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• TRADE: Edmonton Oilers move on from Ryan Strome, swap him to NY Rangers for Ryan Spooner

  16-11-2018 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Breaking news that the Edmonton Oilers have traded under-producing centre Ryan Strome to New York Rangers for (wait for it) under-producing centre Ryan Spooner.
  The #Oilers have acquired forward Ryan Spooner from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Ryan Strome. pic.twitter.com/IhY2vfv62G
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 16, 2018The trade is one-for-one. There was immediate early speculation that the Rangers may have retained some of Spooner’s salary (2 years, AAV
  
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• Modernizing city waste system at core of proposed rate hike, committee told

  16-11-2018 23:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A proposed hike in waste utility fees will be used to fund the city’s efforts to modernize its garbage and recycling systems if council approves the annual 2.5 per cent increase for the next four years.
  That means a single-family home will pay an additional $1.15 per month on its waste utility fee starting next year. For multi-unit homes, the increase is $0.75 per month. The increase would add an additional $5-million annually to the existing $189 million in revenue it gets from ratepayers
  
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• Leduc rocked by deaths of three men killed on job at oilfield cleaning company

  16-11-2018 23:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  The deaths of three men in an  industrial workplace accident at the Leduc Business Park Thursday has shocked the tight-knit community, Leduc mayor Bob Young says.
  Few details have been officially released about the accident that happened sometime between 2 and 2:30 p.m. at Millennium Cryogenic Technologies. The men were aged 31, 34 and 52 and all worked at the business.
  Mounties said they responded to the premises, which are located just east of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and
  
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• Press Gallery podcast #251: The Somewhere Over The Rainbow With John Carpay edition

  16-11-2018 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Gay-straight alliances in schools, UCP member John Carpay comparing the rainbow flag to the swastika, and yet another crash in oil prices — it’s been a strange old week in Alberta politics.
  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Dave Breakenridge and Sarah O’Donnell to take a look at the week that was, and what it all means for Alberta politics.Good Stuff from the Gallery
  Clare’s pick: Season 3 of Life and Death Row, currently playing on N
  
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• Edmonton alt-paper Vue Weekly ends its run

  16-11-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The familiar yellow boxes on Edmonton streets will soon sit empty as arts and politics newspaper VUE Weekly calls it quits at the end of the month.
  The free weekly, which just printed its 1,200th issue in October, has been a mainstay in Edmonton since 1995.
  The ongoing struggle to secure advertising is being blamed. “We decided that we would cease publication now, rather than face another year of diminishing resources,” VUE’s president Robert Doull in a statement.
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• 'Deal with violence': Dad of teen stabbed at schoolyard rallies outside Stony Plain courthouse

  16-11-2018 20:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The father of a Spruce Grove teen who was beaten, stabbed, robbed and hospitalized in a brutal attack two weeks ago is calling for action to stop violence in the community.
  Guy Quenneville organized a rally outside of the Stony Plain Provincial Court on Friday morning as one of his son’s alleged assailants — a 14-year-old whose identity cannot be disclosed — arrived for a first court appearance.
  Quenneville said the level of outrage online following the case was “unreal&r
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's truth bomb about Edmonton Oilers defence — and what can be done about the problem

  16-11-2018 17:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  All week (obsessed Edmonton Oilers fan that I am) I have been thinking about General Manager Peter Chiarelli’s truth bomb about the team’s defence and its lack of puck-moving prowess, which Chiarelli dropped on Oilers Now earlier this week.
  Talking with host Bob Stauffer, Chiarelli said: “Right now, our six starting D, none of them are exceptional passers. In order for us to have a smooth flow to the game all of them have to be in kind of the B+ range as far as the passing goes
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's truth bomb about Edmonton Oilers defence and what to do about it

  16-11-2018 16:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  All week (obsessed Edmonton Oilers fan that I am) I have been thinking about General Manager Peter Chiarelli’s truth bomb about the team’s defence and its lack of puck-moving prowess, which Chiarelli dropped on Oilers Now earlier this week.
  Talking with host Bob Stauffer, Chiarelli said: “Right now, our six staring D, none of them are exceptional passers. In order for us to have a smooth flow to the game all of them have to be in kind of the B+ range as far as the passing goes,
  
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• Edmonton weather: Snowfall warning lifted … it'll all be gone by next week

  16-11-2018 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -12 C with 16 km/h winds out of the north contributing to a -20 windchill.
  Well that was a fun drive. Nothing like white-knuckling it at 5:30 a.m. to help shake the cobwebs. Yes, the roads are slippery and snowy and all around awful so be sure to give your self time and space out there — we’ve all done this before. Piercing winds will stick aroun
  
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• Friday's letters: Who's the real bully?

  16-11-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP government has revamped the School Act to state that safe and caring school policies must be in compliance with legislation “in the opinion of the minister.”
  On Nov. 14, Minister of Education David Eggen announced that 28 schools must replace their own policies with a policy written by Alberta Education. Failure to do so will result in a loss of public funding. Many of the locally written policies of these independent schools affirm the dignity and worth of all students and t
  
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• Editorial: Can't blame naysaying Calgarians

  16-11-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Edmontonians, it was hard not to cheer just a little for Calgary to recapture the magic of 1988 by hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics.
  What better way for that city to shake off the blues of land-locked oil, vacant offices and layoffs than re-staging the Olympics that put Calgary on the map? Besides boosting morale, it also promised 15,400 short-term jobs and rejuvenated facilities.
  While displaying Canadian prowess in winter sports such as hockey, curling, skiing and figure skating on home soi
  
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• David Staples: Downtown residents upset about more crime and disorder

  16-11-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s long been an uneasy relationship between panhandlers and the homeless downtown and those who own condos and work there, but in the past year things have deteriorated, says Ian O’Donnell, executive director of the Downtown Business Association and a downtown resident for 15 years.
  More disruption. More graffiti. More vandalism. More aggressive behaviour. More mental health issues. More crime. More fear.
  O’Donnell has seen these negative trends reflected in crime statisti
  
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• Weekend hockey preview coverage - St. Albert Gazette

  16-11-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Weekend hockey preview coverage  St. Albert GazetteMerchants at Jets The St. Albert Merchants and Morinville Jets renew their rivalry tonight in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. Hall of Fame netminder.
  
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• St. Albert NDP MLAs square off for same riding - St. Albert Gazette

  16-11-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert NDP MLAs square off for same riding  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert's two NDP MLAs will be squaring off for the same nomination in December. On Wednesday afternoon, St. Albert MLA Marie Renaud announced her.
  
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• Rec centres, tax burden dominate Edmonton city budget hearing

  16-11-2018 05:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council was pulled in polarizing directions Thursday at a public hearing ahead of upcoming budget deliberations, as some speakers called for frugality while others pleaded for debt-funded spending to fill service gaps.
  Over 170 people registered to speak at a hearing for citizens and groups to give council feedback ahead of their budget deliberations that will set city spending and property taxes for the next four years.
  West-end residents came out in force to speak out in favour of funding
  
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• Watch: Oilers prepare for Battle of Alberta

  16-11-2018 04:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan and goalie Cam Talbot comment after team practice on Nov. 15, 2018, in Edmonton as they prepare to take on the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
  
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• Watch: Edmonton's downtown crime on the increase

  16-11-2018 04:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jodie Berry, a downtown resident for a dozen years and also a co-ordinator for REACH, a city organization that helps place homeless people with community services, says a few years ago her building was hit with a big increase in break-ins, theft and dumpster diving, as well as folks camping out, taking drugs, defecating and urinating and leaving a mess in the back alley.
  Condo residents were outraged and constantly called in the police.
  These people are residents of our city …,” she
  
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• Dining out: Kanu café joins list of Edmonton's signature downtown eateries with plant-based fare

  16-11-2018 04:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Somehow — mostly to do with lazy thinking — the Alberta stereotype remains a Ford-150 sporting a “I Love Alberta Beef” bumper sticker, rolling past pump jacks and canola. And while it would be foolish to propose such tableaus are passé in these parts, statistical realities are tough to argue with.
  To be sure, there is a vibrant rural-small town culture here that embraces classic western themes, certainly including what Albertans put on their plates each evening.
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• Family drama, trauma and fun as Varscona Theatre Ensemble debuts latest season

  16-11-2018 03:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Featuring drunken spats, road trips that never end, and closets simply stuffed with secrets, the Varscona Theatre Ensemble celebrates the family in all its messy glory as the company’s three-show 2018/19 season launches.
  First up Nov. 22 is Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels. The show, produced by Belinda Cornish’s Bright Young Things, sees two sisters take each other to pieces in “the most witty and elegant way imaginable,” says Jeff Haslam, the artistic director of the t
  
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• Fitness column: How to find the best indoor workout now that winter is here

  16-11-2018 03:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  With cold weather knocking at the door you’ve decided to move your workouts indoors. You were exercising outside right?
  For many, the decision to start exercising comes with trepidation. (I assumed you may have missed a few workout sessions over the summer, so we’re starting from scratch).
  Accompanying the discomfort of your first sit up are three common barriers. First, the barrier of change. Second, determining an appropriate exercise location. Third, showing up.
  We’ve talked
  
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• Three dead after workplace industrial accident in Leduc

  16-11-2018 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three men are dead after a serious workplace industrial accident at the Leduc Business Park Thursday afternoon.
  The accident happened sometime between 2 and 2:30 p.m. at Millennium Cryogenic Technologies. All of the victims were adults who worked at the facility.
  Mounties said they responded to the premises, which are located just east of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and south of Airport Road, at 2:55 p.m. along with the fire department and emergency services.
  The men died at the scene, Mounti
  
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• WATCH: Edmonton Oilers Prepare For "Battle of Alberta"

  16-11-2018 02:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan and goalie Cam Talbot comment after team practice in Edmonton as they prepare to take on the Calgary Flames in Calgary on Saturday November 17, 2018.
   
  
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• WATCH: Child Offers Advice to Edmonton City Council

  16-11-2018 02:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Figure skater Amelie Tessier, 9, addressed the mayor and city council during a public forum at Edmonton City Hall on Thursday, to stress the importance of building a new recreation centre in west Edmonton.
  Edmonton city council is weighing whether to use debt to finance a $300-million rec centre with a pool, gym and library in the fast-growing new west Edmonton suburb of Lewis Farms.
  Old pools, new recreation centres, transit fares and business taxes were among the topics Edmonton cit
  
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• Supercomputing hub latest boost to University of Alberta artificial intelligence research

  16-11-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A supercomputing hub furnished with high-performance machines will be at the heart of a new collaborative venture focused on artificial intelligence at the University of Alberta.
  The U of A received $2.5 million Thursday from the federal government for an AI-supercomputing hub for academic and industry collaboration. The hub, linking academics and industry, will include computers that can process raw data in hours, as opposed to days, according to a news release from Western Economic Diversifica
  
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• 'Tremendous relief': Alberta signs agreement to implement Jordan's Principle

  16-11-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province promised to fully implement Jordan’s Principle Thursday as part of its plan to repair Alberta’s child intervention system.
  “For First Nations families here in Alberta right now who are facing chronic health problems that aren’t life-threatening but could have enormous impacts on the quality of their life, this is going to be a tremendous relief,” said Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee in an interview.
  Jordan’s Principle is the co
  
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