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• Photo radar not a cash cow, Heron says - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 23:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Photo radar not a cash cow, Heron says  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron says the city is not using photo radar as a cash cow and is already complying with many of the recommendations in a.
  
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• Free bus rides for students roll out - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 23:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Free bus rides for students roll out  St. Albert GazetteJunior and senior high school students can now ride for free on local St. Albert Transit buses as part of a city study on how to best get kids to school.
  
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• Connor McDavid suspended for two games for head shot on Nick Leddy

  22-02-2019 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The National Hockey League department of player safety has given Connor McDavid a two game suspension for his hit to the head on Nick Leddy.
   
  My takeMcDavid hits Leddy on the head with his shoulder. I hate the fact that McDavid has been suspended, but I’m not going to complain too bitterly. If this hit had been on McDavid, I would have been calling for a suspension no doubt about it.
  Here’s what Oilers Asst. GM Keith Gretzky told Mark Spector of Sportnset about the hit: &ldquo
  
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• Photos: 17th annual Hair Massacure

  22-02-2019 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 17th annual Hair Massacure is being held in support of the Children’s Wish Foundation and Terry Fox PROFYLE charities. Supporters gathered at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton on Friday, Feb 22, 2019 to share the hope of a world without pediatric cancers, and to show their support for families facing a cancer diagnosis.
  A punk rock feeling was in the air as beards, hair and mascots were dyed bright pink in honor of Kali MacDonald, founders Tammy and Gord’s daughter, who was diagnose
  
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• Watch: Puljujarvi injured and McDavid has a player safety hearing

  22-02-2019 23:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Connor McDavid awaits the decision from the NHL Player Safety after being given a penalty for a first period hit on Nick Leddy of the New York Islanders.
  McDavid remained in the game and scored the winning goal to defeat the Islanders 4-3 in overtime.
  Meanwhile, Oilers GM Keith Gretzky spoke about a lower body injury that has apparently been nagging Oiler forward Jesse Puljujarvi. The injury has kept Puljujarvi out of the Oilers lineup and Gretzky is hoping to have an update on the situation nex
  
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• St. Albert powerlifter goes to nationals - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 23:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert powerlifter goes to nationals  St. Albert GazetteWhen St. Albert resident Denise Royer, 42, booked an appointment with a personal trainer to have her lifting technique assessed, she couldn't have.
  
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• Jigsaw tourney brings families together - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 22:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Jigsaw tourney brings families together  St. Albert GazetteAs the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle was pushed into place, Kristafer Locken's family all shot their hands high in the air. Having finished in just.
  
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• Eggen rolls back credit cap - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 22:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Eggen rolls back credit cap  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert and Sturgeon schools have about a million dollars more in their budgets after the province's education minister cancelled a cash claw-back for.
  
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• Cooper says PM should waive attorney-client privilege - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 22:27 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cooper says PM should waive attorney-client privilege  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert MP Michael Cooper continues to meet with the justice committee to probe the SNC-Lavalin scandal but says he is not satisfied with the process.
  
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• Fill up for 95.9 going into the weekend - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 22:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fill up for 95.9 going into the weekend  St. Albert GazetteGas is as high as 106.9 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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• Nominees needed for BEautiful ME - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 20:51 via stalbertgazette.com
  Nominees needed for BEautiful ME  St. Albert GazetteWith three weeks left till the big day, organizers with BEautiful ME said nominations are still open to fill a few spots for some lucky youths. The eighth.
  
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• Player grades, Games 51-60: Process improving but results hard to come by for struggling Oilers

  22-02-2019 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Remember when the Edmonton Oilers were sailing along at 18-12-3 and battling for first place in the Pacific Division? I do too, but barely.
  It’s been a long, hard fall from that point in mid-December to now. The Oilers won just 7 of their next 27 games, including a win in Game #60 that ended their third losing streak of 5+ games during that span.
  That win over New York Islanders on Thursday night was just the second for the Oilers in the last five weeks, more specifically the second in the
  
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• 'Mill Woods rapist' re-arrested for violating sex offender conditions

  22-02-2019 20:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  The man known as the ‘Mill Woods rapist’ has been re-arrested, police said Friday.
  Dana Michael Fash, 40, was arrested Thursday for failing to comply with his Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) conditions, Edmonton Police spokeswoman Patrycja Mokrzan confirmed.
  Fash was released from custody just over a week ago after the second-degree murder charge he previously faced for the death of Jeanette Marie Cardinal, 40, was stayed.
  Cardinal’s daughter said she felt num
  
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• Education minister banning school seclusion rooms effective September 2019

  22-02-2019 20:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s education minister will issue a ministerial order next week to ban seclusion rooms in schools as of September.
  In a Friday morning email to a panel of government-appointed experts studying the issue, Minister David Eggen said all school seclusion rooms must be decommissioned by the 2019-20 school year. These sparse rooms, often locked from the outside, are used to isolate students having behavioural outbursts.
  “I am deeply concerned about some of the things that parents and
  
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• Mandel to fight five-year election ban for missed deadline in court Friday afternoon

  22-02-2019 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel will fight his five-year election ban in court Friday afternoon.
  The judicial review to be heard by the Court of Queen’s Bench spurred when Mandel was issued the ban from the Speaker of the House for failing to file his financial statements on time.
  Seven other Alberta Party prospective candidates are also listed as ineligible to run on the Elections Alberta website and facing bans.
  The former Edmonton mayor and Progressive Conservative Health Minister p
  
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• Man who killed limo driver sentenced to life without parole for 25 years

  22-02-2019 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jason Steadman — found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of Dwayne Demkiw, a part-time limo driver — has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
  Court heard victim impact statements Friday from Demkiw’s family members prior to sentencing. The statements detailed how the killing stole him from their lives, led to them traveling from Saskatchewan for court dates and how they tried to cope with the pain of not being able to hold a memori
  
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• Thank them for being Friends - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 19:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Thank them for being Friends  St. Albert GazetteAny friendship that lasts 30 years is worth a party, even if it's a little late. That's especially true for how the Friends of the St. Albert Public.
  
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• Firefighters on the roof won't seek heat until fundraising goal met

  22-02-2019 18:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four city firefighters are embracing the cold as they camp on the roof of a downtown fire hall, refusing to come down until they meet their $120,000 fundraising goal.
  The crew has been camping on the roof of Station 2, 10217 107 St., since Tuesday but as of Friday morning, was just over the halfway mark of the goal. The team originally planned to end the campout Friday and their commitment could take them back into deepfreeze temperatures.
  Snow is in the forecast over the next few days, includin
  
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• AROUND CANADA: Stories making headlines nationwide - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 18:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  AROUND CANADA: Stories making headlines nationwide  St. Albert GazetteREPORT WON'T SETTLE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE BATTLE. An environmental group says it expects the National Energy Board to again approve the ...
  
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• Oilers in 60: McDavid and Draisaitl are the tag team champions of OT

  22-02-2019 16:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  You have to hand it to this Oilers team — they don’t give up easily.
  After clawing back in the third period against the Arizona Coyotes Tuesday only to lose in a shootout, the Oilers found themselves in a similar scenario Thursday against the visiting New York Islanders.
  Heading into the third period down a goal the Oilers would go on to out-shoot the Islanders 17-6 in the final frame as Oscar Klefbom scored the tying goal late in the game with less than three minutes to go to send i
  
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• Notable Niche: Belgravia Square development utilizes geothermal technology

  22-02-2019 16:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  John Clarke says Niche Developments’ original goal wasn’t to build eco-friendly condominiums and apartments, but the Edmonton-based company’s president says marrying prefabricated concrete and structural steel to geothermal heating is the future for large, sustainable buildings.
  Clarke says commercial and residential buildings contribute to almost 50 per cent of our greenhouse gases, and apartment buildings are typically the most polluting because they require boilers that run
  
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• Growing Things: Watering tools and drought-tolerant plants offer low-maintenance gardening

  22-02-2019 16:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Q: We are part owners of a vacation rental property in Palm Springs, California. It is located in a three-storey building, and our unit is on the ground level, so we are able to do a little more gardening than the others in the building that only have balconies. We have a 200-square-foot area of garden plus our concrete patio, which is 100 square feet.
  Our problem is that while we would love to be there to garden year-round, we cannot because the property is shared. The other owners are les
  
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• How to catch a chef: Restaurant bosses share tips on how to get a good one

  22-02-2019 16:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The head chef is one of the most important jobs in a restaurant.
  That’s why co-owner Sylvia Cheverie tackled the search for a new kitchen leader at Beaumont’s Chartier with the zeal generally reserved for a military campaign, starting with a slick recruitment video crafted by a professional production company and complete with patron reviews and interviews with other staff.
  Ambitious chefs may sharpen their knife kits and get a haircut to prepare for a job search. But smart restauran
  
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• Social Seen: Edmonton Arts Council's Winter Social

  22-02-2019 16:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Arts Council’s Winter Social
  Where: Old Timers Cabin
  When: February 11
  What: EAC’s annual winter social event
  Featuring: The EAC’s 26 recipients of the 2018 Cultural Diversity in the Arts grants and the Edmonton Artist Trust Fund awards. Buffet-style snacks, drinks, and music by Miss Rae and the Midnight Ramblers.
  Erin Pankratz, left, with Chelsea Boida during the Edmonton Arts Council’s Winter Social at the Old Timers Cabin.
  Morgan Deschner, left, with Chri
  
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• Dining Out: Suda Thai Cuisine offers quality family-run fare in Sherwood Park

  22-02-2019 16:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton has no shortage of Thai restaurants, many of them long-standing favourites among local foodies. Still, it’s nice to see another one pop up, particularly in the often-underserved suburb of Sherwood Park.
  Suda Thai Cuisine opened about nine months ago in a sprawling strip mall between Costco and the Millennium Place rec centre along Broadmoor Boulevard. A corner bay with lots of windows, it looks out on the grim wintry scene of a frozen parking lot and distant dental clinic.
  Inside,
  
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• Fitness column: Resistance training boosts gains beyond cardio

  22-02-2019 16:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Despite some very promising research giving a big thumbs up to resistance training, the annual pilgrimage of cardio-philes looking to thwart winter weight gain continues to beat a path to treadmills. (As I write this, the weight machines sit empty as cardio equipment hums at high frequency.)
  Studies recently posted in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found the benefits of weight training were not limited to big biceps. Researchers demonstrated a significant impact on bone health, physical function, cardi
  
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• St. Albert holds benefit - Catholic Herald

  22-02-2019 15:15 via superiorcatholicherald.org
  St. Albert holds benefit  Catholic HeraldSt Albert Catholic Church, Land O' Lakes, hosts its annual benefit fish fry April 12, with proceeds being given to a family or organization in need. This year, the ...
  
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• Edmonton weather: There's a 60 per cent chance of snow and a 100 per cent chance of weather

  22-02-2019 14:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -14.1 C with 8 km/h winds out of the southwest contributing to a -19 wind chill.
  Looks like we’ll all be shoveling the walks today. Snow is in the forecast over the next two days, including what Environment Canada considers an ‘abnormal temperature trend’ Saturday as temperatures are expected top plunge to -18 C during the day wi
  
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• Friday's letters: Tell your doctor if you use cannabis

  22-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a health-care provider I was pleased to see the Journal provide their readers with a credible introduction to medical cannabis. (Cannabis Post, Feb. 19)
  The Canadian Medical Association continues to be skeptical of its use due to a lack of scientific research. Understandably, most family physicians refuse to prescribe cannabis without this documentation.
  Unfortunately, this has led to a growing trend among patients. Armed with media information and Google searches, seniors are provided with c
  
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• Editorial: Make shots mandatory

  22-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the latest outbreaks of measles plaguing Vancouver, Washington State, and the Philippines, it’s time for the provincial government to get serious about protecting Albertans — especially our children — and make vaccines mandatory for children attending publicly funded schools.
  There have been no measles cases reported in the province so far in 2019, but this highly contagious disease is only a plane ride or road trip away from landing in Alberta.
  It’s not overstating
  
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• Cloud and chance of flurries in the forecast - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 13:23 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cloud and chance of flurries in the forecast  St. Albert GazetteCloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries on Friday. The daytime high of -4 C will feel like -16 C in the morning and -7 C in the afternoon, as a result.
  
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• David Staples: Mass discontent in Edmonton minor hockey over failed tiering reforms

  22-02-2019 11:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Too many blow-out games, less competitive balance in tournaments and demoralized young players looking to quit minor hockey are the end result of Hockey Edmonton’s new tiering system, say minor hockey parents, coaches and organizers.
  The frustration with the Hockey Alberta-mandated tiering system, along with ongoing friction with the Hockey Edmonton executive, has become so intense that a number of the longtime board members of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Week committee are resigning. Joan K
  
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• Watch: David Staples: Minor hockey tiers leading to blow-outs and heart ache

  22-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Journal columnist David Staples speaks about the frustrations coaches and players on Edmonton Minor Hockey teams have had this year as changes to team tiers have caused skills imbalances and heartache. It has led to teams being down hundreds of goals over multiple games and to kids telling their parents and coaches that the game just isn’t fun anymore when they win or lose all the time.
   
  
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• Son speaks out for cab-driver safety after father beaten in southeast Edmonton

  22-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A veteran city cab driver hospitalized with a smashed cheekbone after he was attacked by a fare has his son advocating for more driver safety.
  Balwinder Singh Mander — a cabbie for 25 years — initially picked up a couple of passengers from a bar in the southeast neighbourhood of Ellerslie around 2 a.m. Family Day Monday, his son Vick Mander said this week.
  After dropping off one passenger in Beaumont, the other became evasive in providing a drop-off location so the driver asked him f
  
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• Oil Spills: Don't expect the Edmonton Oilers to simply appoint Keith Gretzky as new GM

  22-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Should Keith Gretzky — brother of The Great One, Wayne, now an Oilers Entertainment Group vice-chairman — be seriously considered the next permanent general manager of the Edmonton Oilers to replace the fired Peter Chiarelli?
  Hockey beat writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about that idea, plus about what kind of head coach the Oilers will probably look at hiring for next season, assuming it’s unlikely Ken Hitchcock will be back for 2019-20.
  
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• St. Albert powerlifter goes to nationals - St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert powerlifter goes to nationals - St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteWhen St. Albert resident Denise Royer, 42, booked an appointment with a personal trainer to have her lifting technique assessed, she couldn't have.
  
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• Player grades: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl again with the overtime magic

  22-02-2019 07:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers got a well-deserved 4-3 win on a much-loved overtime combo goal, Leon Draisaitl to Connor McDavid.
  If only the whole game every game was played three-on-three there would be no stopping the Edmonton Oilers.
  As it is the Oilers are six point out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference, with little hope of catching up.
  Not that I did not say “no hope,” as after such a fine goal by McDavid and Draisaitl it’s not right to be entirely pessimistic. W
  
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• Thanks to fast start, St. Albert knocks off short-handed East Mills - Omaha World-Herald

  22-02-2019 06:24 via omaha.com
  Thanks to fast start, St. Albert knocks off short-handed East Mills  Omaha World-HeraldThings looked grim for East Mills heading into the Class 1-A district final with Council Bluffs St. Albert.
  
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• Young The Giant: Mirror Master Tour - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Young The Giant: Mirror Master Tour  St. Albert GazetteWith guests: Sure Sure. Los Angeles quintet Young the Giant expertly juxtapose their adventurous spirit with fearless grace on their new album Mirror Master, ...
  
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• The Down Low Project: from Edmonton – YEG Thursday Showcase - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:23 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Down Low Project: from Edmonton – YEG Thursday Showcase  St. Albert GazettePeter Filice – trombone; Zack Lim – keyboards; Kessler Douglas – bass; Eric Zeller – drums. The Down Low Project is an energetic Edmonton-Based jazz ...
  
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• The Sibelius of Song and Dance - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Sibelius of Song and Dance  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Prior, conductor. With special guests Ragnhild Hemsing, violin; and Whitney Leigh Sloan, soprano. Alexander Prior ...
  
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• Sibelius & Scotch - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sibelius & Scotch  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Prior, conductor. With special guest Ragnhild Hemsing, violin. A night of Sibelius is not complete without a tranquil ...
  
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• PIGS: Canada's Pink Floyd – Outside / In Canadian Tour 2019 - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  PIGS: Canada's Pink Floyd – Outside / In Canadian Tour 2019  St. Albert GazetteFeaturing a complete performance of The Dark Side of the Moon and many other classic Floyd songs. Formed in 2008 in Victoria, British Columbia, PIGS: ...
  
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• Mary Gauthier - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mary Gauthier  St. Albert GazetteMary Gauthier is singer/songwriter who has played all of the major festivals in Canada and is now ready to headline concert halls. Her latest CD, Rifles & Rosary ...
  
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• Taggart and Torrens - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 03:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  Taggart and Torrens  St. Albert GazetteTaggart & Torrens podcast duo, recently surpassed the two million downloads mark on iTunes and SoundCloud. The podcast and touring live show is a ...
  
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• High school student vaping triples because of 'deplorable marketing schemes,' health group says

  22-02-2019 02:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vaping has tripled among Alberta high school students because of targeted promotions, says an anti-smoking advocacy group.
  “If you play with nicotine you’re going to get burnt,” said Action on Smoking and Health’s executive director Les Hagen.
  Hagen said 35,000 Alberta youth currently use nicotine products.
  “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 mark
  
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• Police release sketch of 2013 McDonald's assault suspect

  22-02-2019 02:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have released a sketch of a suspect in a 2013 assault at a McDonald’s drive-thru.
  Police said new information about the man’s identity has led to the investigation moving a different direction. They hope the sketch will help identify the suspect. Police did not comment on what that new information was.
  In the early morning of Jan. 1, 2013, three men were waiting in a car at a McDonald’s drive-thru on Castle Downs Road when a man approached the vehicle with a knife.
  The t
  
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• Police commission: Officers get help to return to service after stress, injury

  22-02-2019 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two police members involved in the city’s most recent officer-involved shootings took part in a re-integration program which helps sworn police members return to work following a stressful event or injury, the Edmonton Police Commission heard Thursday.
  Sgt. Glen Klose, who helps lead the re-integration program, gave a report to the commission on the program, which is hailed as leading-edge for helping officers get back to work while minimizing the potential for long-term psychological inju
  
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• Gloria - St. Albert Gazette

  22-02-2019 02:20 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gloria  St. Albert GazetteThe choral work that will be performed is Antonio Vivaldi's “Gloria” RV 588 at the *service*, and then the “Gloria” will be paired with selections from Handel's ...
  
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• Man charged in weekend shooting linked to criminal organization

  22-02-2019 02:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who turned himself in to police last week has been charged with attempted murder with a firearm “for the benefit or at the direction of or in association with a criminal organization,” court documents show.
  Police began a search for Johnathan Gabriel Graham, 26, last weekend after a woman was found with life-threatening gunshot wounds in an downtown residence.
  On Saturday, police responded to a call for an assault with a weapon at a multi-unit residence near 101 Avenue and 95 S
  
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