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• Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan getting it (mostly) right with wingers on Edmonton Oilers

  29-10-2018 21:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Skilled attacking winger for McDavid? √
  Right role for Lucic? √
  Wingers for Draisaitl? √
  Spots where Puljujarvi and Yamamoto can thrive? Hmm.
  Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan has (for now at least) solved the three most pressing issues on the wing for the Edmonton Oilers, but he’s got a fourth major one still to address.
  Two of the major issues were holdovers for last year, namely finding the right star attacker to play with Connor McDavid and the need to put Milan Luc
  
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• Dearth of dope: Alberta looking for more pot producers as 'outstanding' sales strain supply

  29-10-2018 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province is searching for more licensed pot producers to ramp up Alberta’s cannabis supply amid national shortages reported by government-run and privately operated retailers.
  Producers are trying to grow more plants to meet demand after selling the initial stock they had ready for legalization on Oct. 17, Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) spokesperson Kaleigh Miller in an interview Monday.
  “Right now when you go to albertacannabis.org, you will
  
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• Doctor discipline, child protection: A dozen bills expected as Alberta legislature's fall session kicks off

  29-10-2018 20:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s College of Physicians and Surgeons will soon have more control over disciplining members accused of sexual misconduct and other improprieties, as the result of an upcoming government bill.
  It’s one of an expected dozen pieces of legislation the NDP government plans to bring forward during the Alberta legislature’s fall session, which kicks off Monday and runs until Dec. 6.
  There will also be movement on the child intervention file, with legislation to enact more recom
  
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• Review: Czech violinist Ivan Ženatý offers up fitting celebration

  29-10-2018 17:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Exactly 100 years (and one day) ago, on Oct. 28, 1918, as the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed at the end of the First World War, Czech politicians took over in Prague. Czechoslovakia was born.
  The anniversary was marked by the Edmonton Recital Society — with the support of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences of Alberta — in a recital concert at Muttart Hall on Sunday (Oct. 28). What was not mentioned in the opening introductions was that 2018 is also the 50th anniversary
  
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• Man arrested by West Edmonton Mall security over Hells Angels T-shirt wins hearing

  29-10-2018 17:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man arrested by security guards at West Edmonton Mall for refusing to remove a Hells Angels support T-shirt has won a hearing with the province’s law enforcement review board.
  Paul Sussman claims Edmonton police officers who responded to his 2016 arrest did not take his complaint about the security guards’ conduct seriously, and that he was given the runaround when he later attempted to file a formal complaint.
  The Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) dismissed the police se
  
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• NDP to make announcement on tuition review launched in 2016

  29-10-2018 16:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt is holding a news conference Monday related to the long-awaited tuition review launched two years ago.
  In a Facebook post, he invited post-secondary students to attend the “important announcement.”
  “I know that students have waited a long time to hear the results of the tuition review, and it has been powerful to speak to students across Alberta and to hear how important this issue is to you,” said the post. “You spoke, and
  
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• Oilers in 60: A win is a win or you lose

  29-10-2018 15:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers took on the Chicago Blackhawks.
  Two goals happened early and then not much for a while. But after two periods of not much, there was some awesome within the first 53 seconds of OT, lets break it down.
  Missed an episode here’s our playlist:
  
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• City Launches Inaugural Event to Help Plan St. Albert’s Future

  29-10-2018 15:21
  City Summit to be held November 14 & 15 Your input is needed! The City of St. Albert is encouraging... Read Post
  
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• Three to See on Monday, Oct. 29

  29-10-2018 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Reuben and the Dark: Fronted by soulful singer-songwriter Reuben Bullock, backed by an atmospheric sound sure to reach the Winspear rafters, the Calgary-based indie-folkers return in support of their second album Arms of a Dream. The 11-track Arts & Crafts release is an introspective charmer, while lucky attendees can also expect an eye-wetting rendition of The Tragically Hip’s beloved Bobcaygeon, released as a charity single in July with proceeds benefitting the Gord Downie & Chan
  
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• Politicians return to Alberta legislature for fall sitting

  29-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature starts Monday, promising another season of raucous debate and political nerdery. Here’s what to expect:
  Legislation on health care, tuition
  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said the province will introduce legislation aiming to better protect patients from sexual abuse by health-care providers.
  The bill follows legislation in Ontario, which increased the list of sexual abuses that can lead to the mandatory revocation of a health profe
  
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• Man arrested by WEM security over Hells Angels T-shirt wins hearing with law enforcement review board

  29-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man arrested by security guards at West Edmonton Mall for refusing to remove a Hells Angels support T-shirt has won a hearing with the province’s law enforcement review board.
  Paul Sussman claims Edmonton police officers who responded to his 2016 arrest did not take his complaint about the security guards’ conduct seriously, and that he was given the runaround when he later attempted to file a formal complaint.
  The Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) dismissed the police se
  
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• Elise Stolte: Pot, IQ and schizophrenia. Legalization finally gives hope for a serious discussion

  29-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I have parent-anxiety. Specifically about pot.
  All this talk about health benefits seems to gloss over the serious health risks for young people who use marijuana.
  We don’t need scare tactics. No hyperbole.
  But something in cannabis is able to interfere with still-maturing brain neurons and people can’t afford to lose IQ points.
  Edmonton psychiatrist Dr. Adam Abba-Aji has a 16-year-old son. He’s also an associate clinical professor at the University of Alberta and the lead psyc
  
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• Cannabis and mental health

  29-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I have parent-anxiety. Specifically about pot.
  All this talk about health benefits seems to gloss over the serious health risks for young people who use marijuana.
  We don’t need scare tactics. No hyperbole.
  But something in cannabis is able to interfere with still-maturing brain neurons and people can’t afford to lose IQ points.
  Edmonton psychiatrist Dr. Adam Abba-Aji has a 16-year-old son. He’s also an associate clinical professor at the University of Alberta and the lead psyc
  
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• Cannabis and its effects on mental health

  29-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I have parent-anxiety. Specifically about pot.
  All this talk about health benefits seems to gloss over the serious health risks for young people who use marijuana.
  We don’t need scare tactics. No hyperbole.
  But something in cannabis is able to interfere with still-maturing brain neurons and people can’t afford to lose IQ points.
  Edmonton psychiatrist Dr. Adam Abba-Aji has a 16-year-old son. He’s also an associate clinical professor at the University of Alberta and the lead psyc
  
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• St. Albert raises more than $430,000 to commemorate local Humboldt Broncos’ players - Toronto Star

  29-10-2018 08:00 via thestar.com
  St. Albert raises more than $430,000 to commemorate local Humboldt Broncos’ players  Toronto StarEDMONTON—St. Albert has raised more than $430,000 for projects to commemorate four hockey players from the community who died in the Humboldt ...
  
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• St. Albert committee honouring 4 Humboldt Broncos nears fundraising goal - Global News Saskatoon

  29-10-2018 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  St. Albert committee honouring 4 Humboldt Broncos nears fundraising goal  Global News SaskatoonWATCH ABOVE: A gala was held in St. Albert on Friday night to honour four Humboldt Broncos killed in a horrific bus crash a few months ago. Sarah Kraus ...
  
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• Player grades: Cam Talbot holds the fort for Oilers in regulation, then McDavid-Draisaitl show takes over

  29-10-2018 06:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT)
  Take the two points and get the heck out of Dodge.
  As masterpieces go, this one was not so much a Michelangelo as a “Bruce paints his bathroom ceiling”. In a late afternoon matinée in which none of the Edmonton Oilers, the Chicago Blackhawks, or the host barn were up to snuff after all seeing action in a different place or of a different sort yesterday. The ice was lousy after an Elton John concert in United Center last night, though at times it was
  
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• Hundreds stand behind St. Albert family who received racist, threatening letter - CBC.ca

  29-10-2018 04:39 via cbc.ca
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  Hundreds stand behind St. Albert family who received racist, threatening letter
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  'This is a community that embraces differences and that calls out racism and hatred,' MLA says. Anna McMillan · CBC News · Posted: Oct 28, 2018 8:39 PM MT | Last Updated: October 28. A line of people waited to offer words of support to Katrina Anderson ...
  
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• Keith Gerein: Convention offers NDP faithful a dose of enthusiasm amid bleak odds

  29-10-2018 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  You can say this much about Alberta’s NDP party.
  They’re certainly enthusiastic.
  Sure, the party might be trailing by 20 points in the polls to Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives.
  OK, so the long-promised new pipeline, a key selling point of the NDP’s unpopular carbon tax, has stalled.
  And yes, the economy is still struggling in places like Calgary, where the NDP badly needs to grow its support.
  But if party members have any anxiety about how those issues might derail th
  
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• Nick Lees: Joe Giusti moves from Prairie construction colossus to Prosecco powerhouse

  29-10-2018 00:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Treviso, Italy — Intrepid 18-year-old Canadian pilot Lt. Gordon McLean climbed into his single-seater British Sopwith Camel fighter biplane on Feb. 4, 1918 and flew into the skies north of Venice, Italy.
  “It was the last year of the First World War and when he spotted three German fighters, he immediately engaged them,” says Ermenegildo (Joe) Giusti, the biggest landowner in the Treviso area, world-renowned for its Prosecco wine.
  “He shot one down and was chasing the
  
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• 'I'm fighting for you': Notley highlights political choice to 1,200 party faithful at NDP convention

  29-10-2018 00:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP will unveil a series of energy diversification strategies in the coming weeks to get more value for Alberta’s resources.
  Premier Rachel Notley revealed the move during her speech Sunday at the Alberta NDP convention at the Westin in Edmonton, but let slip precious little about what the programs will look like.
  The premier’s speech to 1,200 party faithful was broad-reaching. To cheers and applause, she listed changes her government has made to worker safety laws, protecti
  
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