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• A gala for a healthier tomorrow - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 23:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  A gala for a healthier tomorrow  St. Albert GazetteFrom welcoming newborn babies into the world to helping community members at all stages of life, the Sturgeon Community Hospital cares for more and more.
  
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• Attempted murder charges laid against High Level man who shot at Mounties

  21-01-2019 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man from northern Alberta is facing two counts of attempted murder after he and police exchanged gunfire at a home south of High Level earlier this month.
  Mounties arrived at a home just after 8 p.m. on Jan. 12 when police say a man produced a firearm and shot at officers.
  An officer returned fire and struck the man who then barricaded himself in the residence following the shooting.
  The RCMP emergency response team, a canine unit and air services were called to the scene as a result.
  The man
  
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• Swine and Dine lands at popular sausage house, Otto

  21-01-2019 23:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Pork’s regular meal celebrating all things made with pork, Swine and Dine, is coming to Norwood’s Otto. The event, at 11405 95 St., is on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. and tickets are $55, including tax and tip.
  Chef Steve Furgiuele is in charge of the menu, and it’s looking really good. There will be a four-course meal featuring Stonehouse Farms products straight through from appetizer to dessert.
  Otto is a neighbourhood favourite, so I’d book early to avoid d
  
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• 'She was a good person' neighbour remembers the victim of fatal weeken

  21-01-2019 23:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  “She was a good person.”
  That’s how neighbour, Paul Phinnemore, is remembering Barbara Nelson, a woman who died of injuries in hospital after what police describe as an alleged home invasion Friday night near 120 Avenue and 61 Street.
  Phinnemore said he has known Nelson for close to 20 years but hadn’t seen in her until the two came face to face earlier this month when she told him she’d recently moved into the neighbouring home.
  Nelson and a 56-year-old man from th
  
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• Two arrested in northern Alberta methamphetamine bust

  21-01-2019 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties have seized what they say is methamphetamine with an estimated street value of up to $40,000 from a home and a vehicle in the hamlet of Ardmore in northern Alberta.
  A man and a woman were arrested during the bust on Saturday, which was part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation by Bonnyville and Cold Lake RCMP in the area.
  Police seized 393 grams of methamphetamine, more than $2,000 in cash, drug paraphernalia and a conducted energy weapon, RCMP said in a Monday news release
  
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• Edmonton Oilers demote Caleb Jones but not Brandon Manning. Huh!?

  21-01-2019 22:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have sent Caleb Jones to Bakersfield of the AHL. Bob Stauffer of the Oilers tweeted:  “All things considered Caleb had a strong showing for the Oilers. Had a difficult last few games…so did the whole team. Athletic with upside, player to watch in the future.”My takeWhen Hitchcock talked about having Kevin Gravel and Alex Petrovic and needing to use them, I wondered who might sit. Brandon Manning was the obvious choice given the team’s need for pu
  
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• Winter Paint Party: Children's Theatre Fundraiser - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 21:57 via stalbertgazette.com
  Winter Paint Party: Children's Theatre Fundraiser  St. Albert GazetteExpress your inner artist, enjoy a fun-filled evening, and help support children's theatre arts in our community! Local artist Andrea Daly will walk us through a ...
  
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• Valentine's Dance Party - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 21:57 via stalbertgazette.com
  Valentine's Dance Party  St. Albert GazetteWe'll have a night of great dance music till midnight, an amazing late night lunch and door prizes too. Doors open at 7 p.m.; Free dance lesson at 7:30 p.m. ...
  
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• The Who announces symphonic Movin’ On! Tour at Rogers Place - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 21:36 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Who announces symphonic Movin’ On! Tour at Rogers Place  St. Albert GazetteGo big or go home: that's pretty much the mantra for The Who, one of the world's most iconic and untameable rock bands. The incredible rockers have.
  
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• Art Gallery of St. Albert Reopening Its Doors – Barrier Free!

  21-01-2019 21:19
  Grand Reopening on February 9, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. The Arts & Heritage Foundation (AHF) and the City of St.... Read Post
  
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• How to get strong - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 20:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  How to get strong  St. Albert GazetteIt was about a decade ago, and I needed to pull a small subwoofer out from behind a shelf. I couldn't budge it, so my dad had to step in and flip it over with ease.
  
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• ‘I’m not giving up at all’ - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 20:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  ‘I’m not giving up at all’  St. Albert GazetteTanya Lafontaine is undeniably defiant when it comes to the challenges facing her right now. One can easily imagine a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and recent.
  
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• It makes sense to waive Ryan Spooner, but Ty Rattie? What are Edmonton Oilers up to?

  21-01-2019 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have waived Ryan Spooner and Ty Rattie, multiple sources are reporting.
  My takeI get waiving Spooner as he did little, though he’s hardly alone in that when it comes to Edmonton Oilers wingers. But Ty Rattie? The Oilers needed to waive him like a fish needs a bicycle. He’s one of the few Oilers wingers who can play with some real skill, who can take and make a pass. Are we to believe that Rattie is a weaker player than Tobias Rieder? Than Milan Lucic? I don’
  
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• Two Alberta NDP MLAs announce they won't seek re-election

  21-01-2019 19:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA and government caucus whip Estefania Cortes-Vargas says she won’t be running in the next election.
  “It is with a heavy heart that I have come to the tough decision that I will not be seeking re-election to pursue further professional development opportunities,” she tweeted Monday. “Until the election is held, I plan to continue working hard for all of my constituents.”
  Her announcement followed a similar move from Infrastructure Minister
  
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• Indecent acts on VIA Rail train net two arrests in Jasper

  21-01-2019 18:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two people were arrested after Jasper RCMP responded to reports of “indecent sexual acts” onboard a VIA Rail train.
  Jasper RCMP arrested a 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman after responding to “disturbances” on the train Jan. 5, said RCMP in a Monday news release.
  “Two individuals who had allegedly been causing a disturbance on the train as well as engaging in indecent sexual acts in front of other passengers,” stated an RCMP news release.
  The train was
  
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• RCMP investigating Rimbey break-in spree

  21-01-2019 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP in Rimbey are investigating five break and enters that occurred in the same evening.
  In a Monday news release, Rimbey RCMP said two males are responsible for all five break and enters. The suspects were driving a black pickup and stole a flat-deck trailer that belongs to Nikirk Construction.
  “The trailer is unique in that it is homebuilt with the company name cut into the metal and there is an aluminum wind breaker on the front of the trailer,” states the release.
  One suspect wa
  
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• Months later, RCMP still investigating Sherwood Park explosions

  21-01-2019 17:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a case that will almost certainly never see a courtroom — a deliberately set explosion in the bowels of a municipal building in Sherwood Park that ended with the lone suspect dead.
  More than two months later, RCMP say the investigation into Kane Kosolowsky continues, and that they may one day tell the public more about what they learned.
  RCMP say Kosolowsky, 21, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after triggering an explosion beneath a half-ton pickup truck parked in the Str
  
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• RCMP seeking those responsible for car mischief - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 17:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  RCMP seeking those responsible for car mischief  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert RCMP is looking to identify those responsible for smashing windows of vehicles last week. “St. Albert RCMP is looking to identify the.
  
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• Mix of sun and clouds in St. Albert on Monday - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 15:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mix of sun and clouds in St. Albert on Monday  St. Albert GazetteA mix of sun and clouds to start your work week in St. Albert. Monday's daytime high of -1 C feels like -15 C in the morning and -3 C in the afternoon, as.
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's not not t-shirt weather

  21-01-2019 14:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -8.4 C with 7 km/h winds out of the west, southwest contributing to a -12 wind chill.
  It’s not exactly t-shirt weather but it’s not not exactly t-shirt weather, either. I’m not sure what that means, but let’s just say a slight wind chill in the morning will finally give way to warmer temperatures in the afternoon as fo
  
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• Death, vehicle fire in northwest Edmonton deemed non-criminal: police

  21-01-2019 14:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead following a vehicle fire in an industrial area of northwest Edmonton Sunday evening that police have now deemed non-criminal in nature.
  Emergency crews responded to multiple reports of a vehicle fire around 6:30 p.m. on 164 Street just north of 137 Avenue, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services district Chief Todd Weiss said.
  Fire crews found the vehicle parked on the side of the road fully involved and worked to extinguish the flames, Weiss said. The sole occupant was found deceased i
  
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• U of A oncology doctor to represent province on Terry Fox Research Institute executive

  21-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Dr. David Eisenstat decided to organize a camp charity run in the summer of 1981 inspired by the courageous cancer battle fought by Terry Fox, he had no idea his story with the cancer foundation would become full circle.
  “I was a long-distance runner at the time and doing cross-country and I thought, was there anything I could do,” Eisenstat said.
  It was the summer Canadian hero Terry Fox was running a marathon a day across the country and Eisenstat, having just applied for medi
  
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• 'There won't be another David Edey': City remembers remarkable clerk, family man

  21-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  David Edey had a talent for problem-solving.
  The career public servant, who served as Edmonton’s city clerk for more than a decade, died on Jan. 10 at the age of 66.
  Even in his death he made an effort to leave the world better than he found it. He suffered from multiple system atrophy, a rare degenerative neurological disorder. During the last few years of his life, he made arrangements for his brain tissue to be donated to the Mayo Clinic so that it will be available to researchers study
  
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• Judge slams Edmonton Remand Centre over lack of TVs in cells but province not budging

  21-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wayne Wilcox has spent much of the last decade behind bars — most recently, in administrative segregation at the Edmonton Remand Centre.
  For 23 hours a day, he is confined to a cell, where he reads, sleeps, works on crossword puzzles and fills out legal paperwork while awaiting trial on his role in a high-speed flight from police.
  Unlike general population prisoners — who have up to 11 hours a day of common area time to socialize, make phone calls, exercise and take part in programs
  
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• Elise Stolte: Worst walk on my commute is city-owned. A winter city doesn't have to be this painful

  21-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If I fall on my way to work this winter, my bet is it will be on a city-owned sidewalk. That’s why I shudder every time people lobby for the city to take over extra snow clearing.
  The issue is at a neighbourhood school. The pathway from the parking lot to the school doors is the school’s responsibility and is immaculate. But the heavily-used sidewalk around the block — the city’s responsibility — is treacherous. I’m pretty sure it hasn’t see bare pavemen
  
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• Cult of Hockey Player Grades: The Edmonton Oilers get battered and tattered 7-4 by the Hurricanes

  21-01-2019 08:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers needed a big response game Sunday after an emotional loss to Calgary the night before.
  They didn’t get it. In fact, I didn’t detect much emotion at all out of far too many players in what was an embarrassing effort against a team like Carolina. The Hurricanes are not world beaters. Not even close. But hey…lets not diss the ‘Canes. They earned their keep tonight with a tenacious fore-check and capitalized on the many Oilers errors. And Edmonton didn&rs
  
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• One person dead in northwest Edmonton vehicle fire, police and fire investigating

  21-01-2019 05:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead following a vehicle fire in an industrial area of northwest Edmonton Sunday evening.
  Emergency crews responded to multiple reports of a vehicle fire around 6:30 p.m. on 164 Street just north of 137 Avenue, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services district Chief Todd Weiss said.
  Fire officials confirm one fatality. The body was found in the vehicle when fire crews responded. Fire and police will continue investigating @edmontonjournal pic.twitter.com/rShfEbJRCf
  — Dustin Cook (@dusti
  
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• Highway 831 closed north of Waskatenau as police investigate semi-tractor rollover

  21-01-2019 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Smoky Lake RCMP are asking motorists to avoid Highway 831 north of Waskatenau as they continue to investigate the rollover of a semi-tractor carrying bitumen.
  The truck with two trailers hit a ditch causing the rollover on Highway 831 near Township Road 594, RCMP said in a news release Sunday evening. The area of the highway is currently closed for vehicle recovery.
  No injuries or spills of the bitumen have been reported and emergency crews are anticipating one lane of northbound and southbound
  
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• Nick Lees: Songs, history and haggis on hand to celebrate Scotland's original superstar

  21-01-2019 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  We Canadian Scots, some 4.7 million of us — or 14.35 per cent of Canada’s population — invite you to join us Friday in singing Auld Lang Syne.
  We will celebrate the 260th birthday of Scotland’s poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). who penned the words to what many consider the national anthem of the human race.
  “Auld Lang Syne is also the world’s most popular song,” said Edmonton’s Bert MacKay, a past chairman of Canada’s Scottish Advisory Council
  
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• Homicide detectives investigating suspicious death of man in south Edmonton

  21-01-2019 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives — called to a scene Friday — were on a case again Sunday after a man died outside a south Edmonton apartment complex.
  Police received numerous 911 calls about a disturbance in the Ermineskin neighbourhood near 24 Avenue and 104 Street about 1:50 a.m. Sunday.
  “Upon arrival, police found an injured male lying on the ground outside of an apartment complex. The male was eventually pronounced deceased on scene by EMS paramedics,” police said in a release la
  
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• Fill up for 85.9 this evening in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  21-01-2019 01:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fill up for 85.9 this evening in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteMost St. Albert gas stations are charging around 85.9 today, according to GasBuddy.com. Gas prices along St. Albert Trail are all sticking to 85.9. The.
  
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• RCMP major crimes unit investigating suspicious death of man in Grande Prairie

  21-01-2019 01:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has died following an altercation in Grande Prairie early Sunday morning, police said.
  The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating the man’s death after police responded to reports of an altercation around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the area of Resource Road and 100 Avenue.
  The man suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead, an RCMP news release said Sunday evening.
  RCMP said no further information is available at the time, including the man&rsquo
  
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• National Sixties Scoop exhibit makes first stop in Alberta, set to visit nine communities

  21-01-2019 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A national exhibit sharing the traumatic stories of Sixties Scoop survivors across the country is making its first stop in Alberta, set to travel to eight communities before returning to Edmonton in May.
  The Bi-Giwen: Coming Home — Truth Telling from the Sixties Scoop exhibit highlights personal stories of 12 survivors, each from a different province or territory.
  The exhibit that took a year to create will tour across Alberta through a partnership with the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society
  
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