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• Esks' fans mull selling off Grey Cup tickets

  04-11-2018 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  At least a few Edmonton Eskimos fans say they’re thinking about selling off their Grey Cup tickets because the home team won’t be playing.
  “It’s disappointing they didn’t make the playoffs, let alone the Grey Cup,” said Darin Bachmier as he and his family made their way out of Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday following the Eskimos’ final game of the year.
  The Esks wrapped up their season with a win against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but it’s too li
  
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• Young man killed in crash with pickup truck near Redwater

  04-11-2018 21:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old man driving an SUV was killed in a crash with a pickup truck southwest of Redwater on Saturday evening.
  The crash occurred at the intersection of Range Road 224 and Township Road 570 in Sturgeon County around 6:15 p.m., RCMP said in a Sunday news release.
  The pickup truck was heading northbound on Range Road 224 when it collided with the SUV heading westbound, RCMP said.
  The cause of the crash is still being looked into, but RCMP said initial investigations show the SUV failed to o
  
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• Six-year-old girl seriously injured in black ice collision near Drayton Valley

  04-11-2018 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A six-year-old girl in a pickup truck was airlifted to hospital Saturday after the vehicle hit black ice on a highway near Drayton Valley and collided with an oncoming semi-truck.
  The crash occurred around 9:15 a.m. on Highway 22 when the pickup truck travelling eastbound hit black ice on a bridge, RCMP said in a news release Sunday.
  The truck slid into a guard rail and then veered across the centre line into the path of the flat-deck semi, the release said. The pickup truck became engulfed in f
  
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• Nick Lees: Loyal Edmonton Regiment marks 75 years since the Battle of Ortona

  04-11-2018 19:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Remembrance Day this year marks the centennial of the end of the First World War and the struggle 75 years ago for Ortona, one of the bloodiest battles fought by the Loyal Edmonton Regiment (LER) during the Second World War.
  The Allies and Germans both thought the fight for Ortona might be an indication of the outcome of the Italian campaign.
  Issues of prestige became involved and German leader Adolf Hitler decreed Ortona must be held — “fight for every last house and tree.
  
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• Three to See on Sunday, Nov. 4

  04-11-2018 17:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lest We Forget: Paying solemn tribute to the Canadian Armed Forces, the Cosmopolitan Music Society (CMS) fills the Winspear Centre with music, ceremony, and colour. the annual Lest We Forget: A Musical Tribute concert. Presented by The Royal Canadian Legion, the event will feature a parade of colours, remembrance at the cenotaph with the Last Post, and photographic tribute to loved ones. The RCMP Regimental Pipes and Drums perform as a special guest,
  
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• Rain and snow and freezing rain, oh my! Freezing rain warning issued for Edmonton area

  04-11-2018 17:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Sunday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -0.1 C with 7 km/h winds out of the northeast and light rain.
  But it won’t just be rain for long. Environment Canada issued a freezing rain warning around 4:30 a.m. for Edmonton and most of central Alberta. The agency says a cold front will bring a band of rain or freezing rain with the heaviest freezing rain in areas north of Edmonton.
  In the city and area
  
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• The NHL's Pacific Division is hit by an early Edmonton inversion as the Oilers reverse their fortunes from a year ago: 9 Things

  04-11-2018 16:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  I changed my clocks this morning and when I checked the NHL standings the Edmonton Oilers were 8-4-1. After a 4-0 loss to Detroit in Game #13 last season, the Oilers were 4-8-1.
  Now that is my kind of Daylight Savings Time!
  And while detractors may say “Easy there, Leavins, it’s pretty early”, I would say back that 13 games represents 16% of the regular season. And only 5 clubs (the Predators, Lightning, Leafs, Canucks and Flames) have more victories than Edmonton.
  It’s d
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers win their 8th of the season 4-3, a score that flattered the home-town Detroit Red Wings

  04-11-2018 14:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers were the best team on the ice Saturday night. By a mile.
  A bounce here, a missed assignment there and an empty net goal for Detroit made this 4-3 game look way closer than it was. The Oilers peppered the Red Wings goal with 42 shots, dominated the game from a territorial standpoint and received mostly strong performances up and down the lineup.
  It wasn’t a perfect effort by any means. But the Oilers did more than enough good things to overcome a nagging combination of
  
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• Quarter by quarter, transit fares slated to rise under proposed city budget

  04-11-2018 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A single trip on the bus or LRT will cost $4 by 2021 if city council approves proposed raises to transit fares in upcoming budget deliberations.
  City staff are pitching increasing the price of a single ride from $3.25 to $3.50 in 2019, $3.75 in 2020, and then a final bump to $4 in 2021, holding it there for the final year of the budget cycle in 2022. Other types of fares––10-ticket packs and monthly passes, including senior and youth rates––will see a two per cent increas
  
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• Central Alberta man charged with first-degree murder

  04-11-2018 01:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 29-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge following the death of a woman in east central Alberta.
  Killam RCMP officers found the woman dead inside a home near Galahad, Alta. at about 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, according to a news release from the RCMP.
  Officers went to the residence in response to a report of the death, and took a man into custody “without incident”, the release says.
  Brett Thomas Fenton, of Galahad, was charged with first-degree murder, and is expected to appe
  
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• Carrying your burdens: Soldiers, first responders trek 22 kilometres for mental health

  04-11-2018 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton soldiers and first responders put the fight for mental health literally onto their backs Saturday during a fundraising event in the city’s snow-packed river valley.
  The second annual Rucksack March for Remembrance started at Gold Bar Park on Saturday morning with participants walking 22 kilometres and raising funds for Wounded Warriors Canada.
  Co-organizer Karl MacPhee, who served in the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry for three years, said the cat
  
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