vegreville) on April 23, 1913.
  He was given a regimental funeral and recorded on the RCMP Honour Roll as the 39th RCMP member to have died while executing their duties. The grave is located in Section B, Block 65, Plot
  
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• 'It's been a long time coming': $121-million land claim settlement struck with Lubicon Lake Band following decades-long dispute

  25-10-2018 02:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A long-standing land claim in northern Alberta has been finalized between the federal and provincial governments and Lubicon Lake Band with the parties agreeing to an almost $121 million final settlement.
  As part of the historic agreement, the province of Alberta will pay $15 million “for purposes to be determined by Lubicon” as well as $3 million for capital enhancements to the Little Buffalo school to allow it to provide post-secondary education.
  Ottawa agreed to $95 million in com
  
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• Lubicon Lake Band reaches historic land claim settlement

  25-10-2018 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A land claim dispute that spanned 85 years, spurred an Olympic protest and became a symbol for Indigenous self-determination in Canada ended Wednesday when the Lubicon Lake Band inked a $121-million deal with the federal and provincial governments.
  “There is no use lamenting the past, we have to look into the future,” said Chief Billy Joe Laboucan at a news conference held at the Federal Building on the Alberta legislature grounds. “This has been a long time coming.”
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• Alex Chiasson's speaks after Oilers practice

  25-10-2018 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers winger Alex Chiasson comments after team practice in Edmonton on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (VIDEO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  
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• American food innovation expert talks future of lab-grown cellular meat

  25-10-2018 02:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Protein products will need to be raised in labs rather than farms within the next 22 years in order to withstand the growing global population, a food innovation expert says.
  The technology of lab-grown meat, or cultured meat, will be crucial by 2040 if animal products continue to be consumed at the level they are today, North Carolina Food Innovation Centre director Bill Aimutis said Wednesday ahead of a lecture series at the University of Alberta.
  “If we continue to consume protein at th
  
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• From farms to labs: Food innovation expert says lab-grown meat products are food of the future

  25-10-2018 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Protein products will need to be raised in laboratories rather than farms within the next 22 years in order to withstand the growing global population, a food innovation expert says.
  The technology of lab-grown meat, or cultured meat, will be crucial by 2040 if animal products continue to be consumed at the level they are today, North Carolina Food Innovation Centre director Bill Aimutis said Wednesday ahead of a lecture series at the University of Alberta.
  “If we continue to consume prote
  
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• Man gunned down at auto body shop operation identified as business owner

  25-10-2018 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The man killed in the city’s latest homicide at a downtown auto body repair shop Tuesday morning has been identified as the business owner.
  Ahmed Ahmed, 36, was gunned down inside his Aftermath Autohaus Inc. business around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, neighbouring business owner Ambesager Belay of CarProof Auto Repair said Wednesday. Postmedia confirmed the victim’s name through a corporate registry search.
  Police responding to the gun call scoured both Aftermath Autohaus at 9648 105A Ave.&nb
  
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• Alberta environment minister wants Ottawa to 'quit dithering' on Bill C-69

  25-10-2018 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal government needs to “quit dithering” over a bill that will overhaul Canada’s energy regulatory processes, Alberta’s environment minister says.
  Environment Minister Shannon Phillips was in Ottawa Wednesday to meet with senators over the future of Bill C-69, dubbed the Impact Assessment Act.
  Although the province supports the intent of the bill, Phillips is adamant it would, in its current form, hurt both the Alberta and the Canadian economies.
  She’s confi
  
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• Press Gallery interview: Marlin Schmidt talks university tuition

  25-10-2018 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Our second episode of the Press Gallery Interview features Alberta’s Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt, who stopped by to chat with the Edmonton Journal’s legislature columnist Keith Gerein.The two talk about an eagerly anticipated review of Alberta’s tuition rates, and the minister’s relationship with the University of Alberta following some critical comments earlier this year. Schmidt also offers his take on the priorities of the NDP convention this weekend, an
  
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• 'Just frustrated': Iveson wants to meet with Notley to untangle municipal funding issue

  25-10-2018 00:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson says he wants to meet with Premier Rachel Notley to try to reach a “political solution” on a funding agreement between the province and its largest cities.
  The mayor was reacting Wednesday to comments made by Finance Minister Joe Ceci, who said that Edmonton and Calgary need to recognize the province’s fiscal challenges in coming to an agreement on a new formula for funding the cities receive for infrastructure projects.
  “At this point I would like to sit
  
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