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• Watch: Alberta Midwives to Offer More Services

  12-12-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced Wednesday that the Alberta government has expanded midwives’ scope of practice, allowing them to use their knowledge and skills to the fullest extent.
  The announcement was held at the Lucina Birth and Family Wellness Centre in Edmonton.
  Midwives who complete additional training and are authorized by the College of Midwives of Alberta can now prescribe, dispense and administer a broader range of prescription drugs. contraceptives and contracep
  
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• Chatter: Michelle Obama and Godsmack - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 21:56 via stalbertgazette.com
  Chatter: Michelle Obama and Godsmack  St. Albert GazetteMichelle Obama's intimate conversations President Barack Obama and wife Michelle were a power couple that were admired and respected across the world.
  
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• Drake Caggiula is back, Oscar Klefbom on the shelf, so how to adjust?

  12-12-2018 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Oilers: “The Oilers have activated forward Drake Caggiula from Injured Reserve in addition to placing defenceman Oscar Klefbom on IR & assigning forward Cooper Marody to the Condors.”
  My takeThe Oilers have two winger/centres in Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nuget-Hopkins that they can’t do without. The rest of them? They are essentially interchangeable pieces at this point, all of them providing some pluses and some minuses if they’re in the line up. There
  
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• Trio facing cocaine trafficking charges after $1M ALERT drug bust

  12-12-2018 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than $1 million worth of drugs including close to nine kilograms of cocaine have been seized by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams’ organized crime and gang unit.
  Officers raided three homes in the Hogdson, Terwillegar and Mill Woods neighbourhoods late last month, which led to the arrest of three men on Tuesday. Collectively they are facing more than 20 charges.
  As well as the cocaine, officers seized about nine kilograms of cocaine buffing agent, cannabis resin, a small qua
  
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• Alberta midwives granted ability to induce labour, administer contraceptives under new rules

  12-12-2018 21:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta midwives will be able to prescribe drugs to induce labour, administer contraceptives and give patients vaccines under new regulations announced Wednesday.
  “It’s about making sure … your midwife can give you the full range of supports that will help you and your pregnancy,” said Health Minister Sarah Hoffman at a news conference held at Lucina Centre, a birthing facility in Edmonton’s west end.
  It means patients will be able to go to midwives for access to p
  
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• Truck attack suspect had encrypted device, former Edmonton police chief tells Australian paper

  12-12-2018 20:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton police chief Rod Knecht revealed new details about the service’s investigation into the high profile 2017 truck attack Monday, telling an Australian newspaper the suspect had an encrypted device police couldn’t access.
  Knecht, who retired from the Edmonton Police Service Oct. 31, attended the 2018 International Counter-Terrorism Forum in Melbourne, Australia, where he spoke to the Sydney Morning Herald about the Sept. 30, 2017 attack in downtown Edmonton.
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• Police-reported fraud cases skyrocketing in Edmonton

  12-12-2018 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police-reported fraud cases in Edmonton continue to climb year-over-year peaking last year at close to 7,000 cases, new police data released Wednesday shows.
  Over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017 fraud numbers rose 89 per cent from 2,689 to 6,965 with cases of identity fraud and identity theft more than doubling.
  “Front counter staff at several EPS divisions noticed an increase of reports of fraud and identity theft,” Edmonton Police Service Const. Kyle Pepper said in an rele
  
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• Tenacious D: A gloriously smutty show

  12-12-2018 17:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a world devastated by atomic warfare, two heroes have arisen.
  Jack Black and Kyle Gass, aka Tenacious D, have not only survived the nuclear onslaught, but they’ve also dodged out on paying rent for the month. Whoo-hoo! Now, armed with only their wits (and guitars) they move through the irradiated wasteland, battling evil mutants, angry woman warriors, and a sinister character holding something called the Crystal of Gilgamesh.That’s roughly the back story behind the comedy duo&rsqu
  
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• Alberta Government Interest in Oil Refining

  12-12-2018 16:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta looking to build a new refinery in face of ongoing oil price crisis announced by Premier Rachel Notley at a news conference in Edmonton.
  The long-awaited North West Sturgeon Refinery, with an expected capacity of 80,000 barrels per day, is slated to begin commercial production in 2019.
  The government will consider interest in new refineries or extensions to existing facilities. Private sector pitches will be accepted until Feb. 8, at which point the government will figure out the next be
  
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• Oilers in 60: Sometimes when you lose Oscar Klefbom you lose Oscar Klefbom

  12-12-2018 16:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers racked up their fourth win a row with a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday.
  But we lost Oscar Klefbom.
  Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen continued his stellar play between the pipes stopping 39 of 43 shots and really keeping the Oilers in this one early on.
  But we lost Oscar Klefbom.
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins potted home two goals and added an assist as he continues to tear it up this year as one of the Oilers’ most valuable players.
  But we lost Oscar Klefbom.
  The
  
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• Snoop Dogg bringing his special atmosphere to Rogers Feb. 20

  12-12-2018 16:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here’s the word, drop it like it’s hot: Snoop Dogg & Friends are coming to Edmonton Feb. 20. The list of friends, always the case with the O.G. Dogg, is long and lush, including Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Warren G, Kurupt and Luniz.
  The 47-year-old rapper and weed lover — aka Snoop Lion — peaked early with his Death Row Records albums Doggystyle, which included that famous cocktail song and What’s My Name?, following up and how on his appearance on Dr. Dre&
  
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• Two men killed in head-on collision south of Edmonton

  12-12-2018 15:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two men are dead following a head-on collision south of Edmonton Tuesday afternoon.
  Mounties said the crash happened just after 5 p.m. on Highway 19 near Range Road 261 when an eastbound Chevrolet Malibu and a westbound Chrysler Neon collided.
  Both drivers — a 56-year-old from New Sarepta and a 45-year-old from Thorsby — died at the scene.
  The cause and any factors in this collision remain under investigation.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Walking in a windy wonderland

  12-12-2018 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -2 C with 8 km/h winds out of the west, southwest contributing to a -5 windchill.
  Well, we hope you’re wearing your windbreakers today because the forecast calls for wind, wind and more wind. The wind will become west starting to gust at around 20 km/h but could start blowing as fast as 40 km/h today and into the evening.
  We’re
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Oh! Christmas Tree, Lutra Lutra, and The Willows

  12-12-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oh! Christmas Tree
  There are two types of people in the world: Beatles vs. Stones fans, Asterix vs. Tintin readers, but also those who love Christmas and those who hate it. In Conni Massing’s Oh! Christmas Tree the Yuletide season divides newly married couple Algar and Lucy, who couldn’t be further apart on their feelings for the holiday season, especially when it comes to the Christmas tree. Directed by Brian Deedrick, starring Lora Brovold and Collin Doyle.
  When: Thursday, Dec. 13
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton Oilers score early, hang on late, but lose Klefbom

  12-12-2018 11:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 6, Avalanche 4
  The final buzzer took its sweet time coming in the Mile High City, but when it finally buzzed a tired group of Edmonton Oilers found themselves still on top of a 6-4 decision over the Avalanche.
  The most consequential action took place in a middle frame that saw Edmonton’s Big Three strike four times in a seven-mionute span as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins connected twice, then Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl sandwiched a single tally by Colorado ace Mikko Rantanen to stretch
  
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• Wit and wisdom of singer Storvold is ripe for stardom

  12-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maddie Storvold is a name you can expect to hear more about in the future. She’s a multi-faceted singer-songwriter with depth beyond her 23 years.
  Let’s start with the experience that shapes the power of observation, that moulds personal vision.
  A native of Cold Lake, raised largely in Dubai from age four, this self-proclaimed nomad/vagabond had already been to about 30 countries by the time she turned 18, thanks to her father’s career as an airline pilot.
  “The fact that
  
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• St. Albert-raised dancer Viveiros back from Montreal with his own solo

  12-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Exploring contemporary dance is one thing, but it takes a special kind of courage to do it alone.
  Working solo has been a recurring focus among Montreal dance great Paul-André Fortier‘s many endeavours. Now, at age 70, he’s ready to retire but he’s going out solo. This weekend Fortier’s final two performances of Solo 70 happen here as a presentation of Brian Webb Dance Company.
  The dance master never guessed his solo projects would go so far.
  “When I started
  
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• Same-sex relationships in breach of teaching contract, Red Deer Catholic teachers told

  12-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Education Minister David Eggen is “deeply concerned” any school board would have an employee sign a document stating they cannot be in a same-sex or common-law relationship.
  His remarks come after Postmedia obtained forms Red Deer Catholic regional teachers had to sign saying they were in breach of their job contracts if they were involved in a same-sex relationship.
  Although the school district says it has now changed a “conditions of employment” form all new employees m
  
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• Elise Stolte: Honour dead children with real solutions for preventing domestic violence

  12-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fragile men. “Parasitic” because they draw their sense of well-being and self-worth from a relationship with their intimate partner.That self-worth is like “the thinnest pane of glass,” says Ian Wheeliker, who worked with thousands of men convicted of domestic violence during his career. That glass shatters and turns to rage the moment love is questioned.
  Edmonton saw another tragic case of what’s alleged to be domestic violence last week — two young
  
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• David Staples: Alberta separatism will rise unless Canada gets it right on pipelines

  12-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Never before have I heard so many Albertans bitterly rant against the province’s deal in Canada.
  It’s now common for Albertans on social media to raise the issue of separation. There’s no official separatist party, but if other provinces continue to enjoy tens of billions in benefits that annually flow from Alberta’s oil economy, yet refuse to allow necessary pipeline infrastructure, the anger and alarm in Alberta will explode into a populist movement.
  If you think the no
  
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• Regional reciprocity - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  Regional reciprocity  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Mayor Don Iveson has said metro region municipalities have been getting a free ride on the backs of big-city residents, but that knife cuts both.
  
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• Equalization payments should go directly to Canadians - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:08 via stalbertgazette.com
  Equalization payments should go directly to Canadians  St. Albert GazetteRe: letters to the editor from Tony Gull and Roger Lecuyer (St. Albert Gazette, Your Views, Nov. 21). Equalization payments have a constitutional.
  
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• Thank you to a kind postal worker - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Thank you to a kind postal worker  St. Albert GazetteA quick note to recognize the extraordinary *service* that I received from a Canada Post employee. On Thursday morning, I was unable to locate the key fob.
  
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• Facts matter - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Facts matter  St. Albert GazetteFacts matter – apparently not to the Political Action Committee (PAC) Shaping Alberta's Future. Its recent political advertisements in Alberta's daily and.
  
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• Winter road maintenance a disappointment - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Winter road maintenance a disappointment  St. Albert GazetteThe snowplow went zipping down our avenue basically only clearing the middle of the road and moved the packed snow to a distance of six to eight feet from.
  
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• Celebrating the spirit of Christmas in Canada - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Celebrating the spirit of Christmas in Canada  St. Albert GazetteChristmas will be here shortly. TV and flyer ads abound. Businesses urge everyone to spend till it hurts. Credit card companies will bump your limit to.
  
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• Don’t judge by appearances - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Don’t judge by appearances  St. Albert GazetteI've been living in St. Albert over one and a half years. At 50-plus, I am still trying to find a place, which would be only the third time I rented.
  
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• Watch: Indigenous tourism in Alberta gets government support

  12-12-2018 06:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan announced an initiative to increase tourism in Alberta on Tuesday at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton.
  The Government of Alberta is providing a grant to fund the startup of Indigenous Tourism Alberta  with $575,000 over three years. Travel Alberta signed a three-year agreement with Indigenous Tourism Alberta to promote Indigenous tourism. Travel Alberta is investing up to $65,000 during fiscal 2018-2019 to support this e
  
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• Catholic schools in Hardisty, Rundle Heights eyed for closure and consolidation

  12-12-2018 06:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dipping enrolment at St. Gabriel Elementary School is once again prompting the Edmonton Catholic school board to consider closing the Hardisty-area school.
  The board also voted Tuesday to consider amalgamating St. Jerome Elementary and St. Nicholas Junior High schools into a newly constructed K-9 school.
  “It’s a difficult thing, because the school is the heart of a community,” west Edmonton school trustee Debbie Engel said at a Tuesday meeting. “But, a board of trustees h
  
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• Playground zone rollbacks to begin over winter school break

  12-12-2018 01:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  City crews will begin ripping out or modifying playground zones over the holiday school break.
  City council passed a bylaw Tuesday approving changes to 26 of the more than 400 playground zones across the city in response to resident concerns about newly minted playground zones with 30 km/h speed limits that just didn’t make sense given road design in those areas.
  Low-speed zones were first implemented in 2014 around elementary schools. In 2017, city council voted to expand the zones to jun
  
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• Number of opioid overdose deaths may be plateauing: Alberta Health report

  12-12-2018 01:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nearly 500 people died due to fentanyl overdoses in the first three quarters of 2018, but it’s possible Alberta has entered a plateau phase with fewer deaths on the horizon, says a provincial report.
  The latest data released Tuesday found there were 158 fentanyl-related deaths in the third quarter ending Sept. 30. That’s down from the 169 and 167 deaths reported in the first and second quarters respectively.
  “While fentanyl-related deaths continue to increase, the increase
  
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• Province gives $575,000 boost to Indigenous tourism in Alberta

  12-12-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government hopes to get more travel dollars flowing into the province and help Indigenous people tell their stories by committing more than a half-million dollars in startup cash to Indigenous Tourism Alberta over the next three years.
  “This is about sharing our culture and being true to our roots. It makes me feel more connected to my own community and my own roots, being able to say that this is not just a tourism experience. We look at, how do we celebrate our culture and sh
  
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• Alberta spending habits measured - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta spending habits measured  St. Albert GazetteAlberta beats out other provinces when it comes to fun shopping. According to ATB Financial, the province ranked second for most money spent on.
  
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• Local woman looks to community for kidney - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:42 via stalbertgazette.com
  Local woman looks to community for kidney  St. Albert GazetteOne St. Albert woman is turning to the public for a new kidney. Margaret Mackevic, 78, has been receiving dialysis three times a week for over a year.
  
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• Backyard hen project goes over easy - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  Backyard hen project goes over easy  St. Albert GazetteIf all goes well, 2019 could be considered the year of the chicken in St. Albert. City councillors will be making a final decision Jan. 7, 2019, on the.
  
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• Merchants host Jets in rivalry game - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:36 via stalbertgazette.com
  Merchants host Jets in rivalry game  St. Albert GazetteThe St. Albert Merchants and Morinville Jets will exchange Christmas greetings in Friday's rivalry game at Akinsdale Arena. The festivities start at 8.
  
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• Wynn fatality inquiry this week - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:35 via stalbertgazette.com
  Wynn fatality inquiry this week  St. Albert GazetteWynn fatality inquiry begins An inquiry into the 2015 deaths of Const. David Wynn and the man who shot him, Shawn Rehn, is slated to begin this week. From.
  
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• Updates on stick curling, Mission ringette and bantam AAA Sabres - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:34 via stalbertgazette.com
  Updates on stick curling, Mission ringette and bantam AAA Sabres  St. Albert GazetteThe Select Rentals Stick Stakes is good to go Thursday morning at the St. Albert Curling Club. The St. Albert 50-plus Mixed Curling League is hosting the ...
  
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• Tournament results and metro Edmonton league games - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Tournament results and metro Edmonton league games  St. Albert GazetteBasketball at PK Today's doubleheader for the Paul Kane Blues is also the metro Edmonton league home opener for the senior men's and women's teams. The.
  
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• A great gift to Canada’s first mosque for its 80th - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  A great gift to Canada’s first mosque for its 80th  St. Albert GazetteThe Al-Rashid Mosque, Canada's first and one of the earliest in North America, was established in Edmonton against all odds and has become an enduring ...
  
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• White Spruce and climate change - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:25 via stalbertgazette.com
  White Spruce and climate change  St. Albert GazetteAn Alberta Agriculture researcher hopes that seeds from St. Albert's White Spruce Forest will help Canadians adapt to climate change. Alberta Agriculture and ...
  
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• No tax hike for county - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:20 via stalbertgazette.com
  No tax hike for county  St. Albert GazetteSturgeon County residents won't see a tax hike next year, but they will see three more bylaw officers on patrol, county council has decided. County.
  
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• Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas  St. Albert GazettePREVIEW Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas Jerry Granelli Trio Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Arden Theatre 5 St. Anne Street Tickets: $40. Call.
  
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• Little Red Riding Hood pantomime ‘great escape’ - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Little Red Riding Hood pantomime ‘great escape’  St. Albert GazettePREVIEW Little Red Riding Hood Dec. 13 to 24, Dec. 26 to 31 Capitol Theatre Fort Edmonton Park Tickets: $30 to $40, special Wednesday price $20 to $25.
  
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• Step into the decadent frivolity of The Great Gatsby - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Step into the decadent frivolity of The Great Gatsby  St. Albert GazetteREVIEW The Great Gatsby Running until Dec. 15 Walterdale Theatre 10322 – 83 Ave. Tickets: $18 to $20. Call 780-4291757 or at www.tixonthesquare.ca.
  
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• Will Christmas be merry or not? - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Will Christmas be merry or not?  St. Albert GazetteChristmas is meant to be a time of good cheer, relaxation and celebration. But even in the best-organized households, it's never completely stress-free.
  
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• Kennedy super sub for Jacobs - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Kennedy super sub for Jacobs  St. Albert GazetteMarc Kennedy's return to competitive curling was smooth as ice. Kennedy filled in at third for Team Jacobs at the Home Hardware Canada Cup after.
  
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• Forty years of splashing around in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  12-12-2018 00:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Forty years of splashing around in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert residents Diane Maloney and Kim Menzel didn't expect the celebration of Fountain Park Recreation Centre's 40th anniversary would turn into a.
  
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