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• Watch: New Edmonton Eskimos quarterback arrives in town

  14-02-2019 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Eskimos newly acquired quarterback Trevor Harris, formerly of the Ottawa Redblacks, arrived in town and was introduced to the media by GM/VP Brock Sunderland and head coach Jason Maas in the Eskimos locker room on Thursday.
  
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• Slave Lake RCMP make single largest drug seizure in detachment history

  14-02-2019 23:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four people have been charged after a drug trafficking investigation led to the single largest drug seizure in the Slave Lake RCMP detachment’s history.
  In January, the RCMP in partnership with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) engaged in a drug trafficking investigation in Slave Lake and surrounding areas, said the RCMP in a news release Thursday.
  On Feb. 8, RCMP executed two search warrants at separate houses in the town and a third warrant for another house was executed
  
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• Gas sitting at 95.9 in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 22:25 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas sitting at 95.9 in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteAlmost all gas stations in St. Albert are offering gas for 95.9, according to GasBuddy.com. The least expensive gas in the city is 91.9 at Costco on St.
  
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• Alberta offering free program to screen newborns for hearing loss - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 22:23 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta offering free program to screen newborns for hearing loss  St. Albert GazetteEDMONTON — Alberta Health Services is now offering a test to screen newborns for permanent hearing loss. The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers needs to shed salary right now, but not useful players

  14-02-2019 21:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers are now out of the playoff race and should be in full “sell, sell sell” mode.
  High on the list of Oilers trade bait we hear from various sources of varying degrees of credibility names like Cam Talbot, Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian, Kyle Brodziak, Alex Petrovic, Milan Lucic, Kris Russell, Brandon Manning, Tobias Rieder and Matt Benning.
  I’m more than good with Talbot, Lucic, Rieder, Petrovic, Brodziak, Manning and Chiasson being moved as soon as possible, but
  
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• UCP would ban easy floor crossing, introduce recall legislation

  14-02-2019 21:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Any MLA who wants to cross the floor of the legislature to another party should have to resign and run in a byelection, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney said Thursday.
  He made the comments during a 1 p.m. media availability in downtown Edmonton as he unveiled a series of proposals related to elected officials, including the introduction of MLA recall legislation.
  “Albertans want their MLAs to be accountable to them,” Kenney said in a Thursday news release. “That&rs
  
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• RCMP seize guns and cocaine after Ermineskin, Samson raids

  14-02-2019 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drugs and firearms have been seized after Maskwacis RCMP executed three search warrants on the Ermineskin and Samson Cree Nations this week.
  Police seized guns, ammunition and crack cocaine after conducting a search on the rural Samson Cree Nation, RCMP said in a Thursday news release.
  Robbie Redcrow, 30, is facing multiple charges.
  In addition, cocaine and methamphetamine were seized after RCMP conducted two searches at the nearby Ermineskin townsite.
  RCMP said charges are now pending in b
  
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• Police warn 'Mill Woods rapist' released from jail, living in Edmonton after murder charge stayed

  14-02-2019 20:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A convicted violent sexual offender once dubbed the “Mill Woods Rapist” was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre Wednesday after a murder charge against him was stayed.
  According to court records, a stay of proceedings was entered in the second-degree murder prosecution of Dana Michael Fash Wednesday.
  Fash had been charged with killing Jeanette Marie Cardinal in her apartment near 119 Avenue and 81 Street in February 2011.
  In an email, Alberta Justice spokeswoman Katherine Thomps
  
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• Man wanted by police after Good Samaritan pulled from vehicle, carjacked

  14-02-2019 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city police are searching for a man after a Good Samaritan who’d pulled over to help a fellow motorist was carjacked.
  Southwest division patrol officers responding to a 911 trouble unknown call on Anthony Henday Drive near the Cameron exit around 6:35 a.m. Sunday discovered that the 55-year-old woman had stopped to offer help to a man and his female passenger after their SUV hit the ditch.
  Police in a Thursday release said officers believe the woman was then dragged from her 2011
  
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• Compassion rooms: Misericordia hospital opens rooms for those needing extended visits

  14-02-2019 19:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five hospital rooms for patients who fare better with continuous company from loved ones have opened at the Misericordia hospital in west Edmonton.
  “Compassion Rooms allow us to ensure that our patients can be with their loved ones during difficult times,” Janet Schimpf, the hospital’s senior operating officer, said Thursday.
  “These are dedicated spaces for patients who need their family or loved ones with them at all times, whether to ease anxiety or help navigate their
  
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• Report spots gaps in active transportation - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 18:25 via stalbertgazette.com
  Report spots gaps in active transportation  St. Albert GazetteThe majority of pedestrians and cyclists in St. Albert believe city trails and sidewalks not connecting are one of the biggest barriers to being active in.
  
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• Jury support bill clears hurdle - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 17:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  Jury support bill clears hurdle  St. Albert GazetteMental health support for jury members is one step closer to a reality after a bill put forward by St. Albert MP Michael Cooper passed second reading, but.
  
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• Safer chemo pill a science success - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 16:20 via stalbertgazette.com
  Safer chemo pill a science success  St. Albert GazetteA research team at the University of Alberta may have discovered how to block chemotherapy's harmful impacts on the heart while making the treatment more.
  
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• Oilers in 60: So how 'bout that local sports team?

  14-02-2019 16:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers (24-27-5) continued their losing ways Wednesday falling 3-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins (30-20-7).
  So yah.
  The loss puts the Oilers six points out of the last wildcard playoff spot in the Western Conference.
  Great.
  The Oilers are actually six points from the bottom of the league standings.
  Awesome.
  On the other hand, the Edmonton Eskimos had a pretty successful opening day of CFL Free Agency, didn’t they?
  Yah they did!
  Sure they lost Mike Reilly to the B.C. Lions and Der
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's still cold, here's a picture of a sunset

  14-02-2019 15:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -25.8 C with 2 km/h winds out of the east, southeast contributing to a -28 wind chill.
  Extreme cold warning
  The extreme cold warning was extended again through Thursday as forecasters are calling for more extreme wind chill values near -40.
  “Under mainly clear skies, extreme cold wind chills will continue for much of Alberta this morning.
  
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• Police warn 'Mill Woods rapist' released from jail, living in Edmonton

  14-02-2019 14:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are warning the public that a convicted violent sexual offender once dubbed as the “Mill Woods rapist” was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre recently and is living in the city.
  Police say Dana Fash, 40, has a history of breaking and entering homes, or other public buildings, and sexually assaulting known or unknown women, and that his risk for violence increases with the consumption of drugs and alcohol.
  “Fash is believed to be of significant risk to
  
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• Extreme cold into Thursday in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 14:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Extreme cold into Thursday in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteEnvironment Canada's extreme cold warning is still in effect for St. Albert: The coldest wind chill values will be near minus 40. A multi-day episode of.
  
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• Thursday's letters: Coliseum going to waste

  14-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I congratulate the Katz organization in developing the Ice District which has a great economic impact on downtown growth and the future of Edmonton, but I still believe this development could have been done without closing a very viable Coliseum.
  The Coliseum has been closed for over a year and taxpayers have paid $1.5 million  to maintain the building. This money could have been spent keeping non-conflicting events in the building.
  Community-minded events could include minor hockey we
  
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• Opinion: Building a pipeline is for Canada's collective good

  14-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As governments in Canada dither and bicker about building an oil pipeline, ordinary Canadians are suffering, their voice unheard or, worse, ignored.
  What makes business sense, and the very real need for energy and moving it to where it’s needed, must be considered. So too, what’s good for the environment, and what has the best social outcomes, are crucial to the discussion.
  Unfortunately, these two positions have become polarized. In the space between the two positions are the people
  
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• Women's shelters call on Edmonton police to release names of domestic homicide victims

  14-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Women’s shelters across Alberta are calling for police to name victims of domestic homicide in order to prevent domestic violence and educate the public.
  In a six-page position statement released Wednesday, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, representing 45 shelters across Alberta, notes that “failing to identify victims contributes to an ongoing silencing of the issue at the individual, community and societal levels.”
  In the past two years, the Edmonton Police
  
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• Watch: Local artisan goes Hollywood

  14-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “It’s a stone that really helps with communication and creativity, and self-identity essentially,” said Sage Stone Malas and Meditations owner Annie Hunting. “My intention and my goal is to share with people techniques for being more mindful and for creating meditation practices and ritual practices to help them feel more at peace and more aligned with who they are.”
  Hunting and Sage Stone Malas and Meditations will be heading to Hollywood to participate i
  
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• Serenity case: Mother of four-year-old who died in care denied victim of crime funds

  14-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The mother of a four-year-old girl whose death provoked outrage and promises to reform Alberta’s child welfare system says she’s been denied support from the province’s victims of crime fund.
  The 30-year-old mother of Serenity — a preschooler who died in 2014 after being in the care of government-approved relatives — said Monday that she was turned down for aid by the government’s Victims of Crime Financial Benefits Program.
  Serenity died at Stollery Children&
  
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• Oil Spills: Edmonton Oilers cursed on home ice

  14-02-2019 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? Is it just another thing that’s in the water in Edmonton?
  
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• Keith Gerein: UCP election platform beginning to take shape, but some ideas still a thin sauce

  14-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As if in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney offered some love to Albertans this week with a proposal to relax provincial liquor laws so as to allow opportunities for public drinking.
  For a province trapped in a deep freeze, it was a better gift than any box of chocolates or bouquet of flowers — the ability to imagine a warm summer day, beer or cocktail in hand (and possibly a joint in the other), free to wander the grounds of Edmonton’s fring
  
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• Gemstones for the stars: Leduc jeweller gifts meditation bracelets to Oscars celebrities

  14-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Local craftswoman Annie Hunting will be heading to Hollywood hoping her gemstone meditation bracelets are a hit with the stars.
  Sage Stone Malas and Meditations, Hunting’s business based out of her home in Leduc since 2015, will have a celebrity gift suite as part of the Academy Awards celebrations in Los Angeles.
  The gift room will be a part of a pre-Oscar event held Feb. 23 at the Woman’s Club of Hollywood — a day before the grand awards show.
  “Celebrities will be comin
  
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• Fast start propels St. Albert to quarterfinal win - KMAland

  14-02-2019 09:00 via kmaland.com
  Fast start propels St. Albert to quarterfinal win  KMAland(Council Bluffs) — The St. Albert Falcons used a fast start and never looked back in an easy win to kickoff postseason play.
  
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• Player grades: Good effort, bad result as Oilers drop goaltending duel in Pittsburgh

  14-02-2019 08:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Penguins 3
  It was billed as a showdown between Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid, and on that front it didn’t disappoint. But at the end of the night it was Pittsburgh goaltender Matt Murray who stole top billing, turning aside 38 Edmonton Oilers drives including a McDavid penalty shot to backstop the Penguins to a 3-1 win.
  This was really a 2-1 game, in fact the scoreboard stayed stuck on that score for 33 minutes after the Penguins forged ahead 6 minutes into the second period.
  
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• No injuries after fire at downtown Edmonton business

  14-02-2019 04:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  No one was injured after Edmonton Fire Rescue Services were called to a fire at a downtown Jasper Avenue shoe repair business Wednesday evening.
  Fire rescue spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said crews received a call just after 6:30 p.m. for a fire at Spa Shoe Repair and Key Cutting at 10111 108 St. N.W.
  Filipovic said five crews were on scene and able to contain the fire to one business and have it under control by 7:05 p.m.
  Neighbouring businesses had to be ventilated but there were no injuries.
  The
  
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• Pro Coro: Sound of Dragonflies – Series: Moonshot I - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 03:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  Pro Coro: Sound of Dragonflies – Series: Moonshot I  St. Albert GazetteExplore the possibilities of the human voice … *fresh* from the choir's residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Michael Zaugg and twelve singers from ...
  
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• Independent MLA flags UCP leadership vote, asks RCMP to investigate

  14-02-2019 03:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Independent MLA Prab Gill is asking the RCMP to investigate after making allegations of voter fraud during the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign.
  Gill, a former UCP MLA, says that thousands of fake votes were cast for UCP Leader Jason Kenney after Kenney’s campaign team created “fraudulent email addresses.”
  None of Gill’s allegations have been proven and the RCMP has not indicated whether they will investigate the matter.
  “At the time I thought all
  
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• Watch: Local skater Andy Buchanan in Cirque du Soleil show

  14-02-2019 03:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Professional skater Andy Buchanan, originally from Wabamun, was rehearsing with skating partner Adeline Cana and other performers on Wednesday for the upcoming Cirque du Soleil Crystal show at Rogers Place Feb. 13-17 in Edmonton.
  Cirque du Soleil has dominated the air, the forest and even water over the past 30 years and now it is on a frozen surface.
  This unique arena production brings their first ice show to Edmonton, showcasing world-class skaters, synchronized, frees
  
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• Women in shelters get valentines from Edmonton Sikh community

  14-02-2019 03:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Women in shelters across the Edmonton region will receive a special valentine’s package on Valentine’s Day.
  Valentine cards from local schoolchildren will accompany close to 300 packages of chocolate and teddy bears as they are delivered to three shelters by the Sikh community of Edmonton on Thursday.
  “Our mission is basically just to put some smiles on the people in the shelters,” said Jessy Nerval, the program’s project leader.
  The Lurana Centre and Wings of Provi
  
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• Independent MLA alleges voter fraud, asks RCMP to investigate

  14-02-2019 03:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Independent MLA Prab Gill is asking the RCMP to investigate after making allegations of voter fraud during the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign.
  Gill, a former UCP MLA, says that thousands of fake votes were cast for UCP Leader Jason Kenney after Kenney’s campaign team created “fraudulent email addresses.”
  None of Gill’s allegations have been proven and the RCMP has not indicated whether they will investigate the matter.
  “At the time I thought all
  
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• Watch: Veteran of local stage tries improv at 82

  14-02-2019 02:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Veteran actor/writer/director/teacher Jim DeFelice, 82, has been a guest performer with the Coyote Comedy Improv Show five times, taking part in improv night at the Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro in Edmonton.
  
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• Watch: Oilers set up three game road trip

  14-02-2019 02:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers practice at the Community Rink in Edmonton as they get ready to head out on the road to play the Penguins Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
  The situation is approaching crisis mode as they prepare for the three-game road trip to Pittsburgh, Carolina and the New York Islanders. The Oilers came out of the weekend empty-handed. The gap on a playoff spot that used to be two points has now grown to six. Of the nine teams that still consider themselves alive in the wild card race, Edmonton
  
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• Citadel Theatre asks city to loan it millions to fix leaky roof

  14-02-2019 01:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The roof of the Citadel Theatre requires more than $4 million in repairs and theatre officials are hoping the city can loan it the bulk of the money.
  The Citadel is the owner and operator of the building on the southeast corner of Churchill Square, and the city owns the land it sits on, according to two lease agreements signed in 1974 and 1981.
  When the roof was installed it was expected to last for 25 years. Now, 33 years later, it’s in urgent need of repairs.
  The theatre was able to succ
  
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• No backup plan for Alberta Party leadership, Stephen Mandel says ahead of court challenge

  14-02-2019 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel says the controversy surrounding a five-year ban barring him from running in elections has only enhanced his popularity and energized party members.
  “People are really paying attention to the Alberta Party,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “It has energized our people … I’ve talked to all our candidates and they’re really pumped up.
  “I can’t tell you the number of people who have come up to me and said,
  
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• Man who randomly murdered Edmonton senior had just been released from jail, wandered streets unsupported

  14-02-2019 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who murdered an Edmonton senior in his home in 2017 had recently been released from jail and wandered the streets of Edmonton unsupported for several days before committing the crime.
  Walter James Jenkins pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the death of 67-year-old Frederick John Dunn, whose crumpled body was found at the bottom of his basement stairs on May 20, 2017, several days after Jenkins attacked him and broke into his home.
  In an interview after his arrest, Jenkins
  
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• Tim Isberg CD Release Party - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:43 via stalbertgazette.com
  Tim Isberg CD Release Party  St. Albert GazetteSinger, songwriter, soldier and storyteller Tim Isberg is celebrating the release of his latest album, Running on the Edge, inspired by adventures both from ...
  
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• Vocal Alchemy: VESPERS - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:42 via stalbertgazette.com
  Vocal Alchemy: VESPERS  St. Albert GazetteThe featured work, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's sublime Vesperae solennes de confessore, in six movements and featuring a number of Latin Psalm texts, will ...
  
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• The Sibelius of Light and Hope - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:42 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Sibelius of Light and Hope  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Prior; featuring Rafael Hoekman, cello. The symphonic form offered endless possibilities for Sibelius' ...
  
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• The Small Glories - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Small Glories  St. Albert GazetteFolk powerhouse The Small Glories are Cara Luft and JD Edwards, a dynamic duo planted on the Canadian Prairies. A self-professed “study in contrasts,” Luft's ...
  
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• Lily Afshar - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  Lily Afshar  St. Albert GazetteOne of the most important guitarists performing today! Lily Afshar was born in Iran into a musical family and now lives in the United States where she is Professor ...
  
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• Building Community - St. Albert Gazette

  14-02-2019 00:41 via stalbertgazette.com
  Building Community  St. Albert GazetteLearn how to create community, reconnect with others and be the change you want to see in the world. Kenton Zerbin will share permaculture wisdom, ...
  
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• Watch: Virtual reality PTSD therapy demonstrated at Glenrose Hospital

  14-02-2019 00:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Virtual reality therapy for post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) was demonstrated at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton
  HiMARC’s Motion-Assisted Multi-Modal Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) has patients walk on a treadmill toward the stimulus, sounds and images that may remind them of events that brought on traumatic memories. The therapist is with them through this experience, guiding, directing and asking them a series of questions as the soldier or veter
  
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