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• Notes from the Dome: UCP's 'footsy with freaks' and teen vaping concerns

  30-10-2018 23:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former United Conservative Party leadership hopeful Brian Jean says his old party needs to “stop playing footsy with freaks.”
  Jean took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to lambaste the UCP for its links to hate groups, following a story by Press Progress that a former volunteer with Jason Kenney’s leadership campaign has links to an online store that sells white supremacist memorabilia.
  The UCP and Kenney “need to kick these weirdos out of the party for the sake of decen
  
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• New Alberta Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

  30-10-2018 22:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tony Flores has long promoted the rights of all people, and promises to bring that passion to his new role as Alberta’s first disability advocate.
  He’s particularly looking forward to having more conversations with members of the disability community, he said Tuesday, and learning their stories in order to better work for them and be their voice for change.
  The news of Flores’ appointment Tuesday follows a long wait.
  The legislature in May 2017 voted unanimously to establish th
  
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• Justin Timberlake postpones Edmonton concerts due to bruised vocal chords

  30-10-2018 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  A difficult month keeps getting tougher for Justin Timberlake and his fans. The singer has postponed two shows originally scheduled for Rogers Place on Sunday, Nov. 4 and Monday, Nov. 5 because of severely bruised vocal chords.
  “Unfortunately, as a result of bruised vocal cords, promoters Live Nation have announced today that the performances scheduled in Edmonton on Sunday, November 4th and Monday, November 5th will be postponed,” Live Nation said in a release. &ldquo
  
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• NDP bill would revoke doctor, health-care licences in cases of patient sexual abuse

  30-10-2018 21:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Doctors and other health-care professionals found guilty of sexually abusing patients will be forced to turn in their licences for a minimum of five years under new legislation that overhauls disciplinary rules.
  The NDP bill, dubbed An Act to Protect Patients, outlines a range of actions that would lead to a licence being revoked, including intercourse, sexual touching and masturbating in front of a patient.
  Offences under the umbrella of sexual abuse carry the heaviest penalties, but new rules
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos prepare for final game as though they were in the CFL playoffs

  30-10-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Eskimos will not make the Canadian Football League playoffs in 2018 — a season in which the league’s Grey Cup championship will be played in their home stadium — but head coach Jason Maas says his staff and his players will prepare for Saturday’s game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers like they would any other time.“The focus has to be there,” Maas said to reporters Monday following practice at Commonwealth Stadium, site of both the Saturday, Nov.
  
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• Jesse Puljujarvi continues to be odd man out as Edmonton Oilers take on Wild

  30-10-2018 19:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 11: Wild at Oilers
  Another day, another tough opponent for the Edmonton Oilers. For the eighth time this young season,. the Oilers will face a team that posted 100+ points in the 2017-18 campaign, this time the Minnesota Wild. In reality barely a third of NHL clubs (11 of 31) hit triple digits last year, but you’d never know it based on this early run.
  Related post: Oilers season review, Games 1-10
  Like the others, the Wild are proving just as tough this year, opening with a 6-2-2
  
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• Former Paralympian Tony Flores named as Alberta's first disability advocate

  30-10-2018 19:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tony Flores has long promoted the rights of all people, and promises to bring that passion to his new role as Alberta’s first disability advocate.
  He’s particularly looking forward to having more conversations with members of the disability community, he said Tuesday, and learning their stories in order to better work for them and be their voice for change.
  The news of Flores’ appointment Tuesday follows a long wait.
  The legislature in May 2017 voted unanimously to establish th
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Jack White, Lest We Forget, and Drake

  30-10-2018 18:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jack White
  On Friday night, what happens at Rogers Place stays at Rogers Place. That’s because Jack White has decreed that no cell phones will be allowed at the arena when he stops in on his Boarding House Reach world tour. The garage rocker and former White Stripes frontman hit number one in North America with the album, his third solo release in between stints with The Raconteurs and Dead Weather.
  When: Friday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Place
  Admission: $47 and up, available from Ti
  
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• Teen roofer dies while working at west Edmonton church

  30-10-2018 18:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the death of a male teen roofer after a workplace accident at a west-end church Monday.
  The man, in his late-teens, was working on the roof of Fusion Fellowship Church at 10105 153 Street where the accident occurred around 2:30 p.m., OHS spokesman Gurshan Dhillon said Tuesday morning.
  Dhillon said the teen was an employee of WCR Roofing, a family-owned company based in Edmonton. The man was pronounced dead on site.
  OHS has issued a stop-work order
  
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• Suicide, stabbing: Complex needs of kids in care not addressed, says child and youth advocate

  30-10-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lee was 14 when he was stabbed. Susan was 17 when she took her own life. Dakota was 19 when he died from his injuries after being hit by a car.
  All three were, or had recently been, involved with the child welfare system.
  The teenagers are the subjects of the latest death and serious injury reports by Alberta’s child and youth advocate, released Tuesday.
  Advocate Del Graff made only one recommendation in the three reports, but told Postmedia he’s concerned similar themes continue to
  
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• Celebration of Canadian jazz, and master of poetic blues song

  30-10-2018 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada is a big country with a lot of fine jazz artists, but is there a national jazz character?
  Most players agree, our national jazz identity is a little harder to pin down.
  Either way, some of the nation’s best jazz players are lined up to visit for the Yardbird Suite’s annual Festival of Canadian Jazz, happening this Friday through Nov. 10
  Count nine bands over seven nights, mostly from Montreal or Toronto, sometimes two in one evening, hitting with a edge on contemporary jazz st
  
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• 'I've been everywhere': Well-travelled troubadour Murray McLauchlan returns to Winspear

  30-10-2018 17:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Murray McLauchlan laughs when asked how many times he has travelled the road between Brandon, Man., and Moose Jaw, Sask.
  Let’s just say ‘lots.’
  “Since I was about 17 years old, pretty well every year,” says McLauchlan, talking with Postmedia on the phone during a tour stop. “I’m like the original Hank Snow song: I’ve Been Everywhere.”
  The singer-songwriter is conducting the interview while pulled over on the side of the road somewhere between
  
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• Ballet Edmonton celebrates new season with Wen Wei Wang

  30-10-2018 17:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eight svelte dancers in their twenties move to the swells of a string quartet track, expressing a depth of sadness and solace, tension and release, expertly stretching in synchronous orbits for an effect that’s simply breathtaking. As they dance, their director looks on with quiet satisfaction.
  It’s a recent morning rehearsal for Ballet Edmonton and a suite called Last Words, one of two widely contrasting pieces that will kick off the company’s season Friday, both by their new
  
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• Player grades, Games 1-10: McDavid, Klefbom led way as Edmonton Oilers survived & thrived vs. NHL's best

  30-10-2018 17:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s still October so by definition “early days” in the 2018-19 National Hockey League season, but things are already shaping up pretty well for the Edmonton Oilers.
  The NHL club survived a brutal opening ten games that included an opening road trip (actually two trips) that covered 20,000 km before ever seeing their home ice. More importantly it saw a steady diet of many of the NHL’s best clubs, one powerhouse after another in an intimidating a six-game stretch against 1
  
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• Wildlife: Rainbow Visions film fest celebrates Wilde, Mapplethorpe and Studio 54

  30-10-2018 17:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Daring, heartfelt and reliable, the fourth annual Rainbow Visions is upon us, including a tell-all documentary about the legendary Studio 54 and two evocative biopics of Oscar Wilde and erotic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe — the latter played by none other than Matt Smith of Doctor Who and The Crown.
  “We wanted something big, so I was so excited when we got approved to show this as our opening night film,” says festival director Guy Lavallee of Mapplethorpe, which plays
  
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• Keep plans for west Edmonton traffic in LRT era as-is, city officials say

  30-10-2018 16:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  West end councillors are asking for flexibility as administrators ponder the traffic impacts of both the west leg of the Valley LRT line, and a massive renovation for Jasper Avenue.
  Tuesday, city council’s urban planning committee receives two reports from city bureaucrats. One has recommendations for traffic changes to accommodate the future LRT on Stony Plain Road between 149 Street and 156 Street. The second report looks at ideas to mitigate the inevitable disruption for car commuters d
  
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• Photo Enforcement Sites - November 2018

  30-10-2018 15:49
  The City of St. Albert is sharing its photo enforcement Site of the Day locations for November 2018. Enforcement is... Read Post
  
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• Seeing gold: Edmonton to launch site of new Cineplex Scene rewards program

  30-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton will be home to another Cineplex Entertainment first with the Tuesday launch of an upgraded Scene rewards program offering a slew of new premium perks.
  The new Scene Gold loyalty card will pilot at Edmonton’s six theatres, two VIP cinemas and two Rec Room locations, doling out 50 per cent more points that could equate to a free movie every three visits.
  The new Scene Gold program from Cineplex launches its pilot in Edmonton Tuesday.
  “We know that Scene members love their poi
  
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• Edmonton weather: It might rain a bit. It might not. It's all relative.

  30-10-2018 13:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 1.1 C with 8 km/h winds out of the southwest.
  Today, forecasters are calling for a little bit of everything with some rain expected to fall this morning before giving way to some sunshine and gusting winds in the afternoon. Still, we’re well above the seasonal average of 4 C so we’ve got nothing to really complain about there. Wait…what’
  
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• Three to See on Tuesday, Oct. 30

  30-10-2018 13:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Milk Carton Kids: Folk duo Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale have been likened to Simon & Garfunkel with a country twang, presenting a gimmick-free, stripped-down style built around their melancholy vocal harmonies. Fresh off a stint opening for Jason Isbell, the Kids appear at the Winspear with a full band in tow to help expand the sound, touring in support of their vaguely titled fifth album, All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do.
  Details: 8 p.m. Winspear C
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Pot's health risks ignored

  30-10-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “It’s time to talk about IQ, schizophrenia and pot,” Elise Stolte, Oct. 29
  Kudos to Elise Stolte for raising the concerns many parents of young children have about the legalization of cannabis.
  The Canadian Medical Association recommended that nobody under 25 should use this dangerous and addictive drug, because of the real risk of brain damage, potentially resulting in psychosis or schizophrenia later in life. Similar studies in the United Kingdom and U.S. raised this same
  
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• Opinion: Strife in Ukraine is Europe's most daunting problem

  30-10-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In spring 2014, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych fled from Kyiv and resurfaced in Russia. His departure followed three months of mass protests termed “Euromaidan,” denoting Ukraine’s quest to sign an association agreement with the European Union.
  In response, Russian president Vladimir Putin authorized an invasion of Crimea from Russian naval bases and the mainland, initially led by troops without insignia dubbed by locals “the little green men.” The occupation
  
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• Local playwright Matthew MacKenzie scoops national award for Bears

  30-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Matthew MacKenzie has won the prestigious Carol Bolt Award for his new play, Bears.
  The national award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize, comes from the Playwrights Guild of Canada and is awarded to a member of the organization who has premièred a new work in the past year.
  “To get the win was definitely a surprise,” said MacKenzie in a phone interview after being honoured in Toronto Sunday night. “Just to be nominated along with Colleen Murphy and K
  
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• Keith Gerein: Alberta's economic crisis deserves more than political games

  30-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Everywhere you walk these days, Halloween decorations are out in force.
  Trees have shed their summer bounty. Leaves are crunching underfoot.
  A renewed crispness is in the wind, a hardening of purpose as Albertans begin preparations for a long winter.
  The same is true under the dome of the legislature, where 87 MLAs took their seats Monday for the start of the fall sitting.
  All the familiar sights and sounds of the season were back.
  The thumping of desks in the chamber. Accusations of hypocrisy a
  
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• How old is too old to go trick-or-treating? Edmontonians weigh in on age-old question

  30-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dressing up and parading down residential streets in darkness for free candy is a tradition many link to young children. But who says everyone can’t be a kid at heart and disguise themselves for a night echoing the phrase trick-or-treat?
  The fact is, the All Hallows’ Eve tradition began in Edmonton in the mid-1800s as a way for young adult men between the ages of 15-25 to pull pranks and rebel, City of Edmonton archivist Kathryn Ivany said. The October holiday celebrations were
  
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• Board squashes appeals against pot stores - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  30-10-2018 08:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Board squashes appeals against pot stores - St. Albert Gazette  St. Albert GazetteThree cannabis stores have gotten the green light from the city to start building in St. Albert. “We were excited about it and to move forward,” said.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan getting it (mostly) right with wingers

  30-10-2018 06:14 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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• Notes from the Dome: Seclusion room protest and the agriculture hall of fame inductees named

  30-10-2018 02:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Around 20 parents stood on the legislature steps Monday to protest the use of seclusion rooms in schools.
  They were joined by Liberal Leader David Khan, MLA David Swann and UCP education critic Mark Smith.
  Protesters delivered a blunt message to government — stop dragging your feet and address the issue now.
  The small but passionate crowd heard of children, many with diagnosed learning and behavioural difficulties, who were traumatized after being locked in isolation rooms during class tim
  
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• Revive Chinatown: Start-up money for non-profit in the mix for budget debate

  30-10-2018 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Advocates for Chinatown revitalization made a case for funding a new non-profit in the upcoming 2019-2022 budget during city council’s executive committee meeting on Monday.
  “Chinatown is such a traditional and cultural place. We don’t want to see that go away,” said Holly Mah, a member of the Chinatown Business Improvement Association and an optometrist who has a practice in Chinatown.
  Mah was one of several people who developed a case for funding a new society that woul
  
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• City's affordable housing plan built on hopes for federal, provincial funding

  30-10-2018 01:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local housing advocate who was once homeless herself said the city’s proposed four-year spending plan to build 2,500 affordable units is a “great start.”
  Administrators pitched a plan to city council’s executive committee Monday that would see the city allot $132 million to a plan to develop 2,500 affordable housing units over the next four years. The plan hinges on an additional $377 million coming from other sources, namely the provincial and federal governments.
  
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• NDP introduces bill to cap post-secondary tuition by 2020-21

  30-10-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP introduced a bill Monday to cap post-secondary tuition and prevent international students from being saddled with unexpected tuition hikes.
  It was the culmination of a review launched in 2016 that included a survey and focus groups, though the province hasn’t released the findings.
  Bill 19, which amends the Post-Secondary Learning Act, was the first piece of legislation introduced during the fall sitting of the legislature.
  If passed, post-secondary institutions will face a cap on
  
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• Eskimos in purgatory after being haunted by ghost of playoff present

  30-10-2018 00:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Halloween isn’t until Wednesday, but that didn’t stop the Edmonton Eskimos from sitting through a horrific bye week that saw their 2018 playoff hopes dress up as a ghost and vanish into thin air.
  They went in barely clinging to life, with their only string of post-season possibility resting in the hands of about the worst puppet master imaginable: Their arch-rival Calgary Stampeders, whose loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday was a death sentence for the Eskimos.
  “Horrib
  
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• St. Albert committee honouring 4 Humboldt Broncos nears fundraising goal

  30-10-2018 00:03 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta city is close to hitting its goal of $500,000 to honour four Humboldt Broncos who had played for various hockey teams there.
  
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