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• Feline fury: Leduc hopes to curb cat attacks on humans by instituting fine on owners

  08-12-2018 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents of Leduc are overwhelmingly in favour of cracking down on owners of cats that attack humans, after a number of complaints came forward in 2017.
  The city is moving to amend its animal bylaw by adding a fine provision for cat attacks, in part based on the results of public consultation and an online survey that received over 1,200 responses.
  “We did have a couple cat attacks,” Cameron Chisholm, Leduc manager of RCMP administration and enforcement services, said Friday. &ldquo
  
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• PHOTOS: High flying action at Badminton Alberta tournament

  08-12-2018 20:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Competitors from across Alberta were competing at the Yonex Alberta Junior Circuit Gold-Gord Smith CWC Junior U13, U15 badminton tournament at the Calgary Winter Club in Calgary, Alberta from December 7-9, 2018. Here is a photo gallery of the high-flying action from some of the Edmonton badminton players.
  Anna Wong competes in the U15 category at the Yonex Alberta Junior Circuit Gold badminton tournament held at the Calgary Winter Club in Calgary from December 7-9, 2018. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POS
  
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• Opinion: Keep Catholic schools for the sake of students

  08-12-2018 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta has recently launched an initiative invitingly named “Together for Students” advocating for a single public school system — that is to say, for ending the separate Catholic school system. Regrettably, a vocal minority subscribes to this idea, often because of a lack of information, and so a few points need to be made in the public conversation. The question is not, as the PSBAA might put it, “why should we fund Cathol
  
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• Saturday's letters: Publicize public skiing at private clubs

  08-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Royal Mayfair the city’s best-kept ski secret,” Elise Stolte, Dec. 7
  What a shame that both the Royal Mayfair and the Highlands Golf Course choose to be quiet about the availability of their lands for public use. Are they forgetting that as a lease-holder they do not own the property?
  City staff, who represent us, did not know or were choosing to be quiet about it.
  They even go as far as not allowing skiers to use their washroom facilities if you’re not a member. Wil
  
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• Opinion: Keep Catholic schools for the sake of studetns

  08-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta has recently launched an initiative invitingly named “Together for Students” advocating for a single public school system — that is to say, for ending the separate Catholic school system. Regrettably, a vocal minority subscribes to this idea, often because of a lack of information, and so a few points need to be made in the public conversation. The question is not, as the PSBAA might put it, “why should we fund Cathol
  
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• Player grades: McDavid, Draisaitl run amok as Edmonton Oilers tame Wild

  08-12-2018 10:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wild 2, Oilers 7
  Edmonton Oilers finally found their finishing touch on Friday night, exploding for three goals in the first ten minutes to drive former Oiler and current nemesis Devan Dubnyk from the cage, then adding three more in the final ten to run away with a 7-2 win over Minnesota Wild.
  In between times things got a little dicey at times with the visitors spending an awful lot of time in Edmonton’s end of the ice, but Cam Talbot had the answers at critical times, rejecting at least
  
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• Most workers have to make do with less - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 10:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Most workers have to make do with less  St. Albert GazetteCouncil tops up salaries! How nice for them. Such a shame that they are having the advantage of not having one-third of their salaries tax exempt being.
  
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• Oil order - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 08:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Oil order  St. Albert GazetteWe are essentially giving our oil away for free.” – Premier Rachel Notley To address the ongoing oil price crisis in this province, the Notley government.
  
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• The ‘Alberta way’ needs changing - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  The ‘Alberta way’ needs changing  St. Albert GazetteI write because of a recent ill-informed letter to the editor from Mr. Tony Gull about federal equalization payments being unfair to Albertans, and.
  
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• Rail safety insanity continues - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rail safety insanity continues  St. Albert GazetteYour article, “Rail fence to cost city less than expected,” (St. Albert Gazette, Nov. 28) simply confirms the insanity of this initiative. The railways abandoned fenced ...
  
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• Embracing my inner bully - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 08:01 via stalbertgazette.com
  Embracing my inner bully  St. Albert GazetteRecently I saw a photo of schoolchildren creating posters for an anti-bullying campaign. The poster slogans called to mind a mild version of the mass.
  
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• Watch: Oilers demolish the Wild at Rogers Place

  08-12-2018 06:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Oilers opened up offensively in the third period against Minnesota on Friday night at Rogers Place by scoring four unanswered goals.
  The Oilers won for the fifth time in six games, improving to 6-2-1 under Ken Hitchcock and moving to within one point of a playoff spot with a 7-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild.
  They scored three quick goals in the first period, withstood the ensuing response in the second and then, when it looked like the Wild might be coming back to life, scored four times
  
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• Keith Gerein: Notley gets 'elbows up' with first ministers, but help on oil crisis remains elusive

  08-12-2018 04:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Back in the fall of 2015, a little over 1,000 days ago, Premier Rachel Notley was the fresh-faced newcomer at the table as Canada’s first ministers gathered in Ottawa.
  The world had a distinctly progressive feel to it.
  Barack Obama was still in the White House then, Justin Trudeau had just been elected prime minister, and the federal government was preparing for the consequential Paris climate change talks.
  The major theme of that 2015 first ministers meeting was on the need to step up Can
  
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• Rangoli Design Performance: BMO All Day Sunday - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 03:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rangoli Design Performance: BMO All Day Sunday  St. Albert GazetteJoin us for an all day celebration of the vibrant colours, folklore and spirituality radiating from our two current exhibitions Goddesses of Creation and Vision ...
  
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• Drop-in Storytime at St. Albert Retirement Residence presented by St. Albert Public Library - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 03:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Drop-in Storytime at St. Albert Retirement Residence presented by St. Albert Public Library  St. Albert GazetteJoin us for an inter-generational storytime. Borrow books and enjoy playtime, crafts, stories and music on Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. These sessions ...
  
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• Cirque Musica - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 03:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cirque Musica  St. Albert GazetteA fun-filled concert experience for the whole family featuring the talented cast of Cirque Musica accompanied by holiday songs performed by a live symphony ...
  
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• Terwillegar expressway, velodrome among spending approved in city budget

  08-12-2018 03:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council approved spending $101 million toward upgrading Terwillegar Drive to an expressway Friday, along with a slew of other major building projects
  The plan to convert the southwest roadway into a freeway dates back to its initial construction in the 1980s. The switch to an expressway plan was concocted during consultations earlier this year.
  “The proposed expressway approach is less infrastructure intensive. It moves away from ramps and overpasses and concrete trenches, and moves t
  
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• Watch: Bodies of two young children found in southeast Edmonton apartment

  08-12-2018 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  The bodies of two young children found in a southeast Edmonton apartment Wednesday were only discovered under a pile of household items after a second search of the suite, Edmonton police said Friday.
  Some of the disturbing details were released at Edmonton police headquarters during a Friday news conference. Results from the children’s autopsies Friday morning are expected from the medical examiner Monday.
  Their bodies were concealed by the man accused in their deaths, acting Staff Sgt. T
  
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• Watch: New system allows airport customers to speed up security process

  08-12-2018 02:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Friday the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) demonstrated its new carry-on baggage security screening system at the Edmonton International Airport. The system is supposed to be more efficient and user-friendly for both travellers in a hurry and those who need more time.
  The authority had installed the CATSA Plus conveyor system in two of the airport’s eight security lineups. Passengers began using one of them on Monday, and the other is being used for employee train
  
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• Teen quits job at Grande Prairie Walmart with epic rant

  08-12-2018 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Facebook video of a 17-year-old worker airing his grievances over a Grande Prairie Walmart intercom system and then quitting his job is attracting some online attention.
  The “How I quit my job today” video posted to Jackson Racicot’s Facebook page at around 4 p.m. on Thursday shows him dialling into the intercom system at a Grande Prairie Walmart and addressing shoppers, associates and management in a speech that could rival Howard Beale’s famous &ld
  
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• Tubs of bath salts, wrapped presents on the no-fly carry-on list this holiday season

  08-12-2018 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A six-pack of Budweiser. A sparkly snow globe featuring Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse. A jar of bath salts. A perfume bottle shaped like a grenade.
  Travellers attempted to bring all of these items through the Edmonton International Airport’s security screening in their carry-on bags.
  If you absolutely must bring a hand saw home for the holidays — how else will you cut down that Christmas tree? — you’ll have to store it in your checked suitcase while flying, said Christine
  
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• Press Gallery podcast #254: The Oil, Oil, Oil And Trouble edition

  08-12-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fall legislative session is over, but the oil price crash and its impact on Canadian coffers is nowhere near done.
  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Chris Varcoe, Dave Breakenridge and Keith Gerein to talk about Premier Rachel Notley’s decision to curtail oil production, what that means for Alberta and reaction from the oil and gas sector.
  The team also takes a look at a couple of United Conservative nomination races in Calgary — Peter Singh, who is accused of buyin
  
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• Police arrest two men who robbed at least 20 homes across Edmonton

  08-12-2018 01:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two thieves who targeted more than 30 properties in Edmonton and its satellite cities by kicking in the front doors of homes and burgling them in broad daylight have been arrested by police following a month-long investigation.
  Police said Friday that the two suspects robbed at least 20 homes in Edmonton and another 10 in Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Devon and St. Albert in the past month before being caught.
  Earlier this month they were spotted breaking and entering a home in Devon in which
  
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• Game on! - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 01:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  Game on!  St. Albert GazetteThe Special Olympics St. Albert floor hockey and basketball teams showcased their skills against the SARFC all-stars this week at Sir George Simpson.
  
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• City back in black with $119K surplus - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:37 via stalbertgazette.com
  City back in black with $119K surplus  St. Albert GazetteThe city is back in the black, at least for now. St. Albert's third quarter report, which looks at the city's finances up to Sept. 30, shows a surplus of.
  
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• Elf’s bad behaviour hits businesses - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:35 via stalbertgazette.com
  Elf’s bad behaviour hits businesses  St. Albert GazetteSince Dec. 1, one of Santa's helpers has gone rogue, making mischief at various businesses across the city. Her whereabouts have been posted to Facebook, ...
  
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• Counting up the capital cost - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Counting up the capital cost  St. Albert GazetteLast Tuesday, members of St. Albert council debated budget motions and decided which projects they would fund in 2019. Twenty-nine motions were brought.
  
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• Sabres start to sharpen up - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:19 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sabres start to sharpen up  St. Albert GazetteThe St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres are playing with a competitive edge by putting the nose to the grindstone. “We're practicing harder and we're.
  
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• St. Albert’s housing market stands strong - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert’s housing market stands strong  St. Albert GazetteWhile the rest of the region continues to slow down, the housing market in St. Albert remains strong. According to the latest Realtors Association of.
  
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• Check out On Tap for weekend home games - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Check out On Tap for weekend home games  St. Albert GazetteRaiders at home Today's north division contest between the St. Albert Nektar Data Systems Raiders and the Canadian Athletic Club starts at 1:45 p.m. at.
  
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• Want to make artisanal soap? Join the crowd - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Want to make artisanal soap? Join the crowd  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert teacher Julia Rawlings endures a stuffed nose, sneezes and headaches whenever she comes in contact with a chemically based scent or perfume.
  
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• Environment File: bird count and climate change - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Environment File: bird count and climate change  St. Albert GazetteChristmas is coming, and that means it's census time for St. Albert's birds. The 28th annual St. Albert Christmas Bird Count is this Dec. 28. The seasonal event is ...
  
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• 'The free ride is over': Iveson uses zoo funding to call for shared regional recreation costs

  08-12-2018 00:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Debate over funding improvements to the city zoo on Friday culminated in Mayor Don Iveson calling on taxpayers in neighbouring communities to pitch in on the cost of Edmonton’s tourism and recreation facilities.
  Regional leaders already know this request is coming. In fact, Iveson said at a recent meeting that St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron suggested Edmonton should be sending a bill to neighbours for attractions like Fort Edmonton Park, Telus World of Science and the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
  Co
  
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• A holiday treat from MacEwan’s Big Band - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:08 via stalbertgazette.com
  A holiday treat from MacEwan’s Big Band  St. Albert GazettePREVIEW Big Band Concert MacEwan University Department of Music Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Triffo Theatre, Allard Hall 11110 – 104 Ave. Tickets: Visit.
  
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• Win-win-win with Barn Buddies - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Win-win-win with Barn Buddies  St. Albert GazetteYou're a rural landowner with a mouse or two chewing through things. The city of Edmonton has a substantial feral cat problem. If only there was a way.
  
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• Tuning up for festive season - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Tuning up for festive season  St. Albert GazetteChristmas is a season we celebrate with mistletoe, eggnog, turkey and cranberry sauce. It's also a time to reflect on the mark we leave in our community.
  
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• Mini paintings a message of hope and endurance - St. Albert Gazette

  08-12-2018 00:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mini paintings a message of hope and endurance  St. Albert GazetteThe world of art can be a challenging one, but for Arlene Webber, the sky is the limit. Webber's intricate miniature paintings of vast skies and Prairie.
  
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