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• Province releases photo radar review - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 23:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Province releases photo radar review  St. Albert GazetteMunicipalities will need to prove their photo radar locations are helping to reduce traffic collisions if they want to continue to run photo radar.
  
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• Watch: Health group calls for federal and provincial action on youth vaping

  21-02-2019 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  The use of vaping devices by Alberta high school students almost tripled between 2015 and 2017, says anti-smoking advocacy group Action on Smoking and Health.
  “Ironically, it appears that the passage of federal vaping legislation last May gave the green light to tobacco and vaping companies to engage in aggressive marketing campaigns that are targeting youth with lifestyle advertising on television, social media and in retail locations,” said Action on Smoking and Health’s Les
  
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• GALLERY: Fiery fun on a freezing day - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 23:20 via stalbertgazette.com
  GALLERY: Fiery fun on a freezing day  St. Albert GazetteFrosty faces and red-cheeked smiles lit up Lacombe Lake Park on Monday as St. Albertans braved freezing temperatures Monday to celebrate the city's annual.
  
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• Gas at 95.9 throughout St. Albert - stalbertgazette.com

  21-02-2019 22:36 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas at 95.9 throughout St. Albert  stalbertgazette.comGas is as high as 105.9 in St. Albert, but most stations are selling at 95.9, according to GasBuddy.com. The least expensive gas in the city is 95.9 at.
  
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• Gas at 95.9 throughout St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 22:36 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas at 95.9 throughout St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteGas is as high as 105.9 in St. Albert, but most stations are selling at 95.9, according to GasBuddy.com. The least expensive gas in the city is 95.9 at.
  
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• Movie Mondays at the Citadel - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 22:01 via stalbertgazette.com
  Movie Mondays at the Citadel  St. Albert GazetteMondays can be blah but they don't have to be! We're working to brighten your Monday by offering Movie Mondays once a month at the Citadel Theatre.
  
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• Prove it or lose it: Alberta gives cities one year to show photo radar more than 'cash cow'

  21-02-2019 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Photo radar across the province is only marginally improving traffic safety, Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Thursday, promising new rules for municipalities who abuse it.
  Cities, towns and counties that can’t prove their programs improve safety could risk losing the traffic monitoring tool altogether, Mason said during a press conference at the legislature.
  Mason said while photo radar has gone some way to reduce serious and fatal collisions, they are, for the most part,
  
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• Drug impairment, vehicle maintenance possible factors in fatal collision: police

  21-02-2019 21:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eastbound lanes of the Anthony Henday have reopened after a fatal collision shut down the busy freeway in northeast Edmonton Thursday morning.
  Police say officers first responded to the scene of the collision at 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the Anthony Henday west of Manning Drive.
  Upon arrival, police say they found a Toyota vehicle with one person outside of the vehicle.
  “Investigators are not releasing the gender and age of the victim, at this time, until next of kin have been notif
  
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• Prince Albert II of Monaco behind electric polar expedition car unveiled in Edmonton

  21-02-2019 21:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  An eclectic adventure with a backstory tied to Formula One racing, royalty and Antarctica converged at the Hotel Macdonald Thursday morning as an electric car manufacturer unveiled a zero-emission snowcat vehicle.
  Historical ties prompted electric car manufacturer Venturi to debut its tracked snowcat, dubbed “Antarctica” outside Edmonton’s Fairmont hotel, said the company in a news release. The machine was built at the request of Prince Albert II of Monaco.
  The Hotel Macdonald
  
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• Canada's Ballet Jörgen: Coppélia - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 21:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Canada's Ballet Jörgen: Coppélia  St. Albert GazetteThe story of Coppélia takes us into the mysterious mind of Dr. Coppélius, a lonely and disillusioned toy maker who wishes he could bring his dolls to life to find ...
  
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• Bharatanatyam: Performance #2 - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 21:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  Bharatanatyam: Performance #2  St. Albert GazetteJoin us for yet another festive evening celebrating the traditions and beauty of India! In conjunction with our recently opened exhibition Goddesses of Creation: ...
  
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• 9th Annual Muscular Dystrophy Rooftop Campaign - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 21:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  9th Annual Muscular Dystrophy Rooftop Campaign  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert Firefighters need your support during the 9th Annual Muscular Dystrophy Rooftop Campaign, which is running until March 15 at locations throughout ...
  
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• Indigenous oil workers share their stories with University of Alberta researchers

  21-02-2019 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Indigenous oil workers are documenting some of their experiences through a new University of Alberta-based project.
  A report released Thursday by the school’s Parkland Institute is part of a study based on a series of interviews with 16 Indigenous oilfield workers from the hamlet of Wabasca, about 328 kilometres north of Edmonton.
  “There has been a tremendous amount of research into the barriers Indigenous peoples face in accessing jobs in the oilsands region and the unequal particip
  
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• A traveller’s strange encounters with UFOs - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 20:27 via stalbertgazette.com
  A traveller’s strange encounters with UFOs  St. Albert GazetteREVIEW We Are Not Alone Crow's Theatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts and 2b Theatre Feb. 14 to March 3 Theatre Network 8529 Gateway Blvd. Tickets:
  
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• Home decorating: Get a lot out of a little - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 20:13 via stalbertgazette.com
  Home decorating: Get a lot out of a little  St. Albert GazetteWith new developments in Erin Ridge, Grandin, Jensen Lakes and Oakmont, St. Albert appears to be making a conscious effort to make smaller homes more.
  
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• Ratio of doctors to residents growing fast in Alberta - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 19:33 via stalbertgazette.com
  Ratio of doctors to residents growing fast in Alberta  St. Albert GazetteAccording to the Canadian Institute of Health Information, the ratio of doctors to residents in Alberta has grown faster than other provinces. Between.
  
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• Antarctica: Prince Albert II of Monaco behind electric polar expedition car unveiled in Edmonton

  21-02-2019 19:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Formula car racing, Antarctica, Grace Kelly’s royal son and the Hotel Macdonald converged Thursday morning to launch an electric vehicle adventure from its original 1934 Edmonton roots.
  Historical ties prompted electric car manufacturer Venturi to unveil the zero emission snowcat vehicle ‘Antarctica’ — built at the request of Prince Albert II of Monaco — outside Edmonton’s Fairmont Hotel, said the company in a release.
  The hotel was the 1934 start point of the
  
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• Not trade Alex Chiasson? Huh? That makes little sense

  21-02-2019 19:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from broadcaster Bob Stauffer of the Oilers radio network: “Because of the injury situations with both Jesse Puljujarvi and Jujhar Khaira it is a distinct possibility that the Oilers could be quiet on a the trade front with a potential UFA like Alex Chiasson. Bottom line. Oilers are light on NHL forward depth.”
  Pierre LeBrun says that the Penguins are in on Chiasson and that the ask is a 2nd round pick or a good prospect should the #Oilers decide to move him.
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• Weed was the word at Snoop Dogg's Rogers Place hip hop buffet

  21-02-2019 17:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Snoop Dogg at Rogers Place Wednesday night.
  If the Snoop Dogg & Friends Tour stop in Edmonton seems a little hazy in flashback, you’re definitely forgiven.
  It’s inconceivable anyone in the downtown arena — O.G.s and popo alike — didn’t have at least a minor contact high by the time Warren G was laying down his smooth beats. And that was only halfway through the ’90s buffet of West Coast hip hop, lingerie-wearing dancers spinning on poles and hila
  
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• Just Culture a safe space for health workers - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 16:48 via stalbertgazette.com
  Just Culture a safe space for health workers  St. Albert GazetteA new initiative aims to increase transparency and accountability in health organizations across Alberta. Just Culture, a new website created by the.
  
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• UPDATE: Route A5 Detour Cancelled - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 16:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  UPDATE: Route A5 Detour Cancelled  St. Albert GazetteUpdate: The detour has been cancelled. Please be advised that Route A5 has returned to regular routing. For further information, please visit.
  
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• UDPATE: Route A5 Detour Cancelled - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 16:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  UDPATE: Route A5 Detour Cancelled  St. Albert GazetteUpdate: The detour has been cancelled. Please be advised that Route A5 has returned to regular routing. For further information, please visit.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Cold and windy and windy and cold

  21-02-2019 14:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -17.5 C with 3 km/h winds out of the west contributing to a -20 wind chill.
  Well so much for yesterday being a nice day. Once the wind started howling and the snow started falling things turned pretty miserable pretty fast. Unfortunately, that’s basically today’s forecast in a nutshell. Snow, wind and blowing windy snow. Fantastic. T
  
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• One dead in northeast Edmonton collision on Anthony Henday

  21-02-2019 14:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eastbound lanes of the Anthony Henday are closed as police investigate a fatal collision in northeast Edmonton Thursday morning.
  Police say officers first responded to the scene of the collision at 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the Anthony Henday west of Manning Drive.
  Upon arrival, police say they found a Toyota vehicle with one person inside.
  The EPS Major Collision section has taken over the investigation.
  The eastbound lanes of the Henday will be closed for several hours, police said. Mot
  
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• Thursday's letters: Reduced RAM tickets would boost crowds

  21-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Along with 17,000 others, we visited the Royal Alberta Museum on Family Day. It really is quite splendid but doesn’t the number of visitors on a free day suggest that the normal admission price is too high?
  Having spent so much on this wonderful museum, shouldn’t the province be trying to encourage people to visit time and again rather than imposing entrance fees that will barely begin to repay construction costs while keeping regular folks away?
  David Allen, Edmonton
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• Clearing skies and 40 km/h winds on Thursday - St. Albert Gazette

  21-02-2019 14:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Clearing skies and 40 km/h winds on Thursday  St. Albert GazetteClearing skies Thursday morning, with a high of -9 C. Temperatures will feel like -26 C in the morning and -14 C in the afternoon, as a result of 20 km/h winds ...
  
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• Oil Spills: What to expect from the Edmonton Oilers at NHL trade deadline

  21-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have already dealt away goalie Cam Talbot to the Philadelphia Flyers for Anthony Stolarz in order to clear salary cap room to fit defenceman Andrej Sekera in the lineup and under the salary cap now that he’s back from injury.
  Now, can the Oilers under interim general manager Keith Gretzky reasonably do much else besides give players away from middling draft picks to try to clear salary off the books?
  Hockey beat writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about th
  
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• For the Soldier: Veteran details struggles, support at military fundraiser

  21-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In 2008, while serving on what would be his final tour in Afghanistan, retired Maj. Mark Campbell was “blown up” by an improvised explosive device. He lost both his legs and suffered damage to his lungs. On the operating table, he died and was brought back to life. He says that was the easy part.
  Speaking at For the Soldier, a fundraising event hosted by the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) Foundation Wednesday morning, Campbell and his wife Donna Campbell de
  
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• Daughter feels 'numb' after charges stayed in mother's murder case

  21-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The daughter of a 40-year-old woman slain in Edmonton eight years ago said she is lost for words after charges were stayed in the case.
  Last week second-degree murder charges against Dana Fash, also known as the “Mill Woods rapist,” were stayed after prosecutors decided to not move forward with the case because there wasn’t a reasonable likelihood of conviction.
  Fash had been charged in the 2011 slaying of Jeanette Marie Cardinal.
  “I’m just kind of numb about it, I
  
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• Strathcona RCMP investigating threats to Sherwood Park school

  21-02-2019 04:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Strathcona County RCMP are investigating after threats were made toward Salisbury Composite High School in Sherwood Park Wednesday evening.
  RCMP said in a news release Wednesday they are investigating threats of violence posted on the photo sharing app Snapchat. Staff Sgt. John Spaans said police have located the student responsible and that there is no threat to safety.
  “This was an empty threat or an ill-conceived prank,” said Spaans.
  Spaans said the threat was of a doctored image
  
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• Terry Crews talks to Alberta women's shelter crowd about being a good man

  21-02-2019 04:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Terry Crews spoke to a crowd of domestic violence workers in Edmonton about his struggles with pornography on Wednesday.
  The actor on the police comedy television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine joined a panel to tell the crowd at River Cree Resort how a dependency to pornography nearly ruined his marriage.
  “Coming from an abusive home and with these religious restrictions all over me, what was crazy was once I got into porn all my problems went away,” said Crews, speaking at the Lead
  
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• Keith Gerein: Jason Kenney's prescription for health care relies on false diagnosis

  21-02-2019 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative candidates went to “campaign school” over the Family Day weekend to learn the ABCs of running an election race.
  Party leader Jason Kenney has been offering Albertans some lessons of his own, on everything from economics and math to education and civics, outlining how he plans to wipe the blackboard clean of nearly everything the NDP has written over the past four years.
  Kenney’s policy announcements are just getting started, but the list is already long enou
  
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• First Palestine pavilion to debut at 2019 Heritage Festival

  21-02-2019 02:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Palestine will host a pavilion for the first time at the Edmonton Heritage Festival in 2019.
  “We weren’t going to take no for an answer this time around,” Canada Palestine Cultural Association vice-president Mousa Qasqas said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
  The fight for their own pavilion garnered controversy in 2018 when the association said festival organizers told them that pavilions are reserved for countries and that Palestine didn’t qualify. Last year was the t
  
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• Taylor Hall back in Edmonton? NHL insider muses about the possibility

  21-02-2019 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Joshua Marshall and Ryan Petrovic’s 2 Mutts podcast, a fun and informative interview with top NHL insider Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet where Friedman mused about the Edmonton Oilers bringing back Taylor Hall.
  And I want to stress the word “mused” here.
  Asked what three things he would do if he were GM of the Oilers, Friedman said he would first talk to everyone, including former GM Peter Chiarelli and former coach Todd McLellan, to find out how decisions had been
  
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• Jason Kenney calls for Alberta Health Services review, says UCP will not make cuts to health care

  21-02-2019 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
   
  Opposition leader Jason Kenney says a United Conservative government would conduct a performance review of Alberta Health Services within 30 days of taking office “to get more bang for the taxpayers’ buck.”
  In releasing more of the UCP’s platform Wednesday morning at the west end Matheson Seniors Residence, Kenney also said the party will keep the planned south Edmonton hospital in the works, but will look at the overall infrastructure costs.
  Alberta has the highes
  
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• Top employers stand out in their industries for employee retention, keeping the best and brightest

  21-02-2019 00:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Loyalty and longevity in employment are disappearing as quickly as outdoor payphones across Canada.
  A recent massive national study, which looked at seven million work histories of Canadians, showed that younger workers are increasingly likely to hop from not only one employer to another but also to change actual careers at a rate that would have stunned their parents.
  And that trend is not slowing down. In fact, it is increasing.
  For example, people who graduated from university 25 years ago &m
  
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• Press Gallery interview: UCP deputy leader Leela Aheer on election strategy

  21-02-2019 00:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party deputy leader Leela Aheer talks election strategy and her views, her pro choice views and recruiting more women into politics.
  
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