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• With Ty Rattie back will Edmonton Oilers reunite their top line?

  02-11-2018 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Edmonton Oilers, news that Ty Rattie is back from injury and Cooper Marody is being sent down to Bakersfield: “The Oilers have activated forward Ty Rattie from Injured Reserve & assigned forward Cooper Marody to the Condors.”
  My takeTy Rattie had just one goal and one assist in five games with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid on Edmonton’s top line before he went out with injury. Kailer Yamamoto failed to impress in his absence but that wasn’t the c
  
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• 'Your tires are not skates': Icy morning commute results in more than 200 collisions on city streets

  02-11-2018 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friday’s snowfall wreaked havoc on commuters, with more than 200 collisions reported as drivers adjust to winter road conditions.
  According to Edmonton police, a total of 206 collisions were reported Friday between 5:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.. Of those, there were 12 injury collisions, 14 hit and runs and 180 property damage collisions.
  Motorists were reminded to drive to the conditions. ETS buses were experiencing delays as a result of the snow and deteriorating road conditions.
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• Police issue alert after woman reports sexual assault on Tinder date

  02-11-2018 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city police released a man’s photo Friday after a woman came forward alleging he sexually assaulted her on a Tinder date.
  Police said in a news release that the man, identified as 39-year-old Vincent Noseworthy, is alleged to have assaulted the women during a date on Aug. 14, 2018. She first reported the incident on Oct. 14.
  The woman told police she met Noseworthy on the dating website Tinder. During a date, they drove in her car to a rural area outside Edmonton, where she s
  
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• Cannabis impaired driving adds 'complexity' to police patrols over festive season

  02-11-2018 22:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The threat of cannabis impaired driving has Mothers Against Drunk Driving “deeply concerned” about the impacts it could have on the province’s roads.
  “Society has not yet bought in that impaired is impaired, whether it’s from alcohol or drugs,” Amanda Sawatzky said at Edmonton city police headquarters Friday for the launch of the annual Project Red Ribbon campaign.
  The campaign, which runs to January, encourages people to tie a red ribbon to their belongings t
  
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• 'I’m a convert': Ignore the haters, Royal Alberta Museum an anthropological triumph

  02-11-2018 21:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rumours and innuendo stating otherwise be damned, the new Royal Alberta Museum downtown is a breathtaking anthropological masterpiece worthy of its name.
  The sheer volume of artifacts is staggering, painting a nuanced and often surprising peek under the hood of what gives this province its identity. From an undead cavalry of prehistoric megafauna, through indigenous hunters and warriors covering the land with art, myth and bones, right up to the well-worn hockey equipment of our modern heroes &m
  
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• First snow-day catches Edmonton drivers off guard

  02-11-2018 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The morning commute for Edmonton drivers on Friday took far longer than usual after overnight rain turned to snow, creating slick driving conditions.
  The City of Edmonton deployed about 70 trucks with salt and plows to get the snow off the roads, bike lanes, and shared-use pathways.
  The controversial use of sodium chloride by the city was not used overnight due to the rain that came before the snow.
  Andrew Grant, general supervisor of infrastructure operations, urged Edmontonians to drive to roa
  
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• Bundök makes enRoute magazine's list of top 10 new eateries

  02-11-2018 21:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Props to Ryan Hotchkiss and his able staff at Bündok for impressing judges at enRoute magazine and making the prestigious list of the magazine’s top 10 picks for new restaurants, coast to coast.
  EnRoute writer Nancy Matsumoto praised the restaurant’s legendary sea bream crudo, and swoons over the gnocchi that swaps out potatoes for pâte à choux. The dessert citrus posset also gets a nod, served with slivers of fresh fennel, mint leaves and Earl Grey syrup. Bündo
  
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• Dangerous trick: Pins in Halloween candy alarms Devon Mounties

  02-11-2018 20:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Halloween trick-or-treater in Devon got a nasty surprise when they discovered pins in three different treats, Mounties said Friday.
  The pins, described as straight with a curved top, were found in a marshmallow-based candy, a Starburst and a deflated bag of Cheetos.
  Mounties believe the treats came from the same location but they have yet to determine which home or neighbourhood they came from.
  “It’s lucky that the child in this incident had the awareness to check the candies prior
  
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• Edmonton home prices/sales plunge: Housing report

  02-11-2018 20:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Home sales — and prices — in Edmonton have taken a hit, show the latest figures.
  Total residential unit sales sunk 13.61 per cent year over year, show the Realtors Association of Edmonton figures released Friday.
  Single family home sales are down down 14.86 per cent compared to October 2017 while duplex/rowhouses dropped a whopping 30.77 per cent year over year.
  Condominiums were down 4.92 per cent relative to October 2017.
  Average prices also fell.
  The all residential average price
  
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• Elise Stolte: Edmonton's west LRT is just a fancy toy without development

  02-11-2018 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton got the money. Now the real work begins.
  Premier Rachel Notley announced $1.04 billion in provincial funding for Edmonton’s LRT extension from downtown to Lewis Farms Thursday. That’s the last funding piece, which allows the project to move to procurement and start construction as early as next year.
  But that might be the easy part. This LRT isn’t meant to just move people. It’s meant to change where people live.
  If that doesn’t happen, the line fails.
  
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• Social Seen: Fashion with Compassion Gala

  02-11-2018 18:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fashion with Compassion Gala
  Where: Shaw Conference Centre
  When: October 25
  What: A gala to celebrate survivorship while enjoying a fun evening of fashion.
  Featuring: Edmonton’s largest fashion show in support of Sorrentino’s Compassion House.
  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 @fotocodie. Fol
  
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• Redpatch pairs machine of war and human-scale drama with moving results

  02-11-2018 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Poetry, masks and dance combine with drama in the Citadel Theatre’s latest production, Redpatch, timed to coincide with Remembrance Day and a tribute to the Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis soldiers who fought in the First World War.
  Penned by Raes Calvert (who also stars as Half-Blood in this production) and Sean Harris Oliver (who directs Redpatch), the play weaves a complex array of connections into a story that moves briskly, and points toward both a singular narrative &mdash
  
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• No surprise that Edmonton Oilers send down Evan Bouchard

  02-11-2018 17:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, their decision to send Evan Bouchard down to the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League: “The Oilers have assigned 2018 first-round draft pick, defenceman Evan Bouchard, to the OHL’s @GoLondonKnights & recalled defenceman Kevin Gravel from the @Condors.”
  My takeNo surprise here as Oilers insiders have been telegraphing this one almost since the start of training camp. Perhaps there was some suspense around the move when Matt Benning go
  
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• Seven stolen firearms recovered after Yellowknife break-in

  02-11-2018 17:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Seven firearms have been recovered and three people arrested by Mounties following a break-in at a home in Yellowknife last month.
  The investigation by Yellowknife RCMP members started Oct. 8 following a report of the theft of firearms, ammunition and jewellery from a Rivett Crescent home.
  “The hard work of the members, our investigative sections and the assistance from the public has paid off in the removal of several firearms from our streets and brought those believed responsible into c
  
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• 'Your tires are not skates': Icy morning commute results in 51 collisions on city streets

  02-11-2018 17:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  This morning’s snowfall is wreaking havoc for morning commuters with police responding to dozens of collisions on city streets.
  According to Edmonton police, a total of 51 collisions were reported Friday morning between 5:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.. Of those, one is considered an injury collision, three are hit and runs and 47 are property damage collisions.
  Motorists are reminded to drive to the conditions.
  Your vehicle is not as skilled on ice as Connor McDavid. Your tires are not skates. You
  
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• Oilers in 60: Reading Oilers' fans Mikko Koskinen tweets

  02-11-2018 15:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  In September, Oilers fans seemed less than enthused when it came to their new $2.5 million backup goaltender, Mikko Koskinen.
  But after stopping all 40 shots in a 4-0 shutout victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Place last night, it’s safe to say fans are warming up to the Big Finn.
  HOT TAKES
  Give us your Hot Takes by using the hashtag #Oilersin60 on Twitter!
  Trade Talbot…we got Koskinen…#OilersIn60 #Oilers
  — Joe Balaneski ™ (@balaneski) November 2, 2018I
  
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• Three to See on Friday, Nov. 2

  02-11-2018 15:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jack White: We can’t listen to Over and Over and Over without getting that Friday feeling, so consider it a lucky coincidence the Detroit-born rocker rolls into Rogers Place tonight to feed the need for some guitar-driven badassery. White’s third solo album, Boarding House Reach, was released in March — if you haven’t heard the fuzzed-out hip-shaker Lazaretto give it a listen below — so let you hair down, prepare to part with your electronics (it’s a phone-fre
  
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• Edmonton weather: Snow in the city, freezing rain warnings to the south

  02-11-2018 13:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -1.3 C with 19 km/h winds out of the southeast with wind gusts of 31 km/h contributing to a -7 windchill.
  The snow has come and it’s not going to let up until at least later tonight. When all is said and done, forecasters say there ought to be 5 cm of the white stuff on the ground. By Saturday, things should warm up enough to melt the snow but with that als
  
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• Friday's letters: Let all Canadians vote on Olympics

  02-11-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  So Calgarians have been given the opportunity to vote on whether or not they want to continue their bid for the Olympics. That is wonderful, but why have the rest of Canadians been denied that privilege?
  Less than 20 per cent of the funding will come from Calgary taxpayers —with the other 80 per cent from other Canadian taxpayers via their provincial and federal taxes. Those payments will be on top of the massive deficits and horrendous debt levels of those two levels of government.
  Why do
  
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• Editorial: End of the line? Not so fast

  02-11-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Greyhound buses made their last stops across Western Canada Wednesday. For the company, whose coaches emblazoned with the iconic running-dog logo have traversed the region for nearly 90 years, it was the end of an era.
  But was it also the end of the line for residents of more than 100 Alberta communities, many small and rural, when it comes to a low-cost lifeline to the wider world?
  That certainly seemed to be the case in early July when Greyhound announced it was ending service across the West
  
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• David Staples: Edmonton leading way in artificial intelligence research

  02-11-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “How the hell did you guys build a world-class A.I. research group in the sub-Arctic?”
  That question directed at University of Alberta computer scientist Jonathan Schaeffer came from an American professor in a warmer city. It was prompted by the CSrankings, a new way to rank computer science research teams around the world based on the number of publications they have in the top computing science journals.
  The University of Alberta now ranks third in the world for artificial intellig
  
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• Player grades: Mikko Koskinen, fellow understudies shine as Edmonton Oilers silence Hawks

  02-11-2018 08:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Blackhawks 0, Oilers 4
  Novembrrr is here, and with the turn of a calendar page the Edmonton Oilers are into Phase II of their 2018-19 season. You know, that part where the Oil might legitimately be considered the betting favourites some nights after a steady stream of .600+ teams in October.
  Thursday was such a night, when Chicago Blackhawks came to town on the back end of a Vancouver-Edmonton doubleheader. After blowing a similar opportunity against Minnesota on Tuesday, the Oilers made no mist
  
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• Oilers and Blackhawks postgame with Todd McLellan

  02-11-2018 06:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The most controversial addition in Peter Chiarelli’s off-season is starting to earn his money.
  Backup goaltender Mikko Koskinen shut out the Chicago Blackhawks and shut up his critics in 60 brilliant minutes Thursday, blanking the frustrated visitors 4-0 at Rogers Place.
  “I can’t say enough about him,” said winger Drake Caggiula, who scored two goals in the win. “He was standing tall and made a lot of big saves, acrobatic saves. He made some really key saves in big
  
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• Ninja Warrior obstacle course ready to open at Kingsway Mall

  02-11-2018 03:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Saturday, Nov. 3, a fully equipped, 50,000-square-foot Ninja Warrior-style obstacle complex will open on the second floor of Kingsway Mall.
  The indoor course, which features warp walls, a salmon ladder and a variety of other obstacles, will be the largest of its kind in Canada.
  The facility also features a children’s obstacle course, along with weekend pop-up fitness classes.
  It will also serve as a national qualifier for the Canadian Ninja Warrior series.
  
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• Government under fire over 'failing' dementia care standards

  02-11-2018 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party house leader Greg Clark slammed the government Thursday over what he called “failing” standards of dementia care.
  Clark cited a series of slides prepared by Alberta’s continuing care health service standards audit team, which indicate that 80 per cent of continuing care facilities are failing to meet provincial targets.
  Those specific standards deal with infection prevention and control, and medication management.
  “This is absolutely shocking,” Cl
  
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• Proposed 2019 – 2022 Operating Budget

  02-11-2018 02:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A typical homeowner could see a $79 increase in property taxes in 2019, if a proposed city budget for day-to-day operations is approved.
  The plan released online Thursday outlines a four-year spending plan that would see tax increases of 3.3 per cent in 2019, 2.7 per cent in 2020, and a two per cent hike in both 2021 and 2022.
  That means a homeowner who paid $2,461 in 2018, would pay $2,720 in 2022.
  The tax hikes for 2019 break down into a 0.7 per cent increase for general services, 0.6 per cent
  
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• City auditor finds $616 million spent on consultants, with $245 million 'miscoded'

  02-11-2018 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A city councillor says he’s concerned about the competency of city staff following an audit’s finding that more than $616 million was spent on consulting services over five years, and that $250 million of that amount was “miscoded.”
  A report by the office of the city auditor released Thursday revealed that the city’s consulting total of $529 million for 2013 to 2017 was incorrect because $87 million had been recorded as something else in the city’s financ
  
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• Elise Stolte: Too early to celebrate. Without development, Edmonton's west LRT is a fancy toy

  02-11-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton got the money. Now the real work begins.
  Premier Rachel Notley announced $1.04 billion in provincial funding for Edmonton’s LRT extension from downtown to Lewis Farms Thursday. That’s the last funding piece, which allows the project to move to procurement and start construction as early as next year.
  But that might be the easy part. This LRT isn’t meant to just move people. It’s meant to change where people live.
  If that doesn’t happen, the line fails.
  
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• Funds for LRT West and Metro Line

  02-11-2018 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nine years after city council approved initial concept plans in 2009, Edmonton’s west Valley Line LRT expansion is going forward after the province said Thursday it is investing $1.04 billion, marking a 40 per cent stake in the massive transit project.
  The cash comes from carbon revenue through the province’s climate leadership plan, said Premier Rachel Notley at a news conference held at the Lewis Farms Transit Centre in the city’s west end.
  “There are some folks out the
  
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• Carbon revenue funds west LRT

  02-11-2018 00:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The West Valley LRT expansion is a 14-kilometre extension from 102 Street downtown to Lewis Farms, and is slated to be complete in 2027-28.
  It’s the second phase of the 27-kilometre Valley Line set to operate between Mill Woods in southeast Edmonton and Lewis Farms.
  The Alberta government is investing $1.04 billion in the LRT expansion, grabbing a 40 per cent stake in the massive transit project.
  The funding will help free up roadway capacity and commuters will be able to reduce
  
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• Calgary Olympics can learn from Rogers Place that these things are not easy or cheap

  02-11-2018 00:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  In Edmonton, the city that the 2026 Olympics forgot, there is Rogers Place — once a highly divisive discussion — now a highly attractive driver of economic activity both inside and outside of Oilers owner Daryl Katz’s bulging wallet.
  In Calgary, the city that might double down on its first Olympic experience in 1988 — a Nov. 13 plebiscite should provide clarity — the 2026 Games provoke a highly divisive discussion. One side promises a highly attractive driver of eco
  
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• Notes from the Dome: A Metis celebration and a MAGA hat

  02-11-2018 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Metis Settlements of Alberta celebrated Proclamation Day Thursday with a flag-raising ceremony outside the Federal Building.
  Nov. 1 marked 28 years since the settlements and Alberta government made history by granting Metis people protected lands in the province — the only agreement of its kind in Canada.
  The Metis Settlements Accord followed several years of intense negotiation.
  Metis Settlements General Council president Gerald Cunningham said in a statement the agreement gave h
  
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