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• Gas prices sticking at 101.9 - St. Albert Gazette

  03-03-2019 21:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas prices sticking at 101.9  St. Albert GazetteFilling up on Sunday? Expect to pay 101.9, according to GasBuddy.com. The highest price is 107.9 at Esso on Carnegie Drive. The cheapest price is 99.9 at.
  
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• Gardening – Composting and planting - St. Albert Gazette

  03-03-2019 18:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gardening – Composting and planting  St. Albert GazetteIn my first article, I talked about raised beds and preparing the soil. My method of composting starts with two large composting bins. The first is.
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers are learning a lot as they push for a distant playoff spot: 9 Things

  03-03-2019 15:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers continue to play well.
  You can’t say “great”, because games like the recent Leafs result illustrate how many roster issues still have to be fixed.
  But as the club tries to over-come tall odds and squeak into the post-season, the results nevertheless continue to form a basis for what needs to be done between now and the start of the 2019-20 season.
  Here are a few things that are right…and wrong.
  9 Things
  9. I know that a lot of people consider the Plus
  
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• Extreme cold in Sunday’s forecast - St. Albert Gazette

  03-03-2019 12:27 via stalbertgazette.com
  Extreme cold in Sunday’s forecast  St. Albert GazetteThe extreme cold warning is still in effect: A period of very cold wind chills continues. Extreme wind chill values between minus 40 and minus 45 will.
  
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• University of Alberta researcher devises strip of paper to detect explosives

  03-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Small strips of paper could soon be playing a large role in airport security.
  University of Alberta and Mitacs researcher Christina Gonzalez has devised a method to instantly detect small quantities of chemicals used in explosive devices by deploying specialized, disposable strips of paper.
  Mitacs is a national non-profit organization that connects post-secondary researchers with industry professionals.
  The portable, pocket-sized technology is lined with silicon quantum dots, tiny semiconductor
  
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• Todd Cleaners moves out of Strathcona location amid contamination battle

  03-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Contamination in the Strathcona neighbourhood has prompted Todd Cleaners to move out of its 99 Street location amid a dispute with a nearby tower development and an old gas station site over who’s responsible for the cleanup.
  In a letter to the dry-cleaner’s landlord, Alberta Environment and Parks contends that environmental reports have found tetracloroethane contamination in surrounding properties that allegedly came from Todd Cleaners.
  Tetrachloroethylne, also known as perchloroet
  
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• Edmonton police constable found guilty of misconduct for swearing at colleague

  03-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An adjudicator has found an Edmonton police officer acted unprofessionally when he swore repeatedly during a conversation with a police service employee handling his short-term disability claim.
  Presiding officer Fred Kamins ruled last week an unnamed police constable who has been with the service since 2006 was guilty of discreditable conduct.
  At a police disciplinary hearing in September 2018, a woman who worked for the Edmonton Police Service as a disability management consultant testified th
  
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• Edmonton-area burn survivor stars in inner-beauty film

  03-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kelly Falardeau used to imagine her mirror was telling her terrible things: that she was ugly. That nobody would ever love her.
  It was more than teen angst. When Falardeau was two, she was badly burned on her face, neck, arms, chest and back when a spark flew out of a burning barrel of old shingles on her grandfather’s Spruce Grove-area farm.
  Although she’s had more than 40 procedures, the tight and discoloured scars are still visible on the 52-year-old Stony Plain woman.
  But now, sh
  
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• Despite midseason woes, Council Bluffs St. Albert takes No. 8 seed at Iowa state tournament - The Daily Nonpareil

  03-03-2019 06:30 via nonpareilonline.com
  Despite midseason woes, Council Bluffs St. Albert takes No. 8 seed at Iowa state tournament  The Daily NonpareilThe St. Albert boys woke up on January 17 with a 4-9 record and no head coach.
  
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• Increased classroom funding will likely have to wait for economic rebound, UCP critic says

  03-03-2019 04:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta schools shouldn’t expect more cash under a United Conservative Party government until the economy turns around, UCP education critic Mark Smith said.
  The MLA for Drayton Valley-Devon was one of five men on a Saturday morning political panel hosted by the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
  “If we can grow the economy at three per cent and start to balance the budget, then we can start to have a conversation about how to move forward in education,” Smith told Postmedia
  
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• Provincial deficit $1.9 billion lower than expected - St. Albert Gazette

  03-03-2019 00:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Provincial deficit $1.9 billion lower than expected  St. Albert GazetteThe province is finishing the third fiscal quarter with a deficit $1.9 billion lower than anticipated and St. Albert MLA Marie Renaud said she is.
  
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