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• Mother and daughter from Edmonton killed in Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Toronto man has confirmed his sister and her daughter have died in a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia.
  Mohamed Hassan Ali says Amina Ibrahim Odowaa, of Edmonton, and her six-year-old daughter Safiya were on board the Ethiopian Airlines jet that went down this morning shortly after takeoff.
  A Carleton University professor was also among the 18 Canadians killed in the crash, which left 157 people dead.
  Pius Adesanmi was a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Insti
  
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• Nick Lees: Edmonton's most fit athletes are the ones dancing on stage

  10-03-2019 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two of Edmonton’s fittest athletes will dazzle on the Jubilee Auditorium stage next week and amaze audiences with their strength, speed and agility.
  Kelley McKinlay, 35, and Garrett Groat, 27, will share the lead role in Alberta Ballet’s production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
  “We can’t grunt and groan when we carry a partner through the air. … We must look relaxed.” says McKinlay, who has performed with Les Grand Ballets Canadiens de Montreal and at a
  
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• Earthquake detected near Rocky Mountain House early Sunday

  10-03-2019 18:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another earthquake was recorded in Central Alberta early Sunday, just a week after residents in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake were left shaken.
  But unlike the earlier earthquake, this one does not appear to be linked to fracking activity in the region.
  Earthquakes Canada reports that a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit at about 4 a.m. Sunday, about 32 kilometres northwest of Rocky Mountain House. The quake was at a depth of 10 km and no damages have been reported. Damage is not expected, according to the
  
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• LRT shut down for maintenance until 3 p.m. Sunday

  10-03-2019 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Train service is halted until 3 p.m. Sunday as the city completes planned maintenance on the LRT system.
  An earlier news release from the city said the suspension of service is allowing Edmonton Transit to carry out “multiple track work and maintenance activities.”
  Replacement bus service on the Metro Line will run every 15 minutes between NAIT and Churchill stations, including eastbound bus stops by Bay and Central stations.
  Capital Line service replacement buses are running every
  
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• Rural bank robbers break through wall with picker truck

  10-03-2019 16:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for two men who carried off a rural Alberta bank heist by breaking through a wall with a picker truck, using it to extract a safe.
  The suspects broke into the Alberta Treasury Branch in Winfield, Alta., at about 3:30 a.m. on March 8, according to a news release from Alberta RCMP.
  Police allege two suspects broke through the bank’s wall with a stolen picker truck. Then they used the truck to pull a safe containing Canadian currency out of the wall, causing extensive dam
  
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• As an option to be the next General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers Keith Gretzky is a "Great One": 9 Things

  10-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have a leading candidate for their vacant General Manager’s job already within their ranks. His name is Keith Gretzky.
  That will make some people unhappy. The Win-Loss record of this franchise over the last dozen years has given fans every right to be skeptical. And there is a constituent that believes that the losing is linked to the past. Those critics blame the “Old Boys Club”, Peter Chiarelli, or some combination of the two.
  However I find that a lot of
  
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• Player grades: Late flurry not quite enough as Oilers nipped 3-2 by Leafs

  10-03-2019 07:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 2
  Give the Edmonton Oilers credit, they never quit. Frustrated all night by Toronto Maple Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen — not to mention the solid team in front of him — the Oilers looked set to succumb to the Leafs by shutout for the third time in four years.
  Trailing 3-0 late in the third period, Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock went against the form chart, pulling his goalie down by 3, and it darn near worked. Edmonton’s dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and
  
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• St. Albert to highlight school heritage at benefit auction - The Daily Nonpareil

  10-03-2019 07:15 via nonpareilonline.com
  St. Albert to highlight school heritage at benefit auction  The Daily NonpareilThe biggest sale of the year is coming at St. Albert Catholic Schools.
  
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• Watch: Oilers make it close, but lose 3-2 to the Leafs

  10-03-2019 05:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Oilers put the pressure on the Maple Leafs in the dying minutes of the third period at Rogers Place in Edmonton, but it was not enough.
  Trailing 3-0 with three minutes to play in the third period, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins spoiled the shutout for Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen, and then less than a minute later Oscar Klefbom closed the gap to a goal with 53 seconds left on the clock.
  The mostly blue-and-white fan base was on their feet hoping the clock would run out to seal the win, and with 29 se
  
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• Four charged with first-degree murder five months after body found

  10-03-2019 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five months after a man was discovered dead in an industrial area east of Edmonton, RCMP have charged four men with first-degree murder.
  A fifth man is wanted but still at large.
  The body of Aldane (Dale) Mesquita, 33, was discovered early Sept. 13 near 17 Street and Wye Road. His death was ruled a homicide on Dec. 20. His obituary described him as a husband, father, son and brother from Edmonton.
  RCMP released details of the charges Saturday.
  Omar Abdirizak Omar, 33, Clement Fofie, 34, and 31-y
  
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• First Canadian woman airline captain wants to see more women in aviation

  10-03-2019 02:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Canadian aviation pioneer says women may not be well represented in the industry but there has been some improvement.
  Rosella Bjornson is the first woman to work on the flight deck of a Canadian airline jet and the first Canadian woman to become an airline captain.
  According to Bjornson, who belongs to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISWAP), the society did a survey recently of all the airlines in the world, asking the percentage of women who are airline pilots. Turns out it
  
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• Residents balk at possible 66 Street closure for Yellowhead freeway conversion

  10-03-2019 01:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  People on both sides of Yellowhead Trail worry closing access from 66 Street when the freeway conversion is completed will create traffic headaches and be tough on local business.
  The city is in the midst of planning for the $1-billion freeway conversion, which will eliminate traffic lights and see three lanes of traffic flowing in both directions with an 80 km/h speed limit.
  Planning staff sought out feedback for its concept work on the stretch between 50 Street and 82 Street, which includes a
  
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