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• On the firing of Peter Chiarelli, including a little-known fact on trading Taylor Hall: 9 Things

  23-01-2019 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers finally squeezed the trigger last night on their beleaguered General Manager Peter Chiarelli.
  At the same time, the organization ultimately answered a demand from its passionate fan base. I think it’s unfair to say that fans “wanted blood”. I think the large majority of them have laid out their hard-earned money for some time and deserve better.
  So to want someone who was seen to be responsible for the lack of results on the ice to pay for yet another failure is
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Icefields Trail project called off, Bighorn Country town hall scheduled

  23-01-2019 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ottawa has called off the a $66-million proposal for a biking and walking trail through Jasper National Park.
  The decision was made after discussions with stakeholder groups, Indigenous partners and members of the public, said a federal government news release Wednesday.
  “Parks Canada will be withdrawing from the Icefields Trail project and the funds originally earmarked for the project will be re-allocated to support priorities within the agency,” said the release.
  The funds we
  
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• UCP smashes 2018 fundraising totals, but all major parties break donation rules

  23-01-2019 21:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  The UCP has left every other political party in Alberta in its dust when it comes to 2018 fundraising figures released by Elections Alberta, but will likely have to pay back more than $30,000 after breaking contribution limits.
  The UCP isn’t alone in falling foul of the individual $4,000 donation limits set by the NDP government two years ago — the NDP itself broke the rules to the tune of $24,785.
  The Alberta and Liberal parties also had donors exceed the $4,000 limit.
  Dealing with
  
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• Watch: Oilers beat writers analyze Oilers next move

  23-01-2019 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sports columnist Terry Jones and hockey beat writers Derek Van Diest and Rob Tychkowski discuss the Edmonton Oilers’ firing of general manager Peter Chiarelli on Jan. 23, 2019, following a press conference with Oilers chief executive officer Bob Nicholson.
  Chiarelli was let go the night before, during the team’s loss to the last-place Detroit Red Wings.
  Nicholson, speaking to media at the Oilers Hall of Fame room at Rogers Place, said they aren’t looking to fill Chiarelli&rsquo
  
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• Tip from Australian police leads to child porn arrest in central Alberta

  23-01-2019 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tip from Australian police helped the province’s integrated internet child exploitation unit to arrest a central Alberta man for making and possessing child pornography.
  The 34-year-old man was arrested by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) officers at a home in Eckville on Jan. 10. The same man was then re-arrested by Mounties on Jan. 18 after he allegedly breached his release conditions relating to internet access.
  The original tip off came from a specialized onli
  
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• Watch: Keith Gretzky takes over Oilers GM role for now

  23-01-2019 21:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bob Nicholson CEO and Vice-Chair, Oilers Entertainment Group, said the decision was made about firing General Manager Peter Chiarelli during the team’s lackluster game versus the Detroit Red Wings in Edmonton on Tuesday. He said the team isn’t going to make big changes right away but must find a way to win as their season has fallen apart.
  As of Jan 23, the team stands second last in the Western Conference, only ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. Nicholson said that while they will have
  
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• St. Albert man in hospital after shooting in Lacombe Park neighbourhood

  23-01-2019 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP and EMS responded around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a firearms complaint in the Lacombe Park neighbourhood, on the north side of the town.
  
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• Man charged after four cargo vans full of items stolen from multiple construction sites

  23-01-2019 19:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been charged after a police investigation resulted in the recovery of numerous stolen property — enough to fill four cargo vans —  taken from multiple construction sites across the city.
  In October 2018, Northwest Division investigators became aware of several break-ins and thefts to newly built, unoccupied homes across Edmonton, police said in a news release Wednesday.
  Officers were able to identify a male suspect and conducted search warrants at two residences, one i
  
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• Edmonton Oilers CEO Bob Nicholson: "There's something in the water here in Edmonton that we don't have right"

  23-01-2019 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers Bob Nicholson made a few key points at his press conference on Wednesday, namely that it’s going to take some time to find the right GM.
  In the last decade the team has had eight coaches and three GMs, the Journal’s Rob Tychkowski pointed out to Nicholson.
  Nicholson then stressed he’ll be patient in hiring a new one.
  “We’re not going to be in a real rush to get a general manager. We have to get the right one. And if that takes us some time, because w
  
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• UCP smashes 2018 fundraising totals

  23-01-2019 19:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The UCP has left every other political party in Alberta in their dust when it comes to 2018 fundraising figures released by Elections Alberta.
  The official opposition raised $6.66 million in 2018, almost double the $3.39 million brought in by the NDP from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
  In fact, the UCP raised more in its fourth quarter — $3.92 million — than the governing party raised the entire year.
  Both the UCP and NDP’s fundraising efforts dwarfed those of other parties during 2018.
  Th
  
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• Suspect sought in St. Albert shooting, one man in hospital

  23-01-2019 18:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A St. Albert man is recovering in hospital after RCMP responded to a firearms complaint Tuesday night.
  At approximately 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, St. Albert RCMP found a man in the Lacombe Park neighbourhood suffering from non-life threatening injuries after receiving a firearms complaint.
  The man was transported to hospital where he continues to recover, said RCMP in a release Wednesday.
  RCMP did not disclose the age of the man or the nature of his injuries.
  However, they do not believe there is any
  
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• Man injured in north St. Albert shooting - CBC.ca

  23-01-2019 18:53 via cbc.ca
  Man injured in north St. Albert shooting  CBC.caSuspect sought in St. Albert shooting, one man in hospital  Edmonton JournalSt. Albert man in hospital after shooting in Lacombe Park neighbourhood  Global NewsRCMP investigating firearm incident in St. Albert  CTV NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• St. Albert man in hospital after shooting in Lacombe Park neighbourhood - Global News

  23-01-2019 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  St. Albert man in hospital after shooting in Lacombe Park neighbourhood  Global NewsRCMP and EMS responded around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a firearms complaint in the Lacombe Park neighbourhood, on the north side of the town.
  
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• With Spock on Discovery, here are his top 10 on-screen moments

  23-01-2019 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Spock in Plato’s Stepchildren, where he sings the beautiful Maiden Wine, aka Bitter Dregs.
  Are you getting the sense modern science fiction is terrified to stray one inch from its safe spaces? Star Wars can’t shake its stormtroopers and Skywalkers; Doctor Who seems afraid to give its first-ever female lead any character flaws to solve in an arc. And then there’s Star Trek — which just emerged from three shiny remake movies, dutifully echoing the precise beats of their pre
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's 10 best moves and 10 worst moves as Edmonton Oilers general manager

  23-01-2019 17:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  It wasn’t all bad in Peter Chiarelli’s time as GM of the Edmonton Oilers. In 2016-17 he put together a series of deals that helped end Edmonton’s Decade of Darkness. The team not only made the playoffs in Connor McDavid’s second NHL season, the Oilers won a round against San Jose and took the Anaheim Ducks to the second round.
  Edmonton looked to be moving forward but top d-man Andrej Sekera got injured in the Ducks series, kicking off a chain of events from which Chiarell
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society will stop enforcement on animal abuse

  23-01-2019 17:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Humane Society’s board of directors has voted to end enforcement of the Animal Protection Act (APA) at the end of January, with no governing agency named to take over.
  The humane society has been providing enforcement services within the city funded through donations and a city grant, but without any provincial funding, the society said in a news release Tuesday. The decision to withdraw enforcement services was made in early December 2018.
  “Upcoming policy changes under
  
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• Watch: Oilers beaten by the Wings 3-2

  23-01-2019 17:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock had little to say after his team lost their third straight game at home, this time 3-2 against the Detroit Red Wings in Edmonton on Tuesday January 22, 2019.
  The Detroit Red Wings, with four wins in their previous 19 games, came in and beat the anemic Oilers 3-2 Tuesday night, handing them their third straight loss at home as they finished a six-game Rogers home stand 2-4 against Florida, Arizona, Carolina, Detroit, Buffalo and Calgary with only the Flame
  
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• Oilers in 60: Heads explode as Oilers fire Peter Chiarelli

  23-01-2019 17:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  It finally happened.
  The timing of it is questionable, but the Edmonton Oilers fired general manager Peter Chiarelli just hours after they dropped a 3-2 decision to the league’s worst Detroit Red Wings, and just one day after the team announced a $13.5 million extension for goaltender Mikko Koskinen.
  Huh?
  From a fan’s point of view, the move makes sense. Chiarelli had to go — no question. But why do it mid-season? Why would the team allow Chiarelli to sign Koskinen to such a lu
  
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• Snow and falling temperatures on Wednesday - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 15:21 via stalbertgazette.com
  Snow and falling temperatures on Wednesday  St. Albert GazetteCloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries Wednesday in St. Albert. The daily high of -12 C will feel like -18 C in the morning, as a result of winds up.
  
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• Watch: Edmonton Oilers lose 3-2 to Detroit Red Wings

  23-01-2019 15:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock had little to say after his team lost their their straight game at home, this time 3-2 against the Detroit Red Wings in Edmonton on Tuesday January 22, 2019.
  The Detroit Red Wings, with four wins in their previous 19 games, came in and beat the anemic Oilers 3-2 Tuesday night, handing them their third straight loss at home as they finished a six-game Rogers home stand 2-4 against Florida, Arizona, Carolina, Detroit, Buffalo and Calgary with only the Flame
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Speed up sidewalk-clearing enforcement

  23-01-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Three ways Edmonton could get a grip on icy sidewalks,” Elise Stolte, Jan. 21
  I agree with Elise Stolte’s column where she points out the concerns with sidewalks that we all have in the winter, especially among people who have slipped and fallen.
  Due to my own painful experience with 311, I felt that I could add to her point about 311. My view is that enforcement needs to be sped up when investigating these concerns and problem properties should not be given warnings unles
  
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• Editorial: Unplug petty TV policy

  23-01-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Remand Centre is a provincial institution that houses people accused of crimes awaiting their day in court. Seven out of 10 inmates there haven’t been convicted of their alleged wrongdoing. In the eyes of the law, they are innocent until proven guilty.
  So why then does the Alberta Justice and Solicitor General’s department inflict a pre-emptive punishment by denying them TVs in their cells?
  When the new facility opened six years ago, every cell was wired to have a televi
  
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• Press Gallery interview: Matt Jeneroux talks pipelines, Alberta separation and two upcoming elections

  23-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Matt Jeneroux, the Conservative MP for Edmonton Riverbend, stops by the studio this week for a wide ranging interview to talk about a busy year ahead in the world of federal and provincial politics.
  What does Jeneroux think of the idea of Alberta separation? How would a Conservative government in Ottawa have the country further ahead on pipelines? What is the party’s alternative to a carbon tax when it comes to fighting climate change?
  Take a listen to the episode to find out.
  Jeneroux and
  
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• Elise Stolte: Two years later, looking for hope in Edmonton's pernicious work culture

  23-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been two years since city manager Linda Cochrane would have seen results that later shocked council and the larger community.
  Back in 2016, nearly one in five employees reported being harassed at work in the city’s employee engagement survey; in some pockets of the city that was nearly one in three. In nine per cent of the cases, the harassment was sexual.
  On Thursday, we’ll see if there’s been a change. City officials are scheduled to release the 2018 employee engag
  
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• David Staples: Can Mawji push ahead Alberta's difficult diversification dream?

  23-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s brain power is now famous, with the University of Alberta’s Artificial Intelligence team rated as one of the top such groups in the world.
  But can we stop all that brain power from draining away? Can we find a way to commercialize our leading A.I. research?
  This is Edmonton’s businessman Ashif Mawji’s goal. Mawji, who will this year be inducted into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame, has got his eyes on the the biggest fish that has yet to be caught in the prov
  
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• Keith Gretzky to assume many of Chiarelli's duties, says Sportsnet's Shannon

  23-01-2019 09:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Sportsnet’s John Shannon on the Edmonton Oilers’ plan for its interim management group: “Keith Gretzky will assume many of Chiarelli’s duties in the next few weeks, with Vice Chairman Bob Nicholson being more involved until they find a new GM.”
  My takeShannon is an insider with numerous close contacts inside the Oilers organization and the NHL. If he says this is happening, I’m buying it.
  Keith Gretzky is given credit for many of the Oil’s s
  
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• Suspect sought in St. Albert shooting, one man in hospital - Edmonton Journal

  23-01-2019 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Suspect sought in St. Albert shooting, one man in hospital  Edmonton JournalA St. Albert man is recovering in hospital after RCMP responded to a firearms complaint Tuesday night.At approximately 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, St. Albert RCMP ...
  
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• "Clean house! All of them": Twitter reacts to news that Edmonton Oilers fire Peter Chiarelli

  23-01-2019 08:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Related: Why it was time to fire Peter Chiarelli
  Reporter Ryan Rishaug  @TSNRyanRishaugPeter Chiarelli has been fired by the Oilers. Done deal
  Cult of Hockey commentator Kurt Leavins @KurtLeavinsWhite smoke.The #Oilers have a new Pope.
  Fan m g @kikkerlaikaPeter Ciao-relli
  Fan Steven Duckering @sdckgGood riddance
  Fan Raja Dhami @gretzkytokurriIT IS OVER! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I think I’ll have a gin for every terrible trade & signing he made! … T
  
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• Player grades: Another weak showing on home ice sparks Chiarelli's demise as Edmonton Oilers' GM

  23-01-2019 08:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Wings 3, Oilers 2
  One might think that a team featuring the fastest thing on two skates, Connor McDavid, wouldn’t be routinely “out-quicked” by rank and file opponents. Except guess what, that just happened three times in three games as the Edmonton Oilers once again lost a battle of speed and skill, this time to a team that limped into town tied for last place in the NHL.
  That didn’t stop the Detroit Red Wings from putting the Oilers to sleep for two excruciating per
  
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• Update: Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli fired, TSN's Rishaug says

  23-01-2019 08:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  #Oilers 20 min away from limping into break with loss to 31st place Wings. @Jeremy_Roenick puts Oilers on blast: “I can’t believe they’re a professional hockey league team … Their 17 other skaters might have the lowest hockey IQ of any team I’ve ever seen. It’s embarrassing.”
  — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) January 23, 2019Update from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug, 10 p.m.: “It is my belief a change is imminent at the GM position in Edmonton
  
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• Living language - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 08:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Living language  St. Albert GazetteIt wasn't too long ago that Canada's Indigenous children were beaten, discriminated against and abused for speaking their traditional languages. Now, at.
  
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• 21-year wait for balanced federal budget shocking - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 08:01 via stalbertgazette.com
  21-year wait for balanced federal budget shocking  St. Albert GazetteThe sad news emanating out of our federal Finance Department made me feel very old. Because that's exactly what I'll be if I hang in long enough to see.
  
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• Public school district builds new tools, changes approach to tackle math

  23-01-2019 04:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  While critics and parents fretted over Alberta students’ math abilities, Edmonton’s public school district has assembled a plan to improve students’ numeracy skills.
  For nearly a year, a committee of nearly 60 educators has been working behind the scenes to pinpoint which math concepts give students the most trouble, and strategizing how to help, administrators told the Edmonton public school board at a Tuesday meeting.
  One result of that work will be a series of 29 online vide
  
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• Downtown Edmonton rally to show solidarity for Wet’suwet’en Nation blocks Jasper Avenue

  23-01-2019 04:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown Edmonton traffic was brought to a standstill along Jasper Avenue Tuesday night for a rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in British Columbia.
  More than 100 people took to the intersection at 104 Street for a round dance that blocked one of the city’s major arteries for 45 minutes.
  Police had set up road blocks at 103 Street and 105 Street to re-route traffic away from the rally, which began at about 5:45 p.m.
  A rally in Edmonton to show support for the We&
  
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• Council approves additional station, crossing plans for future LRT extensions

  23-01-2019 04:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council signed off on design changes for two LRT line extensions on Tuesday.
  Council approved updates to the plans for the northwest extension of the Metro Line, from Blatchford to Campbell Road, and the Capital Line south extension, from Century Park to Allard/Desrochers.
  For the Capital Line extension, among the major changes is an extra station added at Twin Brooks. The changes also formalized the location of a maintenance and operations facility.
  Administration wanted council approval o
  
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• City manager says information not intentionally withheld as brine debate returns to council

  23-01-2019 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Trust, or lack of it, was central to questions city council put to administration Tuesday during discussion about the latest controversy that’s arisen over using calcium chloride on icy roads.
  Concern flared up again this month following the release of a memo on the effects calcium chloride can have on asphalt and concrete. The memo first became public after a freedom of information request by Global Edmonton. The city is in the midst of a multi-year pilot project testing out using salt an
  
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• New schools should be energy neutral, public school board says

  23-01-2019 02:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Newly constructed Alberta schools should be “net zero,” Edmonton public school trustees believe — equipped to both conserve energy and generate it from renewable resources.
  On Tuesday, public school trustees approved a motion 7-to-1 to ask Alberta’s education minister to make future school construction projects energy-neutral by equipping them to generate at least as much energy as they consume.
  Trustee Michael Janz, who proposed the idea, said the province should embrace
  
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• Venture into Nature: White Spruce Forest Winter Walk - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 02:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  Venture into Nature: White Spruce Forest Winter Walk  St. Albert GazetteDuring our walk we will learn about the history and the future of the forest and the trees in it. We will also be on the look out for birds and any other signs of ...
  
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• Watch: Junior high students get hands-on with the trades

  23-01-2019 02:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Junior high students from across northern Alberta learned twelve different trade skills ranging from carpentry, graphic design, fashion design, welding, plumbing and more at Skills Canada Alberta’s Skills Exploration Days.
  The event brings together industry mentors with junior high students to help them chart a path through the rest of high school into their post-graduation work lives. Four hundred students joined industry volunteers at Edmonton Expo Centre beginning Jan. 22. Their goal wa
  
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• For the Love of Wine pairs wine and food in Valentine's fundraiser for kids

  23-01-2019 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kids Kottage, Edmonton’s only 24-hour crisis nursery, is having a fundraiser with a substantial food and wine component.
  The organization, which offers safe shelter for children at risk of neglect or abuse, and support for their caregivers, is hosting For the Love of Wine on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 at the Doubletree Hilton (16615 109 Ave.)
  It’s a Valentine’s-themed evening of wine tasting, savoury treats and live jazz, with all proceeds to support Kids Kottage. This year, the
  
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• Lloydminster man dead after head-on crash between car and semi-trailer

  23-01-2019 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 40-year-old Lloydminster man is dead after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 55 near Bonnyville Monday afternoon.
  Police said Tuesday the crash between the car and a semi-trailer happened at about 3:30 p.m. when the car collided head-on with the semi.
  The male driver of the semi-tractor was uninjured.
  No charges will be laid.
  
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• Korotash to stand for Alberta Party - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 01:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  Korotash to stand for Alberta Party  St. Albert GazetteFormer St. Albert city councillor and current teacher Neil Korotash has been selected as the Alberta Party candidate for the Morinville-St. Albert riding.
  
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• Health Monitor: Butt it out; and AHS a top employer - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 01:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  Health Monitor: Butt it out; and AHS a top employer  St. Albert GazetteLocal program kicks smoking habit to the curb A smoking cessation course will be launching next month at the Sturgeon Community Hospital. QuitCore is a.
  
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• Highway construction rules change - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 01:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Highway construction rules change  St. Albert GazetteThe provincial government is changing the rules for highway road construction in order to cut down on driver frustration and help make highways more safe.
  
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• Notes from the Dome: $20 million for clean tech projects, commercial driving agreement for reservists

  23-01-2019 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Twenty-nine projects across the province will share more than $20 million to develop technology to tackle climate change, says Alberta Innovation.
  The provincially-funded corporation doled out the funding through its Clean Technology Development Program.
  Applied Quantum Materials, a University of Alberta spin-off company based in Edmonton, is one of the companies that will benefit, said a Tuesday news release. The company aims to turn the windows in an office tower into see-through solar p
  
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• Laser danger eyed in study - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 01:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Laser danger eyed in study  St. Albert GazetteAlmost half of all Canadians either shoot or are shot by lasers in any given year, a new Statistics Canada study suggests, with around one in 100 laser users ...
  
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• Farm Focus: organics conference and armyworms - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 01:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Farm Focus: organics conference and armyworms  St. Albert GazetteFree organic farm talk this week in Fort Saskatchewan. Also: armyworms on the move.
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Oilers stall as chorus calling for GM to be fired grows louder

  23-01-2019 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingson about the makeup of the Edmonton Oilers and the man who put it together, general manger Peter Chiarelli.
  Considering the stalled fortunes of the NHL club over the past month-plus, should the Oilers continue employing Chiarelli and allowing him to shape the roster?
  Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, Google Play or Soundcloud. You can also listen via the player below.
  
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• Watch: Oil Spills: When will Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli's time be up?

  23-01-2019 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingson about the makeup of the Edmonton Oilers and the man who put it together, general manger Peter Chiarelli.
  Considering the stalled fortunes of the NHL club over the past month-plus, should the Oilers continue employing Chiarelli and allowing him to shape the roster?
  
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• Bakos good to go for Games - St. Albert Gazette

  23-01-2019 00:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  Bakos good to go for Games  St. Albert GazetteA St. Albert skipper will steer the ship for the Alberta women's curling team at the Canada Winter Games. Calling the shots is Julia Bakos for the U18.
  
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