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• Humboldt families share close bond - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 23:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Humboldt families share close bond  St. Albert GazetteOne of the hardest weeks of many families' lives was made a little bit easier by getting to spend time with their new Humboldt Broncos family. Last week,
  
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• Thousands of Catholic school teachers fill Edmonton Convention Centre for 22nd annual Faith Development Day

  05-02-2019 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  While students had the chance to escape the deep freeze with a day off from school, Edmonton Catholic School District teachers gathered together to reflect on faith and the classroom.
  More than 3,000 staff from across the school board attended the daylong Faith Development Day at the Edmonton Convention Centre, just a day after 4,000 energetic Grade 8 students filled the same hall for the fourth-annual Youth Faith Day.
  The annual professional development day, in its 22nd year, is a chance for al
  
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• Central LRT station to stay open 24 hours as extreme cold snap continues

  05-02-2019 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Central LRT station will stay permanently open beginning Tuesday for people seeking shelter and warmth as an extreme cold warning remains in effect, city council heard Tuesday.
  The decision to keep the underground station open 24-7 comes the day after Homeward Trust Edmonton said it didn’t have any plans to open additional overnight shelter space as the city’s cold spell continues through the week.
  Homeward Trust is a not-for-profit organization that l
  
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• More gas at 88.9 in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 23:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  More gas at 88.9 in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteMore gas is available today at 88.9 in St. Albert, according to GasBuddy.com. Most locations offering gas for 100.9 along St. Albert Trail have dropped.
  
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• UCP slams provincial budget consultations as 'partisan campaigning'

  05-02-2019 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province is preparing a budget ahead of the spring election, spurring Finance Minister Joe Ceci to hold public consultation sessions. But the UCP is calling the move “nothing more than thinly-veiled partisan campaigning.”
  Two telephone town halls are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday so that Albertans can provide feedback on their fiscal priorities, said the province.
  “Participants’ comments will help frame decisions for Budget 2019,” said a Monday news
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Budget debate, Alberta Advantage Party in the race, new chief medical officer

  05-02-2019 23:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Party is calling for a review of the election commissioner’s budget, which was estimated at just over $2 million for 2019-20.
  The standing committee on legislative offices is responsible for approving the budgets of independent officers of the legislature, including for Election Commissioner Lorne Gibson. In December, the committee approved an estimated budget of $2,021,000.
  Alberta MLA Greg Clark said he’s concerned Gibson’s office will need additional resources to
  
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• $4.5-billion plastics plant confirmed for Heartland - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 23:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  $4.5-billion plastics plant confirmed for Heartland  St. Albert GazetteSturgeon County is getting a new plastics plant – one that will bring thousands of jobs and $4.5 billion in investment with it. Pembina Pipeline Corp.
  
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• Robbers hit two businesses in same block - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 22:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Robbers hit two businesses in same block  St. Albert GazetteA mobility company employee in St. Albert says he is doing okay after being assaulted by robbers on the weekend and having to flee the store where he.
  
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• Raiders at home - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 22:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Raiders at home  St. Albert GazetteThis weekend marks the last home games before the playoffs for the St. Albert Nektar Raiders in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League. The Raiders host the.
  
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• Minister hints at Ray Gibbon announcement - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 22:28 via stalbertgazette.com
  Minister hints at Ray Gibbon announcement  St. Albert GazetteResidents who are tired of waiting to hear from the province about funding to improve Ray Gibbon Drive may want to keep their fingers crossed a little.
  
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• Opening up about clubroot - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 21:43 via stalbertgazette.com
  Opening up about clubroot  St. Albert GazetteFarmers need to speak up about clubroot if they want to halt its spread, FarmTech hears.
  
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• Morinville man presumed drowned in Yukon - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 21:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Morinville man presumed drowned in Yukon  St. Albert GazetteRCMP continued to search a lake in the Yukon this week for a Morinville-area man who is missing and presumed dead after his snowmobile plunged through ...
  
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• Edmonton weather: Thousands of stranded motorists calling for help in extreme cold

  05-02-2019 21:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Brutal cold across Alberta is stranding motorists and causing traffic headaches as troubles mount with the prolonged cold snap.
  The Alberta Motor Association said Tuesday it has answered a record number of calls for help, with more than 31,000 requests for roadside assistance provincewide since Sunday. Dead batteries are a major culprit, with calls for a boost in rural Alberta up nearly nine times the average, and Edmonton and Calgary seeing more than five times the typical call volume. The orga
  
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• Juntos Bistro bids adieu - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 20:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Juntos Bistro bids adieu  St. Albert GazetteA beloved bistro in St. Albert has bid farewell to its customers. Juntos Bistro announced its closure Saturday evening on the business' Facebook page. By.
  
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• Social Seen: Winter Wonderland Charity Fashion Show

  05-02-2019 20:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Winter Wonderland Charity Fashion Show
  Where: Edmonton Tower
  When: January 26
  What: Third installment of the Art, Wine and Charity Series, an annual charity for the Lois Hole Hospital for Women
  Featuring: Fashion show, silent auction, art show and musical performances
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie a
  
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• Inspired musicians stir their ingredients into roots and global music

  05-02-2019 20:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you imagine global music streams like some giant soup pot, then the all-important part is that new generations of musicians keep coming along to taste that soup and give it their own stir.
  Montreal-born singer Kaia Kater has cherished memories of the sounds of Smithsonian Folkways — perhaps the world’s first record label dedicated to preserving traditions of song far and wide. So it couldn’t be more appropriate that Kater’s latest third album Grenades is being released
  
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• City part of study on shifting recycling costs - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 19:55 via stalbertgazette.com
  City part of study on shifting recycling costs  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert will be joining other Alberta municipalities in researching ways to shift the costs of managing recyclable materials back to those who produce.
  
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• Birkebeiner ski event tweaked for deep freeze conditions

  05-02-2019 19:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Arctic temperatures frozen in place for a good chunk of the weekend are affecting plans for the 30th Canadian Birkie cross-country ski festival.
  The iconic 55-kilometre course has been shortened to 40 km to avoid Blackfoot and Islet loops and the start time for the Saturday long course has been pushed to 10 a.m. for now, say organizers in a Tuesday press release.
  The 31-km course may be tweaked slightly. The adjustments are being made to keep both skiers and volunteers safe as the mercury hovers
  
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• Oscar Klefbom is back for Edmonton Oilers in key Turtle Race tilt

  05-02-2019 19:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  First the good news: Oscar Klefbom is projected to be back for the Edmonton Oilers tonight.
  Reid Wilkins of CHED reports from practice: “Klefbom taking reps with Larsson at the morning skate.
  Lucic-McDavid-Rattie
  Rieder-Draisaitl-Chiasson
  Khaira-RNH-Kassian
  Malone-Brodziak-Puljujarvi
  Klefbom-Larsson
  Nurse-Russell
  Gravel-Benning
  Talbot
  … is projected Oilers lineup tonight.”
  My takeI’m not going to defend former Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli and all the bad moves he made, but
  
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• Oscar Klefbom is projected back for Edmonton Oilers in key Turtle Race tilt

  05-02-2019 19:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  First the good news: Oscar Klefbom is projected to be back for the Edmonton Oilers tonight.
  Reid Wilkins of CHED reports from practice: “Klefbom taking reps with Larsson at the morning skate.
  Lucic-McDavid-Rattie
  Rieder-Draisaitl-Chiasson
  Khaira-RNH-Kassian
  Malone-Brodziak-Puljujarvi
  Klefbom-Larsson
  Nurse-Russell
  Gravel-Benning
  Talbot is projected Oilers lineup tonight.”
  My takeI’m not going to defend former Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli and all the bad moves he made, but it&r
  
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• Double vision: St. Albert homes highlight Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery - Edmonton Journal

  05-02-2019 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Double vision: St. Albert homes highlight Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery  Edmonton JournalTwo $1.3-million dream homes — a bungalow from Alves Developments and a two-storey from Veneto Custom Homes — are front and centre during the lottery's ...
  
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• Double vision: St. Albert homes highlight Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery

  05-02-2019 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  They say go big or go home. What if you could do both?
  With returning builders Alves Development and Veneto Custom Homes opting for bigger, better dream home grand prize options for this year’s edition of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery, someone will indeed be able to go into a big new home.
  The two $1.3-million dream homes, a bungalow from Alves and a two-storey from Veneto (the grand prize winner gets to choose which one of the dream homes they prefer) are front and centr
  
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• Growing Things: Diagnose issues to protect plants for harmful insects, blossom end rot

  05-02-2019 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Q: I have recently noticed that I have some sort of issue with my sansevieria — both mother-in-law’s tongue and sword plant, which has also possibly affected a dracaena and my hoya plant. I am considering just throwing out some of the plants if that is what it takes to keep it from spreading.I realize as I look at the photos that the issue may be the little scale-like things I see on the pot, but they remind me more of slugs or something similar, which is very odd. Do you have any id
  
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• Faulkner Real Estate Report: Plan ahead to maximize rental potential, investment value

  05-02-2019 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Changes in municipal legislation often create opportunities in the real estate market. And when coupled with changes in transportation infrastructure, the opportunities can become even greater.  Whether you’re buying your first home or your tenth investment property, you can reap more rewards with careful planning. Some will call it dumb luck, but if you do your homework you can create your own luck.Ideally, you want to beat the market. You want your property to increase in value at a
  
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• Alberta honours former premier Jim Prentice, unveils official portrait - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 18:14 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta honours former premier Jim Prentice, unveils official portrait  St. Albert GazetteEDMONTON — Jim Prentice, the last premier of Alberta's 44−year Progressive Conservative dynasty, was honoured Monday as a man of courage and vision ...
  
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• Two robberies in three days on the same block - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 17:34 via stalbertgazette.com
  Two robberies in three days on the same block  St. Albert GazetteTwo people were injured over the past week after robbers hit two separate St. Albert businesses in a three-day period. On Feb. 1, A store owner was taken.
  
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• Shutouts for Slash - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 16:54 via stalbertgazette.com
  Shutouts for Slash  St. Albert GazetteThe midget AAA St. Albert Slash responded to a rare loss with back-to-back 4-0 shutouts in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Holly Borrett faced nine.
  
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• Third person charged by Alberta SPCA in Evansburg animal cruelty investigation

  05-02-2019 16:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A third person has been charged by the province’s animal cruelty prevention society for inadequate care to horses in the Evansburg area west of Edmonton.
  Robert Hugh Cornell, 60, faces 27 charges under the Animal Protection Act, the Alberta SPCA said in a news release Monday.
  Cornell was charged with nine counts of causing an animal to be in distress, failing to provide adequate food and water and failing to provide adequate care when an animal is wounded or ill.
  Evansburg RCMP launched an
  
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• Edmonton weather: That whole wait 5 minutes thing isn't working

  05-02-2019 15:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Remember the old saying “If you don’t like the weather just wait five minutes?”
  Ya…hate to burst your bubble weather waiting guy that doesn’t work.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -32 C with calm winds. The high today is only expected to be -26 C however the wind chill will feel more like -43. Environment Canada has issued another extreme cold war
  
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• More cold in Tuesday’s forecast - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 14:20 via stalbertgazette.com
  More cold in Tuesday’s forecast  St. Albert GazetteThe extreme cold warning is continuing in St. Albert: The coldest wind chill values will be between minus 40 and minus 45. Cold arctic air remains.
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Will Oilers copy low concession prices?

  05-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Memo to Oilers Entertainment Group: The Superbowl and management of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium has responsive pricing. Apparently, it’s spreading. Two-dollar hotdogs, $3 nachos and $5 beer.
  Brian McAlpine, Edmonton
  Better signs would cut speeding
  The number of photo radar violations and other traffic violations is down. That’s good news, but a lot more can be done to make our roads safer.
  The city is heavy on enforcement and not much on education and engineering. The numbe
  
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• Opinion: Federal research cuts will erode research capabilities

  05-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian research ecosystem works for the well-being of all Canadians. It is founded on multidisciplinary and translational innovation and fuelled by partnerships between a vibrant university research sector and industry.
  Politicians have long understood that a national alignment of research priorities helps find concrete solutions to the current and future needs of Canadians. Cross-country research collaboration also allows all provinces, including Alberta, to attract and retain talent and
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #53: The looming Sekera roster shuffle and the Hitch that may be in the Edmonton Oilers' decision making

  05-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers Game Day #53Chicago Black Hawks (20-24-9) at Edmonton Oilers (23-24-5)
  The Edmonton Oilers have assigned veteran defender Andrej Sekera to Bakersfield for a conditioning stint. The details on that move can be found here, in a piece written by The Cult of Hockey’s David Staples.
  As David describes, the club will need to clear cap space if/when Sekera is activated.
  First of all, lets agree that the results of Sekera’s rehabilitation stint are not guaranteed. All may go
  
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• Amarjeet Sohi: Trans Mountain a top priority for Liberals

  05-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Listen up, Ottawa, Editorial, Jan. 30
  I read with interest the recent column by the Edmonton Journal editorial board regarding the return of parliament and the importance of keeping pipelines front and centre on the agenda.
  As minister of Natural Resources, and as a member of Parliament from Edmonton, not a single day has gone by since the last election where I have not talked about pipelines, stressed the importance of getting them built and taken action to support our energy sector.
  
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• Watch: Jim Prentice remembered as official portrait unveiled

  05-02-2019 05:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Family, friends and political colleagues from all parties came together to honour former premier Jim Prentice as his official legislature portrait was unveiled on Monday. The portrait, painted by artist David Goatley, shows Prentice in the legislature, where his widow Karen Prentice hopes that the painting will motivate a new generation of Albertans to enter public service, and to maybe become premier one day.
  “Jim’s gaze in the portrait is looking to the future and what comes next,&
  
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• No additional emergency shelter space opening as Edmonton cold spell continues

  05-02-2019 02:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homeward Trust Edmonton doesn’t currently have any plans to open additional overnight shelter space as the city’s cold spell continues through the week.
  Homeward Trust is a not-for-profit organization that leads local efforts to address homelessness in Edmonton. Susan McGee, the organization’s CEO, said the organization only opens emergency shelter space when 90 per cent of the city’s 716 shelter spaces are occupied.
  “We monitor the shelters utilization if you will
  
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• Author Jenna Dulewich - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 02:26 via stalbertgazette.com
  Author Jenna Dulewich  St. Albert GazetteFIELD, B.C. – Condolences flooded Albe Bulmer's social media status hours after he announced his son, Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, was one of the three ...
  
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• Watch: MacEwan University launches inaugural celebration of Black History Month

  05-02-2019 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  MacEwan University has launched its first celebration of Black History Month, with the hope of raising awareness of the contributions made by black Canadians to the country’s culture and legacy.
  “This year we’re really focused on celebrating, creating awareness and recognizing some of the great contributions of influential black Canadians across the country,” said Justine Dogbe with MacEwan University Student Affairs.
  Throughout the month the universit
  
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• Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 01:49 via stalbertgazette.com
  Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton's newest string quartet, YEG4, will perform for Hear's to Your Health Concerts, presenting works by Beethoven and Schumann. YEG4 is comprised of: ...
  
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• Seniors Drop-in Book Club - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 01:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Seniors Drop-in Book Club  St. Albert GazetteSeniors drop-in book club meets the second Wednesday of the month. The February meeting will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ...
  
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• Oil Spills: Wild-card race a slow burn for the Edmonton Oilers

  05-02-2019 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest talks to host Craig Ellingson about how the Edmonton Oilers gained no ground in the wild-card playoff race as they returned to NHL action over the weekend from their bye week — but they didn’t lose any, either.
  They scored two points out of the overtime losses to the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens, but both those games were there for the Oilers to win.
  
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• Mediterranean Diet - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 01:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mediterranean Diet  St. Albert GazetteThe Mediterranean Diet has been called the “Gold Standard” for healthy eating. On Tuesday, Feb. 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., learn about the Mediterranean Diet ...
  
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• Charges laid in 2018 fatal north Edmonton hit-and-run

  05-02-2019 01:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have charged a man in a fatal 2018 hit-and-run.
  Jamie Green, 23, has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident and careless driving, Edmonton police said in a news release Monday.
  Last November police responded to the hit-and-run near 127 Street and 127 Avenue, they determined a 38-year-old female had been crossing the street when she was hit by a Toyota Corolla that remained on the scene. As she remained injured on the road she was hit by another vehicle that did not
  
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• Griesbach Community League launches Competition Bureau campaign against Sobeys

  05-02-2019 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Members of a northwest Edmonton community league are launching a Competition Bureau campaign against Sobeys Inc. continuing to own an undeveloped commercial lot that could stay empty for the next 15 years.
  The grocery store chain purchased an undeveloped commercial lot on the corner of 137 Avenue and 97 Street in the community of Griesbach. However, the lot has been sitting empty since 2013.
  There were plans to build a Sobeys in the spot however, after Sobeys Inc. purchased the Safeway
  
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• 'It's re-traumatizing us all again': Preliminary hearing for Serenity's caregivers underway in Wetaskiwin

  05-02-2019 01:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wetaskiwin — The grandmother of a four-year-old girl named Serenity whose 2014 death shook Alberta’s child welfare system said it’s “surreal” to finally be in a courtroom with the couple who had been responsible for her care.
  A preliminary hearing got underway Monday for the girl’s great-aunt and great-uncle, who are jointly charged with one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life when she was in their care between May 3, 2013, and Sept. 18, 2
  
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• Edmonton Oilers going slowly with Andrej Sekera, assign him to AHL

  05-02-2019 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have loaned Andrej Sekera to Bakersfield in the American Hockey League, prompting CapFriendly to report: “The purpose of such a loan is to determine if a player returning from long term injury is fit to play. The loan may not exceed 6 days & 3 games, but can be extended an additional 2 games if required. Oilers remain $1,230,834 in full cap hit value above the ceiling, & are required to shed that amount from their salary cap prior to being able to activate Seker
  
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• No emergency shelter space as Edmonton cold spell continues

  05-02-2019 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homeward Trust Edmonton doesn’t currently have any plans to open additional overnight shelter space as the city’s cold spell continues through the week.
  Homeward Trust is a not-for-profit organization that leads local efforts to address homelessness in Edmonton. Susan McGee, the organization’s CEO, said the organization only opens emergency shelter space when 90 per cent of the city’s 716 shelter spaces is occupied.
  “We monitor the shelters utilization if you will a
  
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• Portrait of former premier Jim Prentice joins gallery of Alberta leaders

  05-02-2019 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  During a poignant ceremony to honour the late premier Jim Prentice, his wife Karen Prentice said the portrait that now hangs in the Alberta legislature captures his vision and steadfast love for Alberta.
  “Jim’s gaze in the portrait is looking to the future and what comes next,” she said at a gathering in the rotunda.
  Jim Prentice’s death in a B.C. plane crash sent shock waves through Alberta in 2016. He was 60.
  Politicians across Canada expressed their sorrow while t
  
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• Cathy Ellis - St. Albert Gazette

  05-02-2019 00:27 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cathy Ellis  St. Albert GazetteFIELD, B.C. – Three Canadian Pacific Railway crew members are dead following a massive train derailment near Field, B.C. in Yoho National Park. East and…
  
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