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• Edmonton Oilers Practice

  10-12-2018 23:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fresh off a 1-0 win against the Calgary Flames Sunday, the Edmonton Oilers held a Monday morning practice just before flying out to play the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday 7 p.m., SportsNet West, 630 CHED.
  Game Day Lines Oilers (projected)ForwardsLeon Draisaitl Connor McDavid Alex ChiassonJujhar Khaira Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Jesse PuljujarviValentin Zykov Ryan Spooner Ty RattieMilan Lucic Kyle Brodziak Zack KassianDefence:Oscar Klefbom Adam LarssonDarnell Nurse Kris RussellKevin Gravel Matt Bennin
  
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• Edmonton Swiss Men's Choir and the Vital Grandin School Choir - St. Albert Gazette

  10-12-2018 23:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Edmonton Swiss Men's Choir and the Vital Grandin School Choir  St. Albert GazetteThe Vital Grandin School Choir and the Edmonton Swiss Men's Choir are pleased to invite you to an evening of Christmas carols. Musical director Elizabeth ...
  
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• Leduc mayor declines Iveson’s suggestion of shared costs for tourism and rec facilities between regions - Toronto Star

  10-12-2018 23:07 via thestar.com
  Leduc mayor declines Iveson’s suggestion of shared costs for tourism and rec facilities between regions  Toronto StarEDMONTON—The mayors of Leduc and St. Albert have rejected Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson's suggestion of having neighbouring municipalities help pick up ...
  
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• Leduc and St. Albert mayors shut down Iveson’s suggestion of shared costs for tourism and rec facilities - Toronto Star

  10-12-2018 23:07 via thestar.com
  Leduc and St. Albert mayors shut down Iveson’s suggestion of shared costs for tourism and rec facilities  Toronto StarEDMONTON—The mayors of Leduc and St. Albert have rejected Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson's suggestion of having neighbouring municipalities help pick up ...
  
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• Police investigating after woman struck by pickup truck on 118 Avenue

  10-12-2018 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 32-year-old woman was sent to hospital with serious injuries Monday morning after she was struck by a pickup truck at a northeast Edmonton intersection.
  Police said in a Monday news release the woman was standing on the northeast corner of 118 Avenue and 85 Street at around 6:15 a.m. when she stepped off the curb and was struck by a westbound Dodge Ram 3500 driven by a 48-year-old man.
  Police said the woman was believed to be crossing the street against the light when she was hit.
  The wom
  
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• Chartier chef Steve Brochu shares mother love for a Christmas fundraiser

  10-12-2018 22:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are a lot of special features at Chartier in Beaumont, but one of them is the house-made bread.
  Crafted by chef Steve Brochu, the daily-fresh creation (available for sale even if you don’t eat at the restaurant) has been a Chartier staple for the last three years, ever since Brochu took a class on sourdough baking at the San Francisco Institute of Baking.
  The bread is created from a sourdough starter that Brochu and his staff carefully nurture. Now, you can take a piece of that
  
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• Deadpool defends Alberta band Nickelback

  10-12-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s most famous rockers get a little comic book love courtesy another Canadian star.
  In the latest trailer for the upcoming film Once Upon a Deadpool, a kidnapped Fred Savage calls Nickleback “Overproduced, formulaic ear garbage,” and Deadpool (played by Canadian star Ryan Reynolds) has had enough of the Nickelback hate.
  Without spoiling too much, Mr. Pool rattles off quite a list of achievements for the band from Hanna, Alta.
  This clip is the latest in clips that have be
  
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• Violent offender released in November wanted again by Edmonton police

  10-12-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are searching for a convicted violent and sexual offender the public was warned about in October 2017.
  Gregory Ottertail, 41, is wanted for aggravated assault and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, police said in a news release Monday.
  He is considered to be violent and dangerous, and should not be approached, police said.
  He is approximately six-feet tall and 186 lbs with brown eyes and black hair. Police said he is known to reside in the downtown area but has no fi
  
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• City’s 2017 Traffic Collision Statistics Show Collisions Slightly Up, But Injuries Down

  10-12-2018 21:17
  The 2017 St. Albert Traffic Collision Statistics released by the City of St. Albert show there was a four per... Read Post
  
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• Watch: A year has passed since Nadia Atwi disappeared

  10-12-2018 21:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of a missing Edmonton woman marked the one-year anniversary of her disappearance with a reward for information that would help in locating her.
  Nadia Atwi was last seen in the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 2017, in the area of 48 Street and 146 Avenue. About six hours later, the 32 year-old’s empty car was discovered in Rundle Park.
  Edmonton Police investigated the disappearance and friends and family rallied to search the park and nearby riverbank, but little evidence was disc
  
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• Notes from the Dome: An LNG investment team, acknowledging human rights

  10-12-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is creating a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Investment Team to work on securing investment on export projects that will increase the value of provincial natural gas resources.
  It’s part of Alberta’s broader oil and gas strategy, which includes aggressively expanding energy upgrading opportunities as the government takes short-term action to address the oil price differential crisis.
  Monday’s announcement responds to a key recommendation of Alberta’s Natural Gas Advi
  
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• Three to See Tuesday: Tenacious D and your pet on Santa's knee

  10-12-2018 20:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tenacious D: For those who like a greasy filling of ironic humour in their heavy metal, Tenacious D — comedian Jack Black and Kyle Gass — is about the best place to go since GWAR’s Oderous Urungus left this fetid planet.
  Started as a lark, the duo firmly planted their hooves in the ground back in the mid ’90s, going on to win the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2015 for The Last in Line.
  The boys have been big cannabis legalization activists for some time,
  
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• UCP granted intervener status by Saskatchewan court in federal carbon pricing case

  10-12-2018 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The United Conservative Party has been granted intervener status by a Saskatchewan court in the case against the national carbon pricing plan.
  UCP Leader Jason Kenney said he was pleased with the development “despite the efforts of Justin Trudeau to block us.”
  “The UCP is stepping up to fight for Albertans since the *current* Alberta Government refuses to do so,” he tweeted Monday.
  Pleased to see that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has granted the UCP intervenor status
  
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• Freezing rain headed for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park - Toronto Star

  10-12-2018 19:34 via thestar.com
  Freezing rain headed for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park  Toronto StarEDMONTON—Environment Canada announced a freezing rain warning for a swath of central Alberta, urging anybody walking or driving in those areas to ...
  
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• Oilers in 60: Flames lose! The two sweetest words in the English language

  10-12-2018 16:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the Edmonton Oilers play the Calgary Flames there’s always bound to be fireworks.
  Except for last night.
  Sure there was a fight, and a couple skirmishes after the whistles but aside from a first period goal by Connor McDavid not much else happened. It was a quiet game by Battle of Alberta standards but something tells me head coach Ken Hitchcock wouldn’t have it any other way.
  THE CAPTAIN MAKES IT HAPPEN! #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/qHreCuwzEw
  — Edmonton Oilers (@Edmonto
  
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• Edmonton weather: Is 2018 over yet?

  10-12-2018 15:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -7 C with 3 km/h winds out of the west, southwest contributing to a chilly -8 windchill.
  Today is looking to be mainly cloudy with a low chance of snow and freezing rain this morning, so be aware and drive accordingly. We’re looking at a high of a whole 1 C today and a low of -8 C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of fl
  
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• Edmonton weather: Freezing rain warning for Edmonton and area

  10-12-2018 15:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  A freezing rain warning has been issued for Edmonton, St Albert and Sherwood Park as well as Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Slave Lake, Spruce Grove, Westlock and Athabasca.
  Freezing rain is expected to continue this morning heading east this afternoon. It’s possible for the rain to make roads icy and slippery so please drive according to conditions.
   
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurrie
  
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• Elise Stolte: 'Budget bingo' frustrates council. So what's a better way?

  10-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Budget bingo” is what Coun. Michael Walters called city council’s budget debate after a fluke resulted in key affordable housing efforts landing at the bottom of the list.
  It feels like a high-stakes game show.
  City officials spend years analyzing what should be in or out. Then council comes in, makes a list of pet projects and priorities that are unfunded to reconsider. That’s what they debate as the clock ticks down to Christmas.
  In past years, councillors felt funding
  
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• Edmonton Catholic teachers required to sign contracts agreeing to Catholic 'lifestyles'

  10-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A requirement for Edmonton Catholic school teachers to sign a clause in their employment contracts with the school district where they pledge to maintain Catholic values breeds fear and uncertainty, several LGBTQ teachers say.
  A standard clause included in all of the district’s teacher employment contracts includes six religious conditions, including that the teacher “undertakes to follow, both in and out of school, a lifestyle and deportment in harmony with Catholic church practices
  
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• Cult of Hockey Player Grades: Edmonton Oilers grind out a hard-earned, 1-0 win over Calgary in BOA re-match

  10-12-2018 09:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers opened the scoring in this the 2nd edition of the Battle of Alberta this season, survived a wobbly middle frame, but then absolutely locked it down the rest of the way.  In fact the Oilers liited a red-hot offensive Calgary Flames club to just 4 shots in the 3rd, en route to a 1-0 triumph on home ice.
  Had the Oilers capitalized on even one of its 5 power players, it would not have come down to the final few nail-biting seconds. The man advantage was all smoke and no fire
  
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• Cult of Hockey Player Grades: Edmonton Oilers grind out a hard-earned, 1-0 win over Calgary in BOA rematch

  10-12-2018 07:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers opened the scoring in this the 2nd edition of the Battle of Alberta this season, survived a wobbly middle frame, but then absolutely locked it down the rest of the way.  In fact the Oilers limited a red-hot offensive Calgary Flames club to just 4 shots in the 3rd, en route to a 1-0 triumph on home ice. In all fairness, though, the Flames were on the 2nd of a back-to-back.
  Had the Oilers capitalized on even one of its 5 power players it would not have come down to the fin
  
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• An Edmonton tradition: Candy Cane Lane resident looks back at 30 years of bright lights and spreading joy

  10-12-2018 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Ted Gardiner and Kate Jenvey moved into their Crestwood neighbourhood home in 1989, they were unaware a wave of holiday spirit was about to change their lives.
  The couple moved from Vancouver to a house located where 148 and 147 Streets meet at 98 Avenue, not knowing anything about Candy Cane Lane.
  “When it started the season of 1989, we had two strings of lights on,” Gardiner said Sunday. “It wasn’t until we heard rumbling out front and saw wall to wall cars that al
  
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• Undocumented woman who spoke out about workplace abuse, health-care inequities honoured with human rights award

  10-12-2018 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman who spoke up about on-the-job abuse while working as a temporary foreign worker was honoured with a human rights award in Edmonton Sunday.
  Lynn, a 38-year-old Filipina woman who came to Canada in 2010, was named a human rights champion by the John Humphrey Centre during a ceremony at the CKUA Radio building, 9804 Jasper Ave.
  She also played a role advocating for health-care coverage for Canadian-born children of undocumented workers after her daughter was born without access to Cana
  
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• Catch a culinary class inspired by new book about chef Gail Hall

  10-12-2018 01:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Local food writer Twyla Campbell has written a biography of the late, much-missed Edmonton chef, Gail Hall. It’s called Maps, Markets and Matzo Ball Soup and gives readers a great deal of insight into the power-packed ball of energy that was Hall, plus a whack of her favourite recipes.
  Now, local chef Kathryn Joel of Get Cooking is joining forces with Campbell to present a class based on Hall’s recipes. The four-hour class is on Jan. 26 and costs $139 per person, plus GST. The event
  
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• Nick Lees: Superstar of the dance world back home in Edmonton for the holidays

  10-12-2018 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Just call him Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky of the dance world.
  “Jeff Mortensen moves and leaps around the stage with wonderful grace and athletic ability,” said Darka Tarnawsky, the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers executive director and owner of Bottom Line Productions arts marketing company.
  “He is known around the world for the different characters he plays in dance and for his stage presence and charm. He’s as good in his field as Gretzky was in his.”
  Mortensen, who w
  
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• Rapper The Game cancels show at The Ranch Roadhouse amid controversy over patron's death

  10-12-2018 00:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  California-based rapper The Game has cancelled his scheduled January performance at The Ranch Roadhouse after hearing about the case of a 20-year-old man who was kicked out of the nightclub one night last month and found dead in the area two days later.
  The rapper took to Instagram on Sunday morning to say he has received “countless” direct messages from fans in Edmonton about the incident and has cancelled the Jan. 16 performance to show his support.
  “I stand in full support o
  
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