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• Man, 52, dies on sidewalk after shooting, homicide investigating

  10-01-2019 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 52-year-old man who died on the sidewalk in north Edmonton after multiple calls to police about gunshots may be the city’s third homicide case of the year.
  Officers found Enzo Campoli suffering injuries outside a Mayliewan house near 77 Street and 166 Avenue around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, police said in a Thursday release.
  Homicide detectives were called in and police are releasing his name in an effort to generate tips in the case.
  On Thursday morning, officers still had sectioned off f
  
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• Second person facing additional 60 charges after Parkland County animal cruelty investigation

  10-01-2019 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A second person is facing an additional 60 charges after an RCMP investigation resulted in the seizure of more than 70 animals from a Parkland County property.
  On Tuesday, 65 horses and six dogs were removed from a rural property after a collaborative effort between Evansburg RCMP, RCMP Livestock Investigations, Alberta SPCA, Brand Inspectors, Sangudo Veterinary Clinic, Parkland County and Lac St. Anne County.
  Three dead horses were previously found on the property.
  Ross Andrew Atkinson, 50, has
  
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• Off-duty police officer charged with careless use of firearm after firing weapon at home

  10-01-2019 22:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An off-duty Edmonton police officer who accidentally fired a gun after he had just finished cleaning it has been charged with careless use of a firearm, police said Thursday.
  Const. Jack Klick fired a single round through his patio door from a non-police issued firearm on May 26, 2017. The bullet was never recovered.
  No one suffered injuries as a result of the gun shot “as he was home alone and off duty at the time,” police said in an email.
  Klick was a two-and-a-half year member at
  
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• Drop-in Sing-along at the Seniors Association - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 22:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Drop-in Sing-along at the Seniors Association  St. Albert GazetteA new fun activity is starting – It's a drop-in sing-along scheduled the fourth Wednesday of each month. Drop in to accompany famous artists like Elvis Presley, ...
  
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• All Abilities Afternoons at the Library - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 22:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  All Abilities Afternoons at the Library  St. Albert GazetteHang out with friends at the Library on Thursday afternoons in this new program! We welcome adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join ...
  
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• Bridal Fantasy - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 22:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Bridal Fantasy  St. Albert GazetteThe bridal show 'Everyone is talking about', Bridal Fantasy has wowed brides since 1980. Bridal Fantasy, the premiere Edmonton wedding fair, is back and ...
  
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• CD Release: Mike Morrisseau Quartet from Edmonton - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 22:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  CD Release: Mike Morrisseau Quartet from Edmonton  St. Albert GazetteMike Morrisseau, guitar; Stefan Kijek, keys; Aretha Tillotson, bass; Bill George, drums. Mike Morrisseau is an Edmonton-based guitar player and musician.
  
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• Bike sharing could come to Edmonton as early as April

  10-01-2019 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bike share companies could roll into Edmonton as early as April if city council’s urban planning committee accepts a recommendation to implement a permitting system.
  A report prepared by city staff that recommends a model that would allow multiple private companies to operate will go before committee on Jan. 15.
  According to the report, city staff weighed the benefits and challenges of other ways to introduce bike share to Edmonton, including creating a city-owned service, or giving o
  
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• Healthy scratch Brandon Manning needs some AHL time to get his game in order

  10-01-2019 20:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 44: Oilers vs Panthers
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  Nurse-Russell
  Jones-Larsson
  Gravel-Benning
  Petrovic not on the ice.Talbot in goal.
  — Reid Wilkins (@ReidWilkins) January 10, 2019When Brandon Manning was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks for Drake Caggiula, I was more than good to see Caggiula go, given his consistently unacceptable defensive play. At the same time, I withheld comment on Manning as I had not seen the player perform.
  We’ve still only seen a brief amount of time-on-ice for Manning
  
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• 'Complete support': Notley stands behind environment minister after UCP calls for resignation

  10-01-2019 19:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says she stands behind Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips as the UCP continues to call for her resignation over management of the Bighorn Country portfolio.
  “After decades of inaction on a number of complicated and sometimes controversial environmental files … where the Government of Alberta lagged well behind much-needed work, we have made tremendous progress in the last three years,” Notley told reporters Thursday in Fort Saskatchewan,
  
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• Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 19:21 via stalbertgazette.com
  Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week  St. Albert GazetteCelebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week the week of February 17, 2019 by saying “Thanks”. Ever had someone do something special for which you still feel.
  
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• Sturgeon Valley Theatricals for Kids - St. Albert Gazette

  10-01-2019 19:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sturgeon Valley Theatricals for Kids  St. Albert GazetteStill time to register! Performing arts classes for ages 6 to 12. Experience the joys of singing, acting and script-writing in a relaxed setting with a theatre ...
  
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• Bassist Sean Croal performs jazz as international language

  10-01-2019 18:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heading into a brand new year it seems appropriate to consider a musician from the next generation — a fresh, young player with a surprising story and loads of talent, just starting his career.
  At 20, Sean Croal is not yet finished his college studies but it seems as if he was marked for music since childhood. His piano-teaching mother and an uncle are also grads of MacEwan, where the bassist is currently enrolled in his third year, so the idea of making music has been part of his life fro
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Macbeth, Ric Flair, and Nadine Kellman

  10-01-2019 18:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Macbeth
  January is a chilling time in Edmonton, so why not lean into it by going to see one of Shakespeare’s most chilling plays? Malachite Theatre makes good use of the interior of Holy Trinity for their production of Macbeth, with noted UK director Benjamin Blyth at the helm. A crew of Alberta actors are taking part in this classic tale of guilt, revenge, murder, and madness, among them Sam Jeffrey as Macduff, Danielle LaRose as Lady Macbeth, and Byron Martin in the title role.
  When: Unt
  
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• NDP alleges seven staffers harassed at Bighorn Country meetings, UCP demands environment minister resign

  10-01-2019 16:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Government staffers lodged seven harassment complaints after public meetings on the proposed Bighorn Wildland Provincial Park, according to documents obtained by Postmedia.
  Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips reiterated Wednesday that security concerns had spurred the province to cancel meetings in Edmonton, Red Deer, Drayton Valley and Sundre.
  “The situation is fluid,” she told reporters. “It is unfortunate that there is a small minority of people
  
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• Pot store robbed by gunman in Cold Lake

  10-01-2019 16:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed a Clarity Cannabis store in Cold Lake on Tuesday.
  The man, who had his face covered and was carrying what is believed to be a gun, made off with an unknown amount of money on foot.
  RCMP and police dog services searched the area but could not find the man.
  He is described as being a Caucasian male, approximately 5-foot-10 with blue eyes and light coloured hair. Police say he was wearing a black jacket, a blue
  
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• Edmonton weather: My legs are cold

  10-01-2019 16:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -16.1 C with 6 km/h winds out of the northeast contributing to a -21 wind chill.
  I’m just starting to get the feeling back in my legs, so I guess that means things are warming up — slowly. It’s been a chilly past couple of days with this nasty wind and that’s not going away just yet. Winds up to 15 km/h today will ma
  
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• Police probe suspicious death in north Edmonton

  10-01-2019 15:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death in the area of 77 Street and 166 Avenue after multiple reports of a shooting Wednesday night. 
  Police responded to the area at approximately 8:15 p.m. and found the body of a male no further details were given at the time.
  More to come…
  Police are responding to an incident in the area of 166 Avenue and 76 Street, in Edmonton Wednesday Jan. 9, 2019. Photo by David Bloom
  Police are responding to an incident in the a
  
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• Thursday's letters: NHL referees need better training

  10-01-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With 31 teams in the NHL, there are too many inexperienced officials. The quality of officiating has not kept up to the expansion of the league.
  The qualities of a good official are good judgement and consistency. These attributes are seriously lacking in today’s NHL. When the NHL went to a two-referee system, this opened the door to questionable judgement and consistency.
  You seldom see both referees calling a penalty at the same time. Further, sometimes the referee at centre ice wil
  
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• Keith Gerein: Beautiful Bighorn deserves better than ugly political games

  10-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s Bighorn Country on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains is one of the most exquisite sites in all of Canada, if not the world.
  It’s a hidden gem of sorts, a near pristine paradise of wilderness prized by First Nations communities, hikers, campers, hunters, off-roaders, birdwatchers and outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds.
  Not to mention the deer, bears and mountain goats that also call the area home.
  Unfortunately, throughout human history, such highly valued places of beau
  
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• Prairie On the Plate comes to Under the High Wheel

  10-01-2019 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chef Doreen Prei will host the first Prairie on the Plate dinner of 2019 in the Taste Alberta dining series at Under the High Wheel.
  Chef Prei’s four-course, Asian-inspired menu will feature ingredients from Taste Alberta‘s commodity partners: Alberta Turkey, Alberta Chicken, Alberta Canola Producers, Egg Farmers of Alberta, Alberta Milk, Alberta Pulse Growers Commission, and Alberta Pork.
  Dishes include chickpea and mung bean cakes with turkey confit an
  
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• Nello's Downtown opening in former home of Il Pasticcio

  10-01-2019 03:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans of Tony Saporito’s pasta at Nello’s in St. Albert will be slavering at the news that another location of Nello’s opens downtown in February.
  With 100 seats, the second Nello’s outlet will be called Nello’s Downtown. It will be at 11520 100 Ave., in the space once occupied by Il Pasticcio, the comfortable neighbourhood eatery run by Saporito’s dad, Nello Saporito.
  Il Pasticcio closed in February 2018 after some 25 years in business because Nello became ill
  
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• NDP alleges seven staffers harassed at Bighorn Country meetings, UCP demands environment minister resigns

  10-01-2019 03:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Government staffers lodged seven harassment complaints after public meetings on the proposed Bighorn Wildland Provincial Park, according to documents obtained by Postmedia.
  Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips reiterated Wednesday that security concerns had spurred the province to cancel meetings in Edmonton, Red Deer, Drayton Valley and Sundre.
  “The situation is fluid,” she told reporters. “It is unfortunate that there is a small minority of people
  
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• Education minister asks public religious schools for employment agreements

  10-01-2019 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Education Minister David Eggen has asked some publicly funded religious schools to provide copies of employment contracts to review for potentially discriminatory language.
  The minister’s latest move is in addition to Eggen’s December request for all Alberta Catholic school boards to show him copies of “Catholicity agreements” or religious covenants employees are asked to sign while working for a publicly funded Catholic school.
  He’s reviewing the agreements
  
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• Old Strathcona cannabis zoning battle heads to province's Appeal Court

  10-01-2019 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A cannabis company is getting a chance to appeal a decision denying it a retail licence for a shop in Old Strathcona.
  Court of Appeal of Alberta Justice Ritu Khullar granted the Green Room leave to appeal a decision that bars the store from selling cannabis, according to written reasons for decision filed Wednesday.
  In August 2018, a city development officer rejected the Green Room’s application to change the use of the store from general retail to cannabis retail sales. The Green Room has
  
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• A year behind schedule, Ross Sheppard High School renovations close to complete

  10-01-2019 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fitness centre primed to host national weightlifting competitions, bright and spacious science labs and a black-box theatre with modern light and sound systems are highlights of a modernized Ross Sheppard High School.
  Although the modernization isn’t quite complete, phys. ed and math teacher and track and football coach Brian Buchynski was eager on Wednesday to swing open the doors to the west-side high school’s remodelled competition gym, with seating for up to 1,600 spectators an
  
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• Carving a spot on the podium: Two Alberta chefs place third in world's largest ice sculpting competition in China

  10-01-2019 01:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Albertans who used to be competitors on the ice-carving circuit will return home from the world’s largest competition in China with some bronze hardware.
  Both professional chefs by day, Edmonton’s Steve Buzak and Scott Harrison from Calgary placed third overall in the ice sculpting competition in Edmonton’s sister city of Harbin that wrapped up Tuesday. The Alberta duo was the only all-Canadian team in the world-renowned competition featuring 34 teams from 16 countries.
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• NDP alleges seven staffers harassed at Big Country meetings, UCP demands environment minister resigns

  10-01-2019 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Government staffers lodged seven harassment complaints after public meetings on the proposed Bighorn Wildland Provincial Park, according to documents obtained by Postmedia.
  Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips reiterated Wednesday that security concerns had spurred the province to cancel meetings in Edmonton, Red Deer, Drayton Valley and Sundre.
  “The situation is fluid,” she told reporters. “It is unfortunate that there is a small minority of people
  
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• Darnell Nurse and Matt Benning must step up for Edmonton Oilers to push into playoffs

  10-01-2019 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Goaltending is the make-or-break factor for most National Hockey League teams, but next in line is the team’s defensive core.
  In Edmonton’s last ten games, that defensive group has let in the following number of goals against: 7, 0, 4, 1, 4, 7, 4, 6, 4, 4.
  It’s extremely difficult to win in the NHL if a team lets in three goals, let alone four.
  Six or seven against? Ouch!
  Little wonder that the Oilers have won just two of ten.
  Neither Edmonton Oilers goalie has looked great or
  
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• 'The market is tough': A record number of homes for sale means 2019 will be another rough year for sellers

  10-01-2019 00:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A record-high number of homes for sale made Edmonton’s real estate market challenging for buyers and sellers in 2018 and the Realtors Association of Edmonton predicts further drops in sales and average prices in 2019.
  Association chair Michael Brodrick said 2018 was the worst he’s seen the market in his 18 years in the business as a result of rising interest rates, a struggling Alberta economy, and new federal mortgage stress test rules that tighten how much buyers can borrow.
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