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• Local goaltender shining in St. Albert - Spruce Grove Examiner

  20-12-2018 23:52 via sprucegroveexaminer.com
  Local goaltender shining in St. Albert  Spruce Grove ExaminerThe team was given the opportunity to take on a team from China in an international friendly, on Dec. 9.
  
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• Saviour’s Café closes its doors - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 23:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Saviour’s Café closes its doors  St. Albert GazetteAfter being open for two years, one local restaurant is closing its doors forever. Saviour's Café and Bistro shut down earlier this month after being.
  
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• Win, Win: Understanding Assertiveness at St. Albert Public Library - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 23:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Win, Win: Understanding Assertiveness at St. Albert Public Library  St. Albert GazetteHave you ever wondered why you can't say no and mean it? Find out how to honestly and directly express your feelings, thoughts and beliefs to facilitate healthy ...
  
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• Unlocking the Power of LinkedIn at St. Albert Public Library - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 23:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Unlocking the Power of LinkedIn at St. Albert Public Library  St. Albert GazetteLinkedIn is a business and employment networking site that helps people network professionally. Join us on Saturday, Jan. 12 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and ...
  
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• Seniors Drop-in Book Club at St. Albert Public Library - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 23:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Seniors Drop-in Book Club at St. Albert Public Library  St. Albert GazetteSeniors drop-in book club meets the second Wednesday of the month. January features Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva. New members are ...
  
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• Rhyme and Reason at Morinville Community Library - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 23:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rhyme and Reason at Morinville Community Library  St. Albert GazetteThis free poetry group is hosted by author Christopher Raine and will run on the second Sunday each month. Geared for ages 15+ and all skill levels.
  
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• City invites you to stay active and healthy this holiday season

  20-12-2018 22:15
  The holidays are approaching fast and if your wish list includes doing something for yourself or finding a way to... Read Post
  
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• Jesse Puljujarvi gets the push to McDavid's flank as Hitchcock revamps Oilers' lines

  20-12-2018 20:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the Edmonton Oilers finally getting a full-blown opportunity to practice for the first time in nearly a month, coach Ken Hitchcock unveiled some new line combinations on Thursday morning.
  Oilers lines today:
  RNH-McDavid-Puljujarvi
  Rieder-Draisaitl-Chiasson
  Caggiula-Brodziak-Kassian
  Lucic-Khaira-Rattie with Spooner and Zykov rotating in.
  — Reid Wilkins (@ReidWilkins) December 20, 2018Hard to imagine this is a practice-only shake-up, presumably this is a first look at Hitchcock’s
  
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• Wine column: Holiday drinking and dunking with Cookies By George

  20-12-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dunking the right cookie into a glass of milk is undeniably fun and delicious — the rich and flavourful transformation when the cookie is perfectly soaked and then slowly savoured as it drips over the glass takes us back to our childhood. Well let’s amp it up a notch with an adult spin on dunking for the holidays.
  Most wine professionals agree on the fact that pairing dry wines with desserts is difficult and rarely works. We will recommend sweeter styles of wine such as fortified, sp
  
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• Ring-a-ling, hear them sing: Christmas carols have many singing merrily

  20-12-2018 19:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Christmas music is an unstoppable force at this time of year, with its jingle jangle earworms, decked halls and choirs belting out holiday classics from virtually every venue.
  Christmas and singing go together like eggnog and rum.
  Yet Christmas carolling wasn’t always the wholesome activity it is today.
  From 1647 to 1660, it was actually illegal to sing them in England. This went hand-in-hand with a general ban on the holiday itself, which the puritans under Oliver Cromwell judge
  
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• Edmonton Oilers top line of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Alex Chiasson struggling on defence

  20-12-2018 18:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  McDavid’s rate of major mistakes on Grade A chances against has doubled & Chiasson’s quadrupled
  There have been a handful of key changes since Ken Hitchcock took over as coach, namely Mikko Koskinen getting a higher percentage of starts in net, something that was already starting to happen under former coach Todd McLellan.
  Hitchcock has also stuck with McLellan’s favoured formation of using Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl together on the top line, going with Alex Chiasson
  
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• Equality or independence: Freedom Conservative Party lays out 2019 election platform

  20-12-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Either Alberta gets fair treatment from Ottawa or the province must seriously pursue independence, says Freedom Conservative Leader Derek Fildebrandt.
  That’s the centrepiece of his party’s 2019 election platform, unveiled Thursday in Calgary.
  Fildebrandt, member for Strathmore-Brooks, told Postmedia he doesn’t currently favour Alberta separating from Canada but the status quo is unacceptable.
  Within one year of the provincial election, his party wants Alberta’s gover
  
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• Police search in Red Deer nets $66k worth of cocaine, guns

  20-12-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Seven people are facing dozens of criminal charges after police seized cocaine, drug paraphernalia and guns from homes in Red Deer.
  Police raided two homes in Red Deer’s Pines and Vanier Woods neighbourhoods Dec. 13, according to a Thursday news release from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), Alberta’s integrated police unit.
  The search turned up 662 grams of cocaine valued at $66,000, scales, “score sheets” and packaging materials, the news release said.
  
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• Overdue snowmobiler found dead near Fort McMurray

  20-12-2018 15:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 48-year-old man was found dead near Fort McMurray Wednesday after he went missing on a snowmobile trip.
  The man was last seen the afternoon of Dec. 15, when he told a friend he was leaving on a snowmobiling trip. Three days later, on Dec. 18, police received a report that the man had gone missing.
  Search and Rescue Fort McMurray, Wood Buffalo Regional Emergency Services and RCMP — including a police helicopter — were called in to try and locate the man.
  They found the man’s b
  
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• 'In shock': Mother of man charged with killing two girls grapples with their violent deaths, accusations against him

  20-12-2018 15:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  The mother of the man accused of killing two baby girls in Edmonton this month is trying to come to grips with their violent deaths and the charges levelled against her son.
  “I’m still in a lot of confusion, a bit of shock yet,” Connie Wolfleg said in a recent interview in Morinville. “I don’t read the paper, I don’t listen to the news — all the horrible things they’re saying about my son. But I know my son’s not like that.&rdq
  
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• Edmonton weather: Change is in the air, bringing wind and snow

  20-12-2018 14:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -7.1 C with 5 km/h with calm winds.
  It’s not often the fine folks at Environment Canada add an asterisk next to a daily forecast denoting “abnormal temperature trends” but that’s exactly what they’ve done for Friday. Today is just the beginning. Winds are expected to pick up throughout the day with a chance of
  
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• Thursday's letters: What is U.S. plan for Meng Wanzhou?

  20-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ms. Meng Wanzhou will, at some indeterminate date, appear before a Canadian justice to determine her right to avoid extradition to the U.S. Her offence, in the eyes of that administration, is her conduct of business with the nation of Iran.
  Such acts contravene established executive sanctions. It should be noted these sanctions are not those of the United Nations nor of Canada.
  Were Ms. Wanzhou extradited to the U.S. for purposes of interrogation at their famous sites at Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo
  
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• Opinion: Spiritual care is an integral part of health care

  20-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Public reports on health care often focus on clinical and technological advances in medicine; but occasionally, we hear human stories of lives being touched by the kindness of others.
  Caring relationships are at the heart of health care — care that tends to the soul and the whole person. The Christmas season, in spite of its commercial trappings and business, is an excellent time to embrace its spirit of peace and good will. Spiritual support is one way of exemplifying that spirit in healt
  
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• 'Where there's smoke, there's fire': MLA files official complaint over UCP nomination race

  20-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative MLA Wayne Anderson says he planned to meet with Elections Alberta Wednesday afternoon to discuss what he feels were potential shenanigans in the Highwood UCP nomination race.
  Anderson lost the nomination to R.J. Sigurdson in October, but says his call for an investigation is not a case of sour grapes.
  “I can live with the results,” Anderson told Postmedia earlier Wednesday.
  “But if there’s something nefarious that had been going on … I think peo
  
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• Longtime restaurateur Kim Franklin retires from the Highlevel Diner

  20-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Today, the following descriptors could be linked to numerous Edmonton restaurants: small, sustainable, with a focus on locally-sourced, made-from-scratch meals served in a warm and comforting environment emphasizing community.
  But when the Highlevel Diner arrived 36 years ago, it was a radical concept in Edmonton, City of Steakhouses. Now, as Kim Franklin — the diner’s only original shareholder — retires, it’s easy to fear those values are at risk. But like a whole compri
  
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• The Musical Legacy of Chicago - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 04:51 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Musical Legacy of Chicago  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Bernhardt. With guests: Brass Transit, vocal/instrumental ensemble. For decades, Chicago had one of the ...
  
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• Ice and snow complaints spike following freezing rain event

  20-12-2018 04:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city issued hundreds of warnings to property owners who failed to clear their sidewalks of ice and snow in the first half of December.
  City bylaw enforcement handed out 798 warnings between Dec. 2 and Dec. 16. There have been 137 cases where a ticket was actually written, according to the city.
  Complaints to 311 about snow and ice on streets and sidewalks jumped dramatically during the week of Dec. 9 following a bout of freezing rain that prompted Environment Canada to put a weather war
  
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• Three to See on Thursday: Riding Hood’s frights and local playwrights

  20-12-2018 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Little Red Riding Hood: Fort Edmonton Park hosts an updated family-friendly version of the time-honoured fairy tale, pitting the precocious youngster with dreams of becoming a pop star against a hungry wolf with visions of a free lunch. Played out in pantomime style with audience participation encouraged, the play runs through Dec. 31, so either get your tickets early to avoid disappointment or, better yet, simply catch it on Thursday evening.
  Details: 7:30 p.m., Capitol Theatre at Fort Edm
  
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• Judge hears sentencing arguments for key player in Fort McMurray drug trafficking ring

  20-12-2018 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is now up to an Edmonton judge to decide if a man described by police as a ringleader of a Fort McMurray drug trafficking network should be behind bars for two years or as long as a decade.
  Patrick Felix, 38, pleaded guilty earlier to multiple drug trafficking charges after a two-year investigation in Fort McMurray by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team where police seized more than $1 million worth of drugs in June 2015, including nearly 3,000 fentanyl pills.
  On Wednesday, Felix’
  
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• Ravel, Shostakovich & Stravinsky - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 01:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Ravel, Shostakovich & Stravinsky  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni, with guests Stewart Goodyear, piano; Robin Doyon, ESO trumpet. A tribute to a pair of WWI ...
  
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• Edmonton Vocal Minority: Meet the Choir Night - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 01:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Edmonton Vocal Minority: Meet the Choir Night  St. Albert GazetteWant to sing with EVM? Come and try it out. Interested singers are welcome at the choir's first three rehearsals in January. Attend one of the EVM's Meet the ...
  
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• UltraViolet: Farm-to-Table: Fresh Local Music - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 01:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  UltraViolet: Farm-to-Table: Fresh Local Music  St. Albert GazetteUltraViolet promises a cutting edge experience with virtuosic music performed by an agile and effervescent mixed quartet of musicians: Allison Balcetis ...
  
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• Showcase Band Concert - St. Albert Gazette

  20-12-2018 01:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  Showcase Band Concert  St. Albert GazetteThe Showcase Bands are among MacEwan Music's high-profile ensembles. Consisting of vocalists, horns and a rhythm section, these dynamic groups will ...
  
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• More than a book store: Community-minded Happy Harbor Comics closing doors after 20 years

  20-12-2018 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton comic book lovers are expressing their sadness and gratitude following the surprise news that community staple Happy Harbor Comics will be closing at the end of January.
  Messages of well-wishes on social media and phone calls poured in after news of the store’s closure spread Tuesday evening after subscribers were informed. Even an edible arrangement was dropped off to the independent store located at 10729 104 St.
  Store co-owner Jay Bardyla said they didn’t intend to inform
  
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• 'Worse than the 1980s': Truckers pack the streets at pro-pipeline rally in Nisku

  20-12-2018 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hundreds of truckers rallied for Alberta’s beleaguered oil and gas industry Wednesday, forming a 22-kilometre long convoy around Nisku and signalling to the rest of Canada that the province’s resource industry needs far more help.
  The truckers from across the province honked their way past supporters, many of whom waved placards that called for everything from pipeline approvals to the overhaul of Canada’s equalization formula.
  “This is worse than the 1980s, dollar for do
  
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• Jujhar Khaira of Oilers suspended two games, which is big loss for Edmonton

  20-12-2018 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  This just in from NHL Player Safety: “Edmonton’s Jujhar Khaira has been suspended for two games for cross-checking St. Louis’ Vince Dunn.”
  My takeA surprisingly big loss for the Oilers as Khaira, 24, has been playing the best hockey of his career under Ken Hitchcock. Earlier this year I thought it would have been OK if Khaira had been traded, such was the dullness of his performance and lack of results. But he’s now flashing the potential he displayed at the AHL lev
  
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