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• Survey shows public confidence in RCMP - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 23:56 via stalbertgazette.com
  Survey shows public confidence in RCMP  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert residents want the RCMP to focus on enforcement, crime prevention and being visible in the community, based on recent findings from a policing.
  
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• Press Gallery interview: Education minister David Eggen defends curriculum review

  13-02-2019 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta education minister David Eggen joins education reporter Janet French.
  Eggen explains why he thinks the government’s curriculum is necessary.
  Plus Janet’s consults a magic eight ball (app) to look into Eggen’s future.
  Subscribe to the Press Gallery on Apple Podcasts. 
  
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• Drive Happiness gets committee recommendation for one-time funding

  13-02-2019 22:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A volunteer-run driving service for low-income seniors got the push it needs from committee Wednesday to get funding that will allow it to stay afloat while it figures out how to be permanently sustainable.
  The community and public services committee voted to recommend city council use $180,000 from its contingency fund to help Drive Happiness keep operating.
  “That will allow us to continue our current level of service, and hopefully expand and continue helping more seniors in Edmonton,&rd
  
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• Alberta Party members stand by leader - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 22:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta Party members stand by leader  St. Albert GazetteLocal Alberta Party members are standing by party leader Stephen Mandel after he was delivered a five-year ban from running for a provincial seat by.
  
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• Policy could provide tax relief - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 22:33 via stalbertgazette.com
  Policy could provide tax relief  St. Albert GazetteA proposed tax relief policy in St. Albert could extend an olive branch to property owners who are late paying their tax bill, if it gets council.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Pollution trapped near the ground

  13-02-2019 22:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -27.5 C with calm winds.
  Special air quality statement
  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement Wednesday afternoon.
  “A strong inversion has trapped air with higher urban pollution levels near the surface. Conditions are expected to improve later today, possibly returning Thursday.”
  An inversion in the winter is whe
  
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• Alberta Ballet – Tragically Hip Contest

  13-02-2019 22:21 via tragicallyhipedmj.hscampaigns.com
  Enter now.
  Enter for a chance to win a pair of front-row tickets to All of Us featuring the music of Tragically Hip!
  
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• Alberta announces $100 million, five-year investment in artificial intelligence - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 22:19 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta announces $100 million, five-year investment in artificial intelligence  St. Albert GazetteCALGARY — The Alberta government plans to spend $100 million over five years to attract investment from artificial intelligence-focused tech companies.
  
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• Sturgeon County Cannabis corp. delayed - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 22:08 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sturgeon County Cannabis corp. delayed  St. Albert GazetteCounty council has punted a decision on a proposed cannabis packaging plant near Morinville to later this month because of a late letter. Sturgeon County.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Air quality statement in effect

  13-02-2019 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -27.5 C with calm winds.
  Special air quality statement
  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement Wednesday afternoon.
  “A strong inversion has trapped air with higher urban pollution levels near the surface. Conditions are expected to improve later today, possibly returning Thursday.”
  As of 12 p.m. the air quality in
  
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• 'Mind-blowing': Virtual reality PTSD treatment central to launch of consortium

  13-02-2019 21:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Virtual reality to help more military and other public safety workers cope with PTSD is central to the work of a new group launched in Edmonton.
  Heroes in Mind, Advocacy & Research Consortium (HiMARC) is made up of those who want “to serve the men and women in uniform who have served us and continue to serve us daily,” Bob Haennel, dean of the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, said in a Wednesday release.
  HiMARC’s Motion-Assisted, Multi-Modal
  
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• Gas prices increase to 95.9 around St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 21:29 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas prices increase to 95.9 around St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteAlmost all gas stations in St. Albert have increased their prices to 95.9, according to GasBuddy.com. But a few still remain around 89.9. The least.
  
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• Home hardware: CHBA-ER announces 2019 Awards of Excellence in Housing finalists

  13-02-2019 21:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian Home Builders’ Association–Edmonton Region (CHBA-ER) has announced its 2019 Awards of Excellence in Housing finalists. The awards feature 59 individual categories that recognize the creative design and craftsmanship of local builders, celebrating not only their achievements in construction but also advertising, building suppliers, community development, environmental initiatives, multi-family projects, renovation, sales, and single family homes.
  “We are t
  
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• Jayman Built adds solar panels as standard feature to new homes

  13-02-2019 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  New home builder Jayman Built is banking on Alberta sunshine to save new home buyers money.
  With the recent announcement that all new Jayman single-family homes will include solar panels as a standard feature, they are the first large builder to take advantage of Edmonton’s 325 days of annual sunlight.
  It’s a move that will hopefully boost sales.
  “The decision to make our homes more sustainable was not only to add value to our customers, but to show environmental leadership in
  
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• Garden Hits & Myths: Grow lights help give plants a bright future

  13-02-2019 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is a general rule of thumb that we use in the greenhouse for lighting plants. It states that for every 1 per cent reduction in light there is a 1 per cent reduction in plant growth. And whether or not one is growing plants in a greenhouse or in a home the same principle applies.
  In our homes, we are not necessarily trying to maximize plant growth, but we are certainly striving to grow robust, healthy plants. And that is a challenge that we face during the short, dark days of winter as our
  
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• New line combos, same old Oilers make desperate bid to stay relevant

  13-02-2019 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 56: Oilers at Penguins
  Five games after a much-needed mid-season break and a concurrent change at the management level, the Edmonton Oilers continue to spin their wheels. They won just one of those five games and garnered a participation point in two more, all on the road. In between times they got their ears boxed twice on home ice. So perhaps it’s a good thing that the Oilers are taking their act on the road for the next three games, which are packed into a four-day span.
  Not an
  
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• County keeps up PACE - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 21:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  County keeps up PACE  St. Albert GazetteSturgeon County has said it wants to be on the starting line when a new property assessed clean energy program rolls out in Alberta later this year.
  
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• Body found in Sturgeon County - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 20:13 via stalbertgazette.com
  Body found in Sturgeon County  St. Albert GazetteA body has been found in a rural area in Sturgeon County. On Feb. 11 at around 2:30 p.m., the RCMP were contacted by a rural property resident, who had.
  
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• Thales thinks it has pinpointed source of Friday Metro line shutdown

  13-02-2019 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Major disruptions to the LRT’s Metro line last Friday seem to have been caused by malfunctioning equipment that created an “extremely rare ‘network broadcast storm,'” the company responsible for its signal system says.
  Thales Canada, contracted by the City of Edmonton to set-up the Metro line’s signalling system, apologized to LRT riders in a statement for the difficult commute on a very cold day. Temperatures on that gusty Friday reached a high of only -20 C, with
  
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• Opinion: Wilson-Raybould stirs pride, sadness among Indigenous communities

  13-02-2019 19:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Feb. 12, the day after her last meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet, signing “Puglaas” — her Kwak’wala name — and retained no less than the Honourable Thomas Cromwell, a former Supreme Court justice, to advise her on what she may speak about.
  The 2015 election of the Trudeau Liberals was accompanied by much fanfare and rhetoric about the new political era, one marked by positive and inclusive appro
  
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• Playoff hopes high for Merchants - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 19:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Playoff hopes high for Merchants  St. Albert GazetteThe second and most important season for the St. Albert Merchants starts Friday. The fourth-place team in the west division of the Capital Junior Hockey.
  
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• Fentanyl deaths on the rise - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 18:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fentanyl deaths on the rise  St. Albert GazetteAfter losing her daughter to a drug overdose in 2015, a St. Albert mother is shaken after learning fentanyl-related deaths are continuing to climb in.
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Silver Skate, Mark Davis, and Snoop Dogg

  13-02-2019 16:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Silver Skate
  The 29th annual edition of the Silver Skate Festival is winding down, but that doesn’t mean they’re running out of fun things to do on the final weekend. The McGowan Family Band, Prairie States, and Naeem Gabriel are among the final batch of live performers, while the Downtown Defrost tackles the winter doldrums with an electronic music dance party. Of course there will also be horse-drawn sleigh rides, helicopter rides, various sports, kids activities and more; check th
  
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• Winter Blues Festival offers many shades of grooves

  13-02-2019 16:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Got those February blues?
  If you can’t beat them, revel in the blues instead as the Edmonton Blues Society invites fans to their second annual Winter Blues Festival, grooving on through the deep freeze Saturday and Sunday.
  Hosted by the St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 11 of Edmonton’s and Alberta’s finest acts step up to perform their hottest tunes starting at mid-afternoon each day. Most bands get an hour-long set, with extended hits for the finale acts. This year patrons h
  
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• Coyote Comedy spotlights Jim DeFelice in new improv collaboration

  13-02-2019 16:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  When he can’t sleep, local theatre legend Jim DeFelice doesn’t waste his time counting sheep. Rather, he ticks off the plays he has directed, generally dozing off well before his total, which is 62.
  At 82, DeFelice has taken on another challenge in his long and varied career, which has spanned academia — he is professor emeritus in drama at the University of Alberta after a 33-year teaching career — plus screenwriting and acting. Now, DeFelice is appearing as a guest memb
  
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• Wildlife: Wet Secrets singer Lyle Bell does the Grammys on songwriting trip

  13-02-2019 16:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  At the Grammys: Kim Temple of Girl on a Horse, Edmonton musician Lyle Bell and Emily Smart of Six Shooter Records.
  Edmonton riff-rock wizard Lyle Bell went to the Grammys in Los Angeles Sunday, walking away impressed, grinning and motivated.
  Bell, lead singer of The Wet Secrets and Whitey Houston (also in Shout Out Out Out Out) had lately been co-writing in California for Girl on a Horse, the publishing branch of Six Shooter Records.
  Six Shooter is the Toronto label that throws Interstellar
  
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• Curling and basketball coverage - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 15:52 via stalbertgazette.com
  Curling and basketball coverage  St. Albert GazetteThe Nic Oake rink slides into the Curling Alberta U18 Optimist championships after qualifying as the B-event winner in last weekend's playdowns at St. Albert ...
  
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• Rinkside Report weekend coverage - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 15:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rinkside Report weekend coverage  St. Albert GazetteStrong D by Slash The St. Albert Slash continues to play staunch defence in the Alberta Female Hockey League. The fourth shutout in a row and 13th of the.
  
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• Edmonton weather: You spin me right 'round, baby right 'round, like a broken record right 'round, 'round, 'round

  13-02-2019 14:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -27.5 C with calm winds.
  Extreme cold warning
  Like a broken record, the extreme cold warning was extended again through Wednesday as forecasters are calling for more extreme wind chill values near -40.
  “Under mainly clear skies, extreme cold wind chills have developed for parts of central and northern Alberta. These extreme values are exp
  
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• Skyhawks super strong - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 14:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Skyhawks super strong  St. Albert GazetteJasper Place – Every win is another stepping stone to the top of the mountain for the St. Albert Skyhawks. The No. 1-ranked 4A high school women's.
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Supporting Guaidó is undemocratic

  13-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The hypocrisy of Canada’s claim to recognize Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela out of concern for human rights and democracy is manifest.
  There is nothing democratic in a foreign country recognizing an individual as president who has literally declared himself such and was never elected to that office.
  Guaidó’s party Popular Will only holds 14 of 167 seats in the National Assembly. Few Venezuelans had even heard of him until his declaration.
  Why have Trump and Canad
  
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• Three to See Thursday: Weird Al Karaoke, The Princess Bride and Petunia

  13-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Weird Al Karaoke
  As far as that heart-shaped platter at Boston Pizza can go to display your love of self or even another, the ever-controversial Valentine’s Day (partnered privilege, anyone?) does function much better with an actual battle plan.
  If you want something that tackles this complicated day in a side-splitting way, Booty Goose Comedy’s Weird Al Karaoke is having a special V-Day edition, where love itself will surely be in the crosshairs of the comedians’ handmade paro
  
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• Heather Klimchuk: Joe Clark, Jim Prentice were authentic leaders

  13-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Our words, actions and emotions take us in many directions every day. We are all leaders in our homes, workplace, community and practise many styles of leadership depending on the daily challenges presented.
  Are you autocratic, democratic, strategic, transformational, laissez-faire, and charismatic or a coach? (Blog.proofhub.com) More than likely, we are a blend of some of these styles as we navigate the world we live in.
  In my opinion, the most inspiring leaders listen, provide direction, imple
  
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• Extreme cold warning still in Wednesday’s forecast - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 13:39 via stalbertgazette.com
  Extreme cold warning still in Wednesday’s forecast  St. Albert GazetteExtreme cold warning in the forecast: The coldest wind chill values will be near minus 40. Under mainly clear skies, extreme cold wind chills are expected.
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Head-scratching over Edmonton Oilers' home woes

  13-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers can win games away from home, but over the last bunch of games, they can’t seem to win at their own arena, Rogers Place. The question, of course, is why? Just another thing that’s in the water?
  Hockey beat writers Rob Tychkowski and Jim Matheson talk to host Craig Ellingson about that and about the Oilers’ prospects of getting Top 4 defenceman Andrej Sekera back in the lineup soon, what it’ll mean and who they’ll have to move off the roster; abou
  
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• Oil Spills: Edmonton Oilers should get boost from Andrej Sekera

  13-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers are due to get Top 4 defenceman Andrej Sekera back in the lineup soon, which should be a boon for their blueline corps.
  The move will also mean the Oilers will have to find room for him and his salary, which will mean sending other players to their minor-league affiliate.
  
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• 'Extraordinary': Less than half of Alberta's electricity was coal-powered in 2018, says province

  13-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Less than half of Alberta’s electricity came from coal power in 2018, contributing to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says the province.
  It’s the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road, with emissions dropping by seven megatonnes, or 16 per cent, in the sector compared to 2017.Postmedia requested data from the province about its flagship climate leadership plan, including how emissions have changed since it was introduced in 2015.
  At the time, the provi
  
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• Elise Stolte: Council can compensate business when infrastructure construction goes awry

  13-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another Edmonton construction project is falling behind and, yet again, it’s the neighbourhood business owners who will bear the brunt.
  After running into pockets of unstable clay in Strathearn, LRT contractor TransEd is trying to make up time and avoid millions in late fees by closing 95 Avenue to traffic for a year. But businesses along that avenue are mostly small mom and pop-type retail outlets — convenience stores, a small appliance repair shop and cafes. There’s a go
  
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• David Staples: Canada must avoid socially engineering pipelines into oblivion

  13-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  How can we fix the Trudeau government’s botched legislation for assessing pipeline projects?
  Andrew Roman, the legal expert who so impressed Canada’s oil and gas industry with his piercing critique of proposed federal regulations, has now published a detailed list of changes that are necessary for Bill C-69, the government’s new bill for assessing major industrial projects.
  Suits and Boots, the pro-pipeline organization lobbying the Canadian Senate to either kill or drastically
  
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• Political challenge - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 08:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Political challenge  St. Albert GazetteThe immediate future and stability of the Alberta Party is up in the air pending a court decision. This past week, news broke that Alberta Party Leader.
  
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• Who is responsible for waste management? - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 08:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Who is responsible for waste management?  St. Albert GazetteWhen I was growing up, around 60 years ago, recycling as we know it now did not exist. However, we did recycle, or rather, reuse. Milk was delivered to.
  
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• Thank you, Jason - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Thank you, Jason  St. Albert GazetteTo Jason Cooke, PhD, thank you for your explanation on recycling (St. Albert Gazette, Your Views, Feb. 6). It is the most lucid demonstration of reason and logic ...
  
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• Villeneuve Road closure would be a planning blunder - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Villeneuve Road closure would be a planning blunder  St. Albert GazetteI was hoping that our new council would see the light and reject the plan to close Villeneuve Road as that move offends good planning. This road has.
  
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• Our St. Albert experience hasn’t been a good one - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 08:01 via stalbertgazette.com
  Our St. Albert experience hasn’t been a good one  St. Albert GazetteMy family and I have lived in St. Albert for just a little over four years. We are from B.C. and I have to say, the few residents we have encountered have been ...
  
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• UCP would look at lower minimum wage for young workers, Kenney says

  13-02-2019 02:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s minimum wage for young workers and the merits of liquor law restrictions came into focus Tuesday as provincial leaders staked out policy positions ahead of a spring election. 
  United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney told an Edmonton audience gathered for a Restaurants Canada event that he will change provincial liquor laws and move away from what he described as “Prohibition-era restrictions” if his party forms government. Kenney pledged to loosen publ
  
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• Pop-up Library at Servus Place - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 02:33 via stalbertgazette.com
  Pop-up Library at Servus Place  St. Albert GazetteOn Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Library Outreach Van will be popping up at Servus Place. Get a card, find out what's happening at the Library, ...
  
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• Online Dating 101 - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 02:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Online Dating 101  St. Albert GazetteSwipe left, swipe right, wink, match … almost everyone knows a couple that met online. In fact, at least one quarter of Canadians have tried online dating.
  
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• Free Information Session: 'Your Life Your Legacy' - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 02:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Free Information Session: 'Your Life Your Legacy'  St. Albert GazettePresented by Memories Funeral Services. Attend this session to gain valuable information to help you complete your personal planning. One of the topics ...
  
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• Art for Lunch: Boarder X - St. Albert Gazette

  13-02-2019 02:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Art for Lunch: Boarder X  St. Albert GazetteJoin us as we take a closer look at the exhibition Boarder X. brings together interdisciplinary contemporary art from artists of Indigenous nations across Canada ...
  
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• Watch: Edmonton Eskimos wild day of free agency

  13-02-2019 02:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  “The Edmonton Eskimos are excited to announce Trevor Harris as our new franchise quarterback,” said Eskimos general manager Brock Sunderland in a news release. “He’s a talented and proven winner who’s shown the ability to lead his team to the Grey Cup.”
  The Edmonton Eskimos signed the free agent quarterback, who spent the last three seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks, to a two-year, $1.1-million contract shortly after noon today.
  He replaces Mike Reilly as the
  
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