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• Kickoff at 4: Here's where to party as Grey Cup festivities move to Commonwealth

  25-11-2018 22:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans sipped Caesars and took in live music as they counted down the hours to the Grey Cup kickoff on Sunday afternoon.
  Ticket holders gathered ahead of the sold-out game at a free tailgate event held in the Edmonton Expo Centre.
  “I’ve been to 14 Grey Cups and it’s the best set-up I’ve ever seen,” said Paul Andrusek, who travelled to Edmonton from Ottawa with his family to cheer on the Ottawa Redblacks.
  He said the pre-game festival events have been “fantastic&
  
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• Countdown to Grey Cup kickoff: Fans flock to Commonwealth and TV screens across the city

  25-11-2018 22:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans sipped Caesars and took in live music as they counted down the hours to the Grey Cup kickoff on Sunday afternoon.
  Ticket holders gathered ahead of the sold-out game at a free tailgate event held in the Edmonton Expo Centre. Kickoff is at 4 p.m.
  “I’ve been to 14 Grey Cups and it’s the best set-up I’ve ever seen,” said Paul Andrusek, who travelled to Edmonton from Ottawa with his family to cheer on the Ottawa Redblacks.
  He said the pre-game festival events have b
  
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• Nick Lees: Cyclists wanted for eight-day ride to Haida Gwaii

  25-11-2018 21:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wanted: Twenty cyclists to ride to surf-smashed Pacific beaches and watch bald eagles soar above giant conifers in old-growth forests.
  Accept this mission and you will pedal 905 kilometres in eight days and make a 203-km ferry ride from Prince Rupert to Skidegate, Haida Gwaii.
  The June 15-22 trip is a fundraiser for CASA, which provides mental health services for infants, children, adolescents and their families in Edmonton and across northern Alberta. Riders will also take delivery of a large c
  
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• 'Ageless, ceaselessly moving wonder': Stiff Little Fingers rocks the Starlite Room

  25-11-2018 20:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stiff Little Fingers wrote a song nearly four decades ago with a line saying that they weren’t “good enough to be a dance band.”
  It wasn’t true in 1980 and it isn’t now, as the Belfast, Northern Ireland legend easily turned a sold out, or at least nearly sold out, Starlite Room into a sweaty, moving mass of people grooving to their ’77 style punk/reggae rock stylings.
  The crowd was an interesting assembly of characters, with more than a few on the floor of the
  
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• Three to See on Monday: Free Hot Garbage, 8 1/2 and Stars

  25-11-2018 18:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hot Garbage, Mysticeti: Heavy psych sprinkled with doom — their Facebook event actually says “sprinkled with doom” — Toronto’s Hot Garbage has opened for Ty Segall, Wand and L.A. Witch (yes, there are a few). Basically lots of reverb echo in the guitars with dreamy, eyes-closed, head-sashaying stoner rock moving slowly forward, then culminating in little bursts of electric energy, female and male singing. It’s push and pull that’ll make you smi
  
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• 'We are stuck': Mobile home residents in east Edmonton lose advocate for change

  25-11-2018 17:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mobile home residents in east Edmonton are calling on the province to bolster tenant rights, arguing that they’re out of options to address flooding, poor road maintenance and continual rent increases.
  It was one of the landmark issues MLA Robyn Luff was working on before she left the NDP caucus. Her departure has left the community unsure where to turn.
  “We are stuck, there’s no getting out,” said Crystal Chalmers, president of the Twin Parks Community League, which repr
  
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• Where to party: Grey Cup festivities a paradise for CFL fans and a win for Edmontonians

  25-11-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian Football League fans will join in an energetic pilgrimage to their mecca Sunday as they escort the Grey Cup to Commonwealth Stadium.
  After four days of merriment downtown, the Grey Cup festivities move northeast on Sunday in anticipation of the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks clashing on the gridiron. Kickoff time is 4 p.m.
  Those still hunting for a pre-game tailgating experience are invited to the Grey Cup Fan March, which has been revived from a similar stroll to the 100th Gre
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #23 – The Oilers can close to within 1 of a playoff spot versus cellar-dwelling Kings: 9 Things

  25-11-2018 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day #23Edmonton Oilers (10-10-2) vs. L.A. Kings (7-14-1)
  The Edmonton Oilers can wrap up their West Coast swing with 5 out of a possible 6  points, with a win in L.A. tonight.
  What a whirlwind! When this trip started, Todd McLellan was still coach, Jesse Puljujarvi was in the minors, the club had lost 6 of 7, and this game in Hollywood was probably the only one to be semi-confident in that points could be forthcoming.
  Instead, flash forward 6 days. The formerly retired Ken Hitchcock is
  
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• 'We are stuck': Mobile home residents in east Edmonton push for tenant rights

  25-11-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mobile home residents in east Edmonton are calling on the province to bolster tenant rights, arguing that they’re out of options to address flooding, poor road maintenance and continual rent increases.
  It was one of the landmark issues MLA Robyn Luff was working on before she left the NDP caucus. Her departure has left the community unsure where to turn.
  “We are stuck, there’s no getting out,” said Crystal Chalmers, president of the Twin Parks Community League, which repr
  
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• Ken Hitchcock gets it right on Jesse Puljujarvi: "If we expect to win… we need players like him"

  25-11-2018 05:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Refreshing! Hitchcock takes responsibility for developing Puljujarvi
  It’s been a long time since I agreed with a coach on the merits and potential of a player more than I agree with Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock’s take on Jesse Puljujarvi.
  The consensus of the mainstream media pundits around the team is that Puljujarvi is immature, not a smart player, not much accepted by his teammates, and needs to spend ample time in the American Hockey League if he’s ever going to make
  
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• Grey Cup festivities a paradise for CFL fans and a win for Edmontonians

  25-11-2018 03:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian Football League fans will join in an energetic pilgrimage to their mecca Sunday as they escort the Grey Cup to Commonwealth Stadium.
  After four days of merriment downtown, the Grey Cup festivities move northeast on Sunday in anticipation of the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks clashing on the gridiron. Kickoff time is 4 p.m.
  Those still hunting for a pre-game tailgating experience are invited to the Grey Cup Fan March, which has been revived from a similar stroll to the 100th Gre
  
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• Rolling into Grey Cup with ease: The best ways to get there

  25-11-2018 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans attending Sunday’s Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium will need a solid game plan to get to the match. Here are some tips to get in — and out — of the big game.
  Taking LRT
  The city recommends fans take advantage of public transit with Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) offering free LRT service from 11 a.m. until two hours after the game for anyone with a ticket to the Grey Cup. Children 12 and under who are accompanied by an adult can also ride free.
  The Capital LRT line, which
  
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• 'Just flows through your blood': Fans from every team take over Jasper Avenue for the Grey Cup Parade

  25-11-2018 00:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stampeders, Redblacks … Roughriders? Football fans from across the country lined Jasper Avenue Saturday as the joint Grey Cup-Santa Claus parade took over downtown.
  The Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders are set to play for Canadian football’s most vaunted trophy on Sunday. But the sea of jerseys and fan gear lining the parade route made it tough to guess which clubs are actually set to take the field.
  Edmonton Eskimos fans were out in full force, as was the brighter green Sask
  
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• Toasty warm: Eskimos help give away donated winter jackets to Catholic students

  25-11-2018 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton mother Kaw Paw Ta wore a wide grin on Saturday afternoon, a warm winter jacket slung over each arm.
  “I feel so happy this year,” Ta said over the din at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School’s gymnasium. Usually, she finds winter clothes for her kids at a thrift store. This year, her two youngest kids, age 7 and 11, will have new winter jackets.
  “I’m so happy for my kids. I say thank you so much to the community,” she said.
  Ta was one of about 100 pe
  
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