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• Oil Spills podcast: Edmonton Oilers minus Connor McDavid equals trouble

  04-12-2018 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  We found out what a superstar-less Edmonton Oilers team is like, and it wasn’t pretty when Connor McDavid sat out his team’s game on the road against the Dallas Stars when he fell ill.
  While it was just one game, short of expecting McDavid to be the ultimate iron-man, illness and injuries do happen, and the Oilers certainly looked like they were running on a lower-octane fuel minus him. What it did was magnify the team’s current lack of depth on the wings.
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• Anatomy attraction turns heads - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 23:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Anatomy attraction turns heads  St. Albert GazettePREVIEW Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out Runs until Jan. 5, 2019 Telus World of Science 11211 – 142 St. Tickets: $28 to $40. Call 780-451-3344 or at.
  
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• Merchants focused on positives - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 23:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  Merchants focused on positives  St. Albert GazetteThe St. Albert Merchants can see light at the end of the tunnel after a dark stretch in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. Points in six out of seven.
  
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• Three to See Wednesday: Stormy peaks, Ed the Sock and The Great Gatsby

  04-12-2018 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mountain of Storms: Before they were magnates of the outdoors, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and The North Face’s co-founder Doug Tompkins were true dirtbags. In 1968, Chouinard, Tompkins and a group of three friends set off in an old van to a then-obscure destination: the eponymous Patagonia region. Along the way, these five friends stopped only to eat, sleep, ski, climb and surf. Amazingly, they chronicled the entire adventure on a 16-mm Bolex camera. Mountain of Storms has inspired a
  
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• Parking program approved - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 23:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Parking program approved  St. Albert GazetteA city-wide parking program is now in place for residents who live near the hospital, transit stations, schools and around temporary construction sites.
  
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• Neko Case bringing back her beautiful sass to Winspear May 7

  04-12-2018 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The laser-sharp and bold Neko Case returns to Edmonton May 7, promoting her latest album Hell-On, which was inspired by her home burning down while she was on tour.
  “It felt like this was an out-of-time Jacques Cousteau undersea expedition through a sunken World War II ship. Of course there’s some shit I miss,” she says, citing family photographs and a favourite sweater. “But none of it matters.”
  Case’s long and wonderful career includes amazing songs like I W
  
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• Notley cuts oil production - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 22:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  Notley cuts oil production  St. Albert GazetteThe Alberta government's decision to cut oil production in response to rock-bottom prices is earning accolades from both sides of the political aisle. On.
  
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• Break-in, weapons call draws police to northeast home, teen arrested

  04-12-2018 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A northeast Edmonton townhouse complex was surrounded by police responding to a break and enter, weapons call Tuesday morning.
  Tactical and canine units were called to the Roseland Village townhouse near 140 Avenue and 87 Street just before 11 a.m.
  When officers entered the home occupied by a woman and her young son, they found a 19-year-old man who had entered the house claiming he had been shot.
  But police found no weapons or signs of gunshot wounds, police spokeswoman Cheryl Voordenhout said
  
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• At Morinville Council: net-zero affordable homes and photo radar - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 22:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  At Morinville Council: net-zero affordable homes and photo radar  St. Albert GazetteMorinville is getting a net-zero affordable housing complex, and will keep photo radar for at least a few months more.
  
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• Province bans mandatory high heels in the workplace - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 21:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Province bans mandatory high heels in the workplace  St. Albert GazetteStarting in January, waitresses and bartenders will no longer be forced to wear heels on the job. Under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) code,
  
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• Fill-a-Bus - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 21:54 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fill-a-Bus  St. Albert GazetteYour help is need in support of families throughout St. Albert. You can help the St. Albert Kinettes fill Christmas hampers by donating to this Saturday's Fill-a-Bus ...
  
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• A year of free transit for youth - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 21:26 via stalbertgazette.com
  A year of free transit for youth  St. Albert GazetteYoung St. Albertans will be getting free transit passes next year as part of an attempt to collect some data on youth bus use. Last Tuesday, city.
  
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• Police watchdog investigating Grande Prairie RCMP-involved shooting

  04-12-2018 21:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate an RCMP-involved shooting in Grande Prairie Tuesday morning.
  Officers in the northern city attempted to stop a stolen vehicle near 132 Avenue and 100 Street about 4 a.m. when a confrontation happened between Mounties and two suspects, said police in a Tuesday release.
  During the fracas, an RCMP officer’s weapon discharged, injuring one of the suspects. The victim was transported to hospital and is being treated for thei
  
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• Vader’s case goes before Court of Appeal - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 20:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Vader’s case goes before Court of Appeal  St. Albert GazetteTravis Vader's lawyers have appeared before a judge to ask for a new trial in the deaths of two St. Albert seniors. Vader, who is currently serving a life.
  
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• Alberta Ballet's Nutcracker set to dance into people's hearts again

  04-12-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  You might call it the holiday season, but for ballet fans and dancers it’s Nutcracker season.
  Alberta Ballet had already sold out three nights at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre to rave reviews when choreographer Edmund Stripe took time to talk about the company’s 10th season staging its current version of Tchaikovsky’s famous dance epic, set to play Edmonton this weekend.
  “We’re quite proud that it has made it this far, but you do revisit certain things,”
  
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• Path opened for $12.4M fire hall - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 20:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Path opened for $12.4M fire hall  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert councillors are leaving their options open when it comes to the proposed multi-million-dollar reconstruction of Fire Hall #1. City councillors.
  
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• Cappies review: The Odyssey

  04-12-2018 18:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  By Cara RoszellJasper Place High School
  Homer’s classic tale The Odyssey, brought to new heights by playwright Mary Zimmerman, is reinvented once more by Louis St. Laurent. Originally published by Zimmerman in 2003, The Odyssey details the hopeful story of Odysseus — a man with a mission to find his way home and reconnect with his loving wife and son. Though our hero toils 20 long years, he eventually returns triumphant to Ithaca. However, he finds that his home is not the one he lef
  
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• Watch: Oilers give Mikko Koskinen more starts in goal

  04-12-2018 18:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  NHL beat writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, about Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen getting his fourth consecutive start as the team travelled to Dallas to face the host Stars.
  Koskinen has an 8-3-1 record in his 12 starts, has a .925 save percentage, stopping 344 of 372 shots to sit 12th best in the league. Jaro Halak is No. 1 at .936, just a shade better than Pekka Rinne at .935. Playing at home, Koskinen is 5-0 with a .967 save percentage.
  
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• Cappies reviews: Radium Girls

  04-12-2018 18:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  By Rebeca Adams
  J. Percy Page High School
  “I’m not askin’ for charity, Ma. I just want what’s owed to me.”
  A former watch dial painter and the U.S. Radium Corporation go head-to-head in a battle over workers’ rights in this gritty tale, which Archbishop Jordan presented with confidence and solemnity.Radium Girls is a two-act play written by D.W. Gregory. It debuted at the Playwright’s Theatre of New Jersey and then later was revised after receiving a gra
  
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• Morinville, county councillors poised for pay cut - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 17:31 via stalbertgazette.com
  Morinville, county councillors poised for pay cut  St. Albert GazetteSturgeon and Morinville councillors are poised to take a pay cut after disagreeing on how to handle next year's changes to federal tax laws. Sturgeon County ...
  
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• Edmonton weather: Now the real winter begins — for a few days

  04-12-2018 15:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Don’t put away that light coat you put to use all November just yet.
  While you might be stocking up on more wool socks while elbowing all the additional shoppers sick and tired of waiting for parcels destined to become Christmas presents to arive, come the weekend, you’ll still want to wear cotton.
  Today’s forecast calls for a high of -2 C — but windchills of -17 C this morning and -7 C this afternoon thanks to wind gusts of 20-40 km/h — down to a low of -12 C tonig
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Gov't intervention goes both ways

  04-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is a naive and short-term fix to invite the provincial government to intervene in what is otherwise a competitive market for the exploration and development of our province’s energy resources.
  If prices are low and some companies seek short-term relief through production cuts, then they must be prepared to also accept government direction for production increases when prices are deemed “too high.”
  What made Alberta great is equal opportunity, ingenuity and willingness to wei
  
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• Keith Gerein: Alberta's oil price alliance a rare moment of political harmony

  04-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Christmas lights have been threaded through the trees around the legislature, ready to be turned on Tuesday evening.
  Hanukkah festivities have already begun, kick-started with a celebration Sunday that had the grounds filled with Hebrew music.
  And snow has finally arrived in abundance, giving everything a postcard perfect appearance.
  Perhaps it was these familiar sights and sounds of the holiday season that helped provincial politicians, for one brief moment, come together in co-operation to res
  
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• From surveillance to convenience apps, China is spending billions on artificial intelligence startups

  04-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a global race underway to capitalize on artificial intelligence, a cutting-edge industry that’s no longer science fiction. Canada, looking to carve out its place, is up against world economic superpowers. Reporter Emma Graney visited China to explore the country’s growing AI expertise and what Canada needs to do to compete. Her reporting was supported with a fellowship from the Asia Pacific Foundation. This is part two of a three-part series.
  Beijing — The surveil
  
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• Player grades: McDavid falls ill, Edmonton Oilers show the symptoms in loss to Stars

  04-12-2018 08:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Stars 4
  The bad news started early when the Edmonton Oilers learned they would be minus superstar forward Connor McDavid in Dallas Monday, sidelined with an illness. In fact, both of their goal scorers from their last game had to miss this one, as Ryan Spooner also was in sick bay. The short staffed squad that remained was a rag tag crew of 11 forwards, 7 defencemen, and a whole lot of mix and match.
  To their credit the Oilers came up with a pretty game effort, carrying the play for st
  
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• Three to See Tuesday: An art stunt, Christmas country and bells at city hall

  04-12-2018 06:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Drawing a Day Until Christmas: Edmonton artist Dana Holst has a terrific idea and personal challenge with this new series of drawings and paintings, running one a day like an advent calendar until Dec. 25. And if you want to buy one of them, that’s easy, too, and very reasonably priced for an artist who’s had solo shows all over the world, including the Art Gallery of Alberta. Holst’s work touches on nostalgia while exploring the place of the feminine in our world — she
  
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• PFLAG Monthly Meeting - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 06:37 via stalbertgazette.com
  PFLAG Monthly Meeting  St. Albert GazetteAt PFLAG, we talk about how great the support is for our own beautiful LGBTQ people. The folks who drop in talk about their families, friends, acquaintances, and ...
  
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• Rupi Kaur - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 03:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rupi Kaur  St. Albert GazetteRupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. At the age of five, her mother handed her a paintbrush and said, “draw your heart out.” At 17, she happened upon a ...
  
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• Lessons and Carols: Music of Hope and Light - St. Albert Gazette

  04-12-2018 03:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  Lessons and Carols: Music of Hope and Light  St. Albert GazetteThis is an afternoon of traditional congregational carols, scripture readings and music sung by the choir of Robertson-Wesley, directed by Tammy-Jo Mortensen ...
  
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• Covenant Health updates medical aid in dying policy after patients have consultations on the street

  04-12-2018 03:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Patients considering assisted death are now allowed to have eligibility assessments and sign documents in Catholic hospitals and care homes, says a revised Covenant Health policy.
  In the wake of documents showing Covenant staff skirted the organization’s existing policy, and tales of patients forced onto the sidewalk or a bus shelter to ask for help to die, the Catholic health-care organization published its revised approach to the thorny issue on Monday afternoon.
  Despite the previous rul
  
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• 'The sky has not fallen': City council queries staff on need for cannabis funding, mulls other saving strategies

  04-12-2018 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cutting back proposed spending on cannabis enforcement is just one of the potential trimming measures city council is weighing in its to-and-fro on budgeting for the next four years.
  City administration and Edmonton police have pitched millions in funding for increased enforcement and other costs related to legalization of cannabis, but some members of council are questioning the need for the dollars.
  “We’re now a number of months into this and the sky has not fallen,” said&nbs
  
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• Dash-cam footage sought in Strathcona County RCMP homicide investigation

  04-12-2018 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties believe dash-cam footage from the public could hold vital clues in their homicide investigation into the death of Gursumeet Singh Brar, whose body was found dumped south of Sherwood Park over the weekend.
  The body of the 25-year-old Sherwood Park resident was found on a rural property near Highway 14 and Range Road 231 in Strathcona County shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
  At the time, police said his death seemed suspicious and brought in the major crimes unit.
  An autopsy conducte
  
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• 'They saved my son's life': Edmonton nightclub shooting victim's mother praises co-worker, doctor

  04-12-2018 02:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  The mother of a man shot at a downtown Edmonton nightclub early Sunday morning is praising one of the bouncer’s co-workers and an unknown doctor who helped stem the bleeding until they could transport him to hospital.
  Geoff Summers was working security at the Alibi Ultra Lounge at 10004 Jasper Ave. when he was shot at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday.
  Witnesses said when a group of patrons were refused re-entry into the popular night spot, one of the assailants kicked in the glass door and another f
  
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• Edmonton looks at backing bid to host 2022 Juno Awards

  04-12-2018 01:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Landing the Juno Awards could net about $3.5 million in revenue for the local economy, city administration estimates.
  As part of its 2019-2022 budget deliberations, city council will debate contributing $550,000 in city funds to support a bid to bring the Canadian music awards show to Edmonton in 2022.
  Administration put the request on an “unfunded” list, but Ward 6 Coun. Scott McKeen said he’ll throw his support behind green-lighting the funding to host the event downtown.
  McK
  
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• Alberta Métis settlements celebrate 80 years

  04-12-2018 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eight decades of the official relationship between Alberta’s Métis  population and the provincial government — the ups and downs, good times and bad — was celebrated at the legislature building Monday.
  With the help of enthusiastic fiddle reels courtesy of a group of Grade 4 students from Prince Charles Elementary, leaders from Alberta’s eight Métis settlements joined government officials to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1938 Métis Population
  
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• Edmonton filmmakers to appear at prestigious Sundance Festival

  04-12-2018 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Sundance Film Festival — touted as the most important independent film festival in North America — will play works by local filmmakers Trevor Anderson and Niobe Thompson when festivities kick off Jan. 24.
  Anderson’s new, four-minute film, Docking, which explores the filmmaker’s fear of dating, will be seen in the Midnight Shorts section of the festival, which takes place in Park City, Utah. Though Anderson has had two films previously viewed at Sundance, he is nonethe
  
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• City Releases Census Report

  04-12-2018 00:16
  Provides in-depth analysis of 2018 Municipal Census results The City of St. Albert has released its In-Depth Analysis of the... Read Post
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Persons with disabilities recognized, child development awards and an annual tradition

  04-12-2018 00:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta joined people across the globe Monday by recognizing the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the legislature building.
  The day aims to increase awareness of diverse abilities, promote inclusion for individuals with disabilities and provide education and resources on how to take actions year-round that will help to create more accepting organizations and communities.
  The government, UCP and Alberta Party all delivered remarks at the event.
  “Far too many
  
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