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• Winter 2019 Classes at The St. Albert Seniors Association - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  28-12-2018 23:53 via stalbertgazette.com
  Winter 2019 Classes at The St. Albert Seniors Association - St. Albert Gazette  St. Albert GazetteIt is time to set those New Year's Resolutions and sign up for classes. Choose among the many fitness and dance classes, special interests, health and wellness, ...
  
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• Homicide detectives probe woman's death in west Edmonton home; man turns himself in

  28-12-2018 23:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman in what they say is a case of domestic violence in west Edmonton’s Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood Friday.
  Officers received an assault with a weapon call at 8:50 a.m. at a home near 214 Street and Breckenridge Drive and arrived to find the injured woman. She died at the scene from undisclosed injuries.
  Breckenridge Drive was closed to traffic for about two hours before being re-opened just after 11 a.m. as
  
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• Three men in 20s hospitalized after Edmonton rave

  28-12-2018 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three men were transported to hospital — one in life-threatening condition — from a dance music event hosted at Shaw Conference Centre Thursday night.
  Alberta Health Services spokesperson Kerry Williamson said all of those hospitalized after attending the Get Together rave are men in their 20s. Two of the men were listed as being in serious condition.
  Just what injuries they suffered cannot be released because of patient confidentiality, he said.
  Event organizers had their own contra
  
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• Homicide detectives investigating suspicious death in west Edmonton home

  28-12-2018 21:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a person in the city’s west Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood after receiving an assault with a weapon call Friday morning.
  Officers attended the home in the area of 214 Street and Breckenridge Drive about 8:50 a.m.
  Just before 10 a.m., two ambulances, two EMS trucks and police vehicles were staged at a command post across Suder Greens Drive in the Meadowlands subdivision.
  Breckenridge Drive was closed to traffic for most o
  
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• Ways to ring in 2019: New Year's Eve fireworks, delights in Edmonton and area

  28-12-2018 20:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ringing in 2019 in a festival setting will be a blast in the Edmonton area with a choice of fireworks and other New Year’s Eve activities, including:
  Downtown Festival and Fireworks
  Where: Federal Building, 9820 107 St., and Capital Plaza
  When: Activities: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fireworks: 9 p.m.
  What: Inside the Federal Building, family-friendly activities include live music, roving performers, games and lantern-making. The celebrations continue at Capital Plaza with main stage p
  
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• Valentin Zykov the odd man out as Edmonton Oilers place him on waivers

  28-12-2018 19:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  So long Valentin Zykov, we hardly knew ya.
  Needing to open up roster room for the (presumably) imminent return of Kris Russell, the Edmonton Oilers put the 23-year-old forward on waivers, just four weeks after claiming him from California Hurricanes via the same mechanism.
  The #Oilers have placed forward Valentin Zykov on waivers for the purpose of assignment. pic.twitter.com/ZlG90XO9JS
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) December 28, 2018He did last three games longer than the Nathan Walk
  
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• Police converge on west Edmonton home following assault call

  28-12-2018 19:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police have shut down roads in the city’s west Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood as they investigate an assault with a weapon call, police said Friday.
  Officers responded to a call in the area of 214 Street and Breckenridge Drive about 8:50 a.m.
  Police spokesperson Carolin Maran said “the situation is currently ongoing” and urged members of the public and motorists to avoid the area.
  Just before 10 a.m., two ambulances, two EMS trucks and police vehicles were stag
  
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• Fire engulfs rural home in city's far north

  28-12-2018 17:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton fire crews were working to knock down a blaze at a rural home on the city’s northern edge Friday morning.
  Firefighters were called to the blaze near 248 Avenue and 18 Street at 8:36 a.m. No one was inside when fire crews arrived.
  Fire spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said crews arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames. She said crews could see smoke in the distance on their way there.
  Eight units were on scene, including extra water tankers because there are no hydrants in the
  
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• Watch: Coach Hitchcock's post game interview following Oilers loss to Canucks

  28-12-2018 16:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers lost their fourth straight game Thursday, dropping a game 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks.
  The Canucks scored four goals on their first six shots of game against starter Mikko Koskinen.
  The Oilers’ record under Hitchcock has now dropped to 9-6-2 and the Canucks have moved past (40-39) the Oilers in the scramble for a wild-card spot in the West.
  The Canucks scored on their first two shots by fourth-liner Tyler Motte and first-line winger Brock Boeser in the first 6 1/2 minu
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Major Love, Lucette and Salute to Vienna

  28-12-2018 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Major Love
  Everybody is returning for the holiday season, and for a few select former Edmontonians now’s the time to shoehorn in a gig while visiting family and friends. Like Colleen Brown, who has been making waves with her band Major Love, who are scattered across multiple cities. The CBC faves, which began a few years back with members of Jesse & the Dandelions and Scenic Route to Alaska, made an impact in 2018 with the hook-filled singles Tear it Down and So Good from their self-ti
  
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• New Year's Eve 2019: 24 Edmonton music events to help sing in the New Year

  28-12-2018 16:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A couple of legendary Canadian rock bands, a pair of up-and-coming superstars, and a few funky options are among your choices for musical entertainment this New Year’s Eve in Edmonton.
  The City of Edmonton takes over the Federal Building, Visitor Centre, and Capital Plaza for New Year’s, with musical entertainment, ice carving, fire pits, roving performers, and much more, starting at 6 p.m. As usual this is a free event; dress warmly for the fireworks, which start at 9 p.m.
  Not too f
  
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• Edmonton weather: Gas prices may be rising but not the temperature

  28-12-2018 15:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -11 C with 7 km/h winds out of the southwest contributing to a -15 windchill.
  Bit of a foggy start to the morning but that should clear up. Today has a 30 percent chance of snow on the ground with a high of -5 C and a low of -8 C
  Today’s forecast
  Today: Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon then 30 percent chance of fl
  
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• Who said it? Test your knowledge of these quotes from the last year of Alberta politics

  28-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta politicians talk a lot. It’s part of their job. Sometimes what they say is intentionally memorable. Sometimes it happens by mistake. Here’s a handful of the most striking quotes from 2018. Try to guess who said each one.
  1. “Reuse shopping bags, take shorter showers, unplug electronics devices, eliminate vehicle idling and eat less meat.”
  2. “I think to send us out to pasture is a bit premature, a bit unfair. I have lots of energy, I have the ability, the pa
  
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• Year in Review: Larry Wong's top photos of 2018

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eight-year-old Joaquin Biasbas, a Grade 3 student from St. John Bosco School, places a poppy on a headstone at the No Stone Left Alone ceremony held at Beechmount Cemetery in Edmonton on Nov. 5, 2018.
  The photo of an eight-year-old Grade 3 student placing a poppy on the gravestone at Beechmount Cemetery’s Field of Honour is a poignant moment that remains etched in my subconscious after another year of bearing witness to the news and events in Edmonton and around the world.
  The No Stone Lef
  
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• 'We're ready to go:' Smaller Alberta parties talk next election

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s legislature this year was more diverse than usual when it comes to political parties. Postmedia spoke with leaders of the minor parties who hold seats in the legislature for their thoughts on 2018.
  Alberta Party: Stephen Mandel
  Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel took the helm of the Alberta Party in February with a sizable 66 per cent of the vote, defeating Calgary-South East MLA Rick Fraser and Calgary lawyer Kara Levis.
  In a year-end interview, Mandel called 2018 a &ldqu
  
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• UCP files complaint against left-leaning third-party advertiser

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The United Conservative Party has filed an official complaint with the election commissioner about Progress Alberta, a left-leaning registered political action committee.
  At the heart of the complaint is two monetary donations Progress Alberta received from Tides, a U.S.-based foundation. The executive director of Progress Alberta says his organization has done nothing wrong.
  Tides describes itself as a “philanthropic partner and non-profit accelerator dedicated to building a world of shar
  
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• So your Instagram account was stolen by a Russian bot — now what?

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The things you don’t worry about, until you suddenly do …
  Earlier this month, I slithered out of bed, and like any good social media addict, tapped open my Instagram account.
  Something was off. Instead of @fisheyefoto, I was somehow now @griwkowsky. My Instagram (IG) profile image had been switched to my Facebook icon. It appeared my IG followers were reset to zero. And — the most brutal realization — all the photos I’d been posting since 2012 were gone!
  Panic hit.
  
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• Jason Kenney putting focus on economy — and Ottawa

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney won’t just fight a provincial election in 2019 — he says he’s going to bat for the conservatives in the federal election, too.
  Kenney spent a good chunk of 2018 railing against the federal Liberal government thanks to ongoing pipeline roadblocks — the former MP tended to mention Prime Minister Justin Trudeau more than Premier Rachel Notley.
  Sitting down for a year-end interview, he said he will push to get a different federal
  
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• Elise Stolte: Edmonton can learn from Calgary's path to end homelessness

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tackling homelessness this year is going to take more than opening your wallet. It’s going to take opening your heart.
  This is the year Edmonton shifts to a more active role in locating and building supportive housing for the hardest to house. City officials are analyzing maps to select the first four sites — all outside the traditional inner-city locations — and readying a major information campaign to convince residents to support this in their neighbourhoods.
  As residents we
  
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• David Staples: Most interesting person I met this year? Micky Pop

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I met many fascinating people in 2018 but not one of them were more interesting than Micky Pop.
  I was introduced to Pop by my son Ned Staples, a DJ and sound engineer who has worked with Pop.
  Pop, 26, is on a massively difficult path, trying to make it as a recording artist out of Edmonton. He’s a rapper in a city that has thrust few rappers into the national spotlight. But Pop has an edgy collection of new songs and an old counterculture message that might just be ready for revival &mdash
  
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• Clare Drake’s biographer Derek Drager battles back after two liver transplants

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Derek Drager — who has penned speeches for Alberta politicians, taught business writing and crafted the fine hockey book Clare Drake, The Coaches’ Coach — is the ultimate survivor.
  The 64-year-old one-time equipment manager with the Hall of Famer Drake’s powerhouse University of Alberta Golden Bears hockey teams has had two liver transplants since 2010. He is lucky to be alive today, talking about maybe being well enough to try some small attempt at cross-country skiing.
  
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• Cannabis comes to Canada, legally: No. 3 in Edmonton's top stories of 2018

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every year, a few stories stand out as the most important in Edmonton — stories that get our attention and keep us talking. The Journal is counting down our picks for the Top 5 stories of 2018.
  After years of anticipation and trepidation, cannabis was finally legalized in Canada on Oct. 17.
  Municipal and provincial jurisdictions across the country scrambled to prepare for the day — passing laws and setting regulations around cannabis consumption and distribution.
  Alberta and Edmonton
  
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• Barbarian art: The secret Conan lurking inside Edmonton's outdoor murals

  28-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A ridiculous, wonderful secret runs through a series of Edmonton murals — a sneaky act of subtle subterfuge that connects public art across the city like an invisible thread. That hidden and unexpected gem: Conan the Barbarian.
  “Nobody besides my friends and family knows about this,” laughs muralist Kris Friesen upon being discovered, “so this is quite hilarious and awesome.
  “That’s just fine. It’s time.”
  Whether the pulp-fiction warrior-thief is c
  
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• Player grades: Four-spot in opening frame too much for Edmonton Oilers to overcome

  28-12-2018 08:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canucks 4, Oilers 2
  Perhaps Gene Principe hit on the root cause of the decisive first period when he mentioned that all of Vancouver’s numerous Swedish players had feasted on ham for Christmas dinner. Because it sure did look like one team had consumed a lot more turkey than the other.
  By the time the Edmonton Oilers woke up from their tryptophan nap, the visiting Canucks had put 4 goals on the board in the opening 20 minutes. The home team took over the flow of play from there, but the Ca
  
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• Watch: How to sort holiday waste from Edmonton expert

  28-12-2018 06:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jenny Albers, education program supervisor at the Kennedale Eco Station, shows how to sort holiday waste items as it piles up.
  The city collects more than twice the amount of waste and recycling in the two weeks after Dec. 25 than the rest of January and February combined. Disposing of waste correctly is critical for the smooth operation of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre.
  Along with the tinsel on the tree, Jenny Albers, education programs supervisor at the Kennedale Eco Station, shows item
  
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• Man killed by cops remembered as 'very sweet man'

  28-12-2018 01:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who was shot dead by Edmonton police on Boxing Day is being remembered as a “very sweet man” who was trying to turn his life around.
  Buck Evans, 34, was shot by police during a traffic stop that followed a surveillance operation in the King Edward Park neighbourhood.
  Police were monitoring a truck with three people inside around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Two passengers got out of the truck after police approached but Evans, who had outstanding warrants, refused. According to police, he
  
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• How to Sort Holiday Waste

  28-12-2018 01:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jenny Albers, Education Program Supervisor at the Kennedale Eco Station shows how to sort holiday waste items as it piles up in the city which collects more than twice the amount of waste and recycling in the two weeks after December 25 than the rest of January and February combined. Disposing of waste correctly is critical for the smooth operation of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre in Edmonton.
  Along with the tinsel on the tree, Jenny Albers, Education Programs Supervisor at the Kennedale
  
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• Fildebrandt launches complaint over past UCP donation, party claims it was an 'honest oversight'

  28-12-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Freedom Conservative Party Leader Derek Fildebrandt says Jason Kenney’s leadership campaign broke election rules by failing to properly report in-kind donations. The UCP says the issue was an “honest oversight” and the donations in question, worth about $283, weren’t deliberately concealed.
  Fildebrandt, a former UCP member, said he hosted and paid for a leadership campaign event in October 2017 along with Strathmore-Brooks UCP constituency association president Ronda Klem
  
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• A Christmas family reunion: Clydesdale horse mysteriously returns home after missing for three months

  28-12-2018 00:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was like a Christmas miracle scene from the movies when a defeated Cindy Thomas received a call on Christmas Eve about her missing horse while on the road to Calgary.
  Six-year-old mare Molly had been missing since late September after Thomas awoke one morning to see the pen gates on her Entwistle-area farm – about 100 kilometres west of Edmonton – unlocked.
  But after three months of searching and the word of missing Molly spreading internationally on social media, Thomas suddenly
  
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