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• Enbridge files $29.5 million suit over 2017 pipeline spill near Edmonton

  05-03-2019 23:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Pipeline giant Enbridge has filed a $29.5 million lawsuit against four companies over a 2017 spill it says was caused by construction on another pipeline nearby.
  Enbridge’s Line 2A east of Edmonton pipeline breached on Feb. 17, 2017, causing nearly 1,000 cubic metres of crude oil condensate blend to spill into the surrounding construction site, west of Anthony Henday Drive near 92 Avenue.
  Enbridge filed a statement of claim against the four companies on Feb. 15, claiming they played a role
  
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• 'Creepy' or 'relevant'? Video of Notley staffer and independent MLA under scrutiny

  05-03-2019 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s Legislative Assembly Office staff said they are looking into the publication of a slow-motion video that shows an independent MLA and a senior adviser to the premier leaving a meeting in the Federal Building.
  UCP leader Jason Kenney’s office released the video on Twitter Monday night, showing Notley’s director of issues management Jeremy Nolais and Calgary-Greenway MLA Prab Gill leaving the same meeting. It quickly drew criticism. The video was taken outside an elevat
  
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• Three-year veteran of Edmonton city police charged with assault

  05-03-2019 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A three-year veteran of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has been charged with assault in relation to an on-duty event in 2017, says the force.
  In a news release Tuesday, Edmonton police said the charge stems from “an on-duty incident while dealing with a subject in the area of Jasper Avenue and 103 Street.”
  The incident occurred in December 2017.
  The charge follows an investigation by the EPS Professional Standards Branch which was reviewed by Alberta Justice.
  Const. Matthew O&rsqu
  
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• Federal, provincial OHS bodies inquiring into two separate Alberta workplace deaths

  05-03-2019 21:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Federal and provincial Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) bodies are looking into two separate workplace deaths that occurred on Monday, one in Leduc and one south of Grande Prairie.
  Emergency services responded to a collision at a business on a rural property about 20 kilometres south of Grande Prairie, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.
  Police said a vehicle was in reverse and struck a 37-year-old male pedestrian, causing fatal injuries.
  The RCMP investigation is ongoing. Trent Bancarz, sp
  
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• Gas prices see slight drop in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 21:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas prices see slight drop in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteGas prices have dropped around the city, according to GasBuddy.com. Most locations in St. Albert 99.9, but a few remain at 101.9. The highest price is.
  
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• Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel Allowed to Run - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 20:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel Allowed to Run  St. Albert GazetteAlberta's Court of Queen's Bench has overturned a decision to ban Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel from running in the spring election. While he does.
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Snowed in Comedy, Adam Gregory, and Come From Away

  05-03-2019 20:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Snowed in Comedy
  It’s an apropos name for the show, though possibly you’re wincing at the idea of watching something called the Snowed in Comedy tour. Well, you shouldn’t. Comedians Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, Pete Zedlacher, and Damonde Tschritter will no doubt help you forget the ongoing winter pile-on, warming your soul with hilarity and belly laughs.
  When: Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
  Where: The Club at The Citadel
  Admission: $42, regular; $31.50, seniors; $26.25, students. Av
  
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• Wildlife: The ESO charts course for two stellar nights with The Music of Star Trek

  05-03-2019 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Music has always been crucial to Star Trek’s otherworldly vibe.
  As early as its second-aired episode as Uhura sings to Spock about the Vulcan of Enterprise being in “Satan’s guise,” Star Trek demonstrated something that would always be crucial to its character: so much memorable music.
  While some Trek tunes stumbled into deep camp (think of the space hippies heading out to Eden, yay, brother!), music from Spock’s “bitter dregs” to Trelane’s di
  
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• 'We love how weird we are': Girl Brain brings collective comedy to SkirtsAfire stage

  05-03-2019 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the members of sketch comedy group Girl Brain get together to talk at a restaurant, the laughs sometimes get a little out of control.
  Considering the wealth of comic and acting talent at the table this shouldn’t come as much of a shock. The trio (Alyson Dicey, Ellie Heath, and Caley Suliak) have risen quickly in the local scene after setting down roots at the south side Grindstone Theatre nearly a year ago, grabbing accolades for their absurdist scenarios and ability to find humour in
  
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• International musical friendships spark new tunes here at home

  05-03-2019 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Musicians touring abroad know how helpful it can be to rank as an exotic import, an artist from some far-flung place — Canada maybe? — playing sounds the locals aren’t familiar with.
  Just as artists from the other side of the planet might attract the curious here in Alberta, Canada’s roots super-group Tri-Continental has made some of its most fruitful tours in Spain, Germany, and other parts of western Europe. After playing together on and off for 20 years, string slinger
  
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• Nominees and Performers Announced for Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Awards

  05-03-2019 18:27
  The City of St. Albert is pleased to announce the nominees and performers for the 10th annual Mayor’s Celebration of... Read Post
  
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• Crunching the carbon tax data: How we did it

  05-03-2019 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  The carbon tax will, without question, be one of the biggest political footballs in the 2019 election.
  With the election drawing near and two full years of the tax now collected, we wanted to know where the money went. Who’s getting the extra cash we pay on our heating bills each month? Where’s the 6.73 cents per litre on my gas fill-up going?
  Postmedia asked the provincial government for a list of all projects funded by the tax since it came into effect on Jan. 1, 2017.
  What we rece
  
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• Alberta's had a carbon tax on big emitters for a decade focused on funding research

  05-03-2019 17:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decade before individual Albertans started paying a carbon tax, the province began billing large industrial polluters for carbon emissions.
  That industrial carbon tax on businesses generating more than 100,000 tones of greenhouse gases per year was earmarked to fund green-inspired technology and innovation. It is distributed through an arm’s-length provincial agency.
  That agency, which began in 2009 as the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation, has since been renamed Emissi
  
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• Oilers in 60: Oilers inching closer to the playoffs … playoffs??

  05-03-2019 16:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Believe it or not, but the Edmonton Oilers are quietly closing the gap on the Western Conference wild card spot and inching towards a playoff spot — playoffs!?
  That’s right. The Oilers (29-30-7) wrapped up their five-game road trip in Buffalo Monday with a 4-3 win over the Sabres to earn the two points and move within six points of the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild — both are tied with 71 points on the season — and the final wild card spots.
  Monday’s game was a wi
  
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• Grande Prairie RCMP investigating fatal pedestrian collision

  05-03-2019 15:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Grande Prairie RCMP are investigating after a vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian on a rural business Monday.
  Emergency services responded to a collision at a business on a rural property about 20 kilometres south of Grande Prairie, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.
  Police said a vehicle was in reverse and struck a 37-year-old male pedestrian, causing fatal injuries.
  The investigation is ongoing and Occupational Health and Safety has been notified and is inquiring into the collision.
   
  
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• Cracking open the carbon tax: A look at where the money has been spent

  05-03-2019 15:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  The carbon tax has pulled in more than $2 billion since it was introduced two years ago to fund local green projects in every corner of Alberta, but it remains the most pummelled punching bag in provincial politics.
  From the tax’s beginning on Jan. 1, 2017, it has plumped Alberta’s green fund coffers via gas pumps and heating bills. Everyone knows they pay it, but what’s been far less visible is exactly where that money has gone.
  When the Notley government unveiled the plan in
  
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• Edmonton weather: The sun is burning my eyes – my eyes!

  05-03-2019 14:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -14.9 C with 10 km/h winds out of the northwest contributing to a -21 wind chill.
  So we’re at that point now where it’s sunny outside all day but it’s not really warm so it’s all kind of one giant tease. Looking outside you’d think it’s a beautiful day. The sky is that rich, dark blue with not a cloud in the sk
  
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• Clear skies Tuesday and chance of flurries in the evening - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 14:29 via stalbertgazette.com
  Clear skies Tuesday and chance of flurries in the evening  St. Albert GazetteMainly sunny skies in St. Albert on Tuesday and a daytime high of -7 C. Temperatures will feel like -21 C in the morning and -12 C in the afternoon, as a.
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Safe-injection sites offer support, care

  05-03-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Our family is in the midst of the opioid crisis. I walk my dog and see makeshift homeless shelters in the forest, and we all see the tragedy of the walking homeless, the addicted and the challenged.
  Living with addiction in your circle teaches you about compassion and you begin to realize just how many people struggle with day-to-day challenges.
  These safe-injection sites are one of the most compassionate sources of help we can give an addict. They offer support, care, and a place for the caring
  
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• Opinion: Women have equality in numbers in medicine, but not equity

  05-03-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian women in medicine have come a long way since the mid-1800s when Dr. Jennie Kidd Trout required special permission to attend medical school. Today, we have trailblazers like Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut and the first neurologist to fly in space, and Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada’s first female Indigenous general surgeon.
  Our medical schools now have an almost even split between men and women entering the profession; in 2017, two out of five physicians in Can
  
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• Watch: Barrhead received $248,196 from carbon tax

  05-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Town of Barrhead hadn’t really considered attaching $94,080 worth of solar panels atop its new aquatic centre until the contractors proposed it and said grants were available to help cover the cost.
  Although the panels’ productivity plunges in winter, they produce enough heat to melt the snow until around -10 C.
  Aquatic centre maintenance manager Mike Bryant says it’s too early to say whether the investment was worth it — installing the panels was a large expense.
  
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• Cracking open the carbon tax: A look at what Alberta's most controversial tax has been spent on

  05-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The carbon tax has pulled in more than $2 billion since it was introduced two years ago to fund local green projects in every corner of Alberta, but it remains the most pummelled punching bag in provincial politics.
  From the tax’s beginning on Jan. 1, 2017, it has plumped Alberta’s green fund coffers via gas pumps and heating bills. Everyone knows they pay it, but what’s been far less visible is exactly where that money has gone.
  When the Notley government unveiled the plan in
  
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• Carbon tax chronicles: How six Alberta communities spent green money

  05-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After getting a list with hundreds of projects funded by the carbon tax in the last two years, Postmedia dug into line items from six communities to get a better understanding of where some of the money has gone:
  Black Diamond
  Total received: $141,947
  ProjectsOilfields Regional Arena and Scott Seaman rink, energy audits and solar: $25,333
  Town office energy audits and energy efficient lights: $640
  Park ‘n’ Ride: $110,000
  Greenhouse natural gas rebates: $5,974Les Quinton was an early
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton Oilers don't make it easy on themselves, but escape Buffalo with 2 points

  05-03-2019 08:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 4, Sabres 3
  Wild and woolly hockey game in Buffalo on Monday night between two teams with remarkably similar histories in recent years. At times it seemed like a battle to see who could find a way to lose it, and from that perspective the home-standing Sabres out-Oilers’d the visitors who snuck out of town with a 4-3 regulation win.
  The Oil got off to another quick start with Leon Draisaitl opening the scoring for the third time on the 5-game road trip, but struggled through the rem
  
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• Detached home sales in Edmonton suffer five-year February low, realtors association says

  05-03-2019 06:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Less than 600 single-family detached homes were sold in the frigid month of February, marking a five-year low for the month in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.
  But it’s not all bad news for the city’s housing market with the short month garnering a 23 per cent increase in all residential unit sales from a slow January that had only 797 total sales, monthly statistics released Monday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton show.
  In comparison, 986 total residential units were sold in
  
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• Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is eligible to run in upcoming election

  05-03-2019 03:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is eligible to run in the upcoming Alberta provincial election.
  Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Gaylene Kendell ruled Mandel acted in good faith when he missed the deadline to file his campaign expense paperwork.
  In a written decision filed Monday, Justice Kendell said all of the mitigating factors surrounding the case were sufficient for the appeal to be granted when considered together and weighed against the penalty Mandel faced.
  Mandel had been facing
  
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• Watch: Mandel allowed to run in upcoming provincial election

  05-03-2019 03:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel said he’s ready to get back to the nitty gritty of running a party and working a political campaign after being cleared by the courts to run in the upcoming provincial election. Speaking during a news conference in Edmonton on Monday, March 4, 2019, he said that the law governing the filing of campaign expenses was “draconian” and called for more funding for Elections Alberta.
  Mandel said that his CFO was sick, and that they still believed th
  
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• City to seek more public access in Mayfair Golf Club lease extension

  05-03-2019 02:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is going back to the negotiating table with the Royal Mayfair Golf Club to talk about possibility of increasing public access opportunities for the ritzy course on leased city land.
  The proposed agreement that went to executive committee Monday would see the Mayfair pay $870,000 as an additional 18 years of prepaid rent, extending its current lease, set to expire in 2051, by 50 years to 2069. The Royal Mayfair Golf Club has been on the same land on the edge of the North Saskatchewan Riv
  
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• ESSMY presents Anne of Green Gables - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 02:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  ESSMY presents Anne of Green Gables  St. Albert GazetteÉcole Secondaire Ste Marguerite d'Youville (ESSMY) theatre group is excited to be producing their very first musical theatre production of Anne of Green Gables ...
  
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• Trust Your Intuition - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 02:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Trust Your Intuition  St. Albert GazetteAnd start transforming your life and experiences! Trust and believe in yourself. Attune yourself to the divine inspiration that is guiding you. Understand ...
  
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• The Music of Star Trek - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 02:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Music of Star Trek  St. Albert GazetteEdmonton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bob Bernhardt, Whitney Leigh Sloan, soprano. The franchise that spawned many hit TV series and movies also ...
  
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• Mom, Pop & Tots Fair - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 02:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mom, Pop & Tots Fair  St. Albert GazetteA fun, family oriented tradeshow with a little bit of something awesome for both grown-ups and little ones. Parents will be able to shop for all the best products to ...
  
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• Edmonton Golf Show - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 02:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Edmonton Golf Show  St. Albert GazetteThe Edmonton Golf Show presented by the PGA of Alberta is almost here! Stop by the show to check out the indoor driving with the industry's top suppliers.
  
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• Women of Aviation: Past, Present & Future - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Women of Aviation: Past, Present & Future  St. Albert GazetteIn celebration of Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, we invite you to meet the women who paved the way and continue to pave the way for women and girls ...
  
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• Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox  St. Albert GazetteDespite finding great success for this project on the road, Bradlee continues to arrange and record new arrangements every week for PMJ's legion of fans.
  
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• Learn Online at the Library - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Learn Online at the Library  St. Albert GazetteCome learn online with the library using the online learning tool, Lynda.com (free with your library card!). This month we are offering Excel, PowerPoint & Word ...
  
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• 'Bring Home Some Love' Adoption Event - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  'Bring Home Some Love' Adoption Event  St. Albert GazetteLittle Cats Lost will be showcasing more than 15 beautiful kittens and cats at Mr. Pet's, 580 St. Albert Trail, St. Albert, Saturday, March 9, from noon till 3 p.m. Mr.
  
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• The St. Albert Singers Guild Irish Night - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  The St. Albert Singers Guild Irish Night  St. Albert GazetteJoin us for a night of Irish fun, food, drink and entertainment! A fundraiser in support of our upcoming tour to Ireland. Includes Irish stew, entertainment, silent ...
  
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• St. Paddy's Day Party at the St. Albert Legion - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Paddy's Day Party at the St. Albert Legion  St. Albert GazetteBlack Key Band featuring recording artist Randy Glenn. Great food available and Happy Hour beer prices from 7:30 till 8:30. Lots of “singles to mingle”. Saturday ...
  
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• How Much Is Too Much? Dealing with Stress - St. Albert Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  How Much Is Too Much? Dealing with Stress  St. Albert GazetteStress is a part of life. Join us on Tuesday, March 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to find out about the different types of stress, including caregiver stress. Learn about tools ...
  
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• Watch: Notley says freezing eduction spending can't keep up with growing schools

  05-03-2019 01:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Notley says that under a plan revealed by the UCP, a spending freeze proposed by Jason Kenney would mean that no new teachers would be hired until the budget is balanced.
  She argued that 15,000 new students enter the school system in Alberta each year and under the UCP proposal, those students would have to squeeze into existing classrooms with current staffing levels.
  Notley also said in a media scrum at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton today that the  NDP would stay the course on
  
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• Pretrial hearing begins for accused in 2017 Edmonton vehicle attacks

  05-03-2019 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man accused of running down five people — including a city police officer — during a pair of vehicle attacks in Edmonton was in court Monday for the start of a pretrial hearing.
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 32, is accused of 11 offences include five counts of attempted murder in connection with two vehicle attacks in Edmonton on Sept. 30, 2017.
  Sharif is accused of striking police Const. Mike Chernyk with a car outside a CFL football game and attacking him with a knife, before allegedly
  
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• Detached home sales in Edmonton suffer five-year February low, relators association says

  05-03-2019 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Less than 600 single-family detached homes were sold in the frigid month of February, marking a five-year low for the month in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.
  But it’s not all bad news for the city’s housing market with the short month garnering a 23 per cent increase in all residential unit sales from a slow January that had only 797 total sales, monthly statistics released Monday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton show.
  In comparison, 986 total residential units were sold in
  
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• Two arrested after Spruce Grove break and enter

  05-03-2019 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP arrested two people after investigating a Feb. 18 break and enter at a Spruce Grove business.
  “An investigation revealed that over $5,000 worth of tools were stolen from the business,” said Cst. Shelley Nasheim, RCMP spokeswoman in a news release Monday.
  Police were able to recover some of the stolen property. They are asking for help locating the property they haven’t recovered.
  Nicholas Lepine, 38 and Allisha Gariepy, 21, both from Edmonton, face the following charges:Th
  
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