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• Alberta election notebook: Roughneck freedom and a Kenney video

  21-03-2019 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Derek Fildebrandt’s Freedom Conservative Party continued expanding its slate Thursday, adding a well-known face in political circles to its candidate list.
  Bernard Hancock — aka Bernard the Roughneck — was nominated as the party’s candidate in Grande Prairie.
  Hancock told Postmedia he doesn’t want to keep sitting on the sidelines complaining about how bad politicians are, and wants instead to offer something better.
  “In my town Grande Prairie, I just don&rsquo
  
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• "WE NEED SKILL" — Bob Nicholson says some, but not enough, of the right things at Oilers' season ticket holder event

  21-03-2019 21:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 74: Blue Jackets at Oilers
  It’s the First Game Of Spring, and the very fact that my Game Day post will only be marginally about the game itself tells its own tale. It’s a huge contest for one of the teams involved, the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, but for your Edmonton Oilers it’s a typical game at this time of year, where a win would be fun but much likelier to make a negative impact on draft position than a positive one on actual playoff contention. Mixed emotions
  
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• Dining Out: Artisti Pizzeria ranks among Edmonton's best with extensive menu, authentic taste

  21-03-2019 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well, yes, we have our culinary weak spots in Ourtown, to be sure. But let it be shouted from the roofs of our modest villas that pizza is decidedly not among them. The ancient among us will recall the dark days of gloppy, grotesquely over-topped, thick crust corporate- or wannabe-corporate pies that once held sway in the prairies, with very few (gods bless Tony’s) exceptions.
  Today, Edmonton punches beyond its weight class in that sunny realm, sporting dozens of worthy purveyors of pizzas
  
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• Edmonton weather: Increased pollution levels prompt air quality advisory

  21-03-2019 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environment Canada has issued an air quality advisory for the city of Edmonton and surrounding area.
  As of 1 p.m. Thursday, the air quality in Edmonton is at 7 indicating a high risk. Similar air quality advisories are in place for St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, Vegreville, Redwater and Smoky Lake.
  “Higher air pollution levels near the surface has given the City of Edmonton and areas near Fort Saskatchewan poor air quality today,” the statement reads. “These cond
  
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• Social Seen: Western Canada Fashion Week

  21-03-2019 20:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Western Canada Fashion Week
  Where: ATB Financial Arts Barns
  When: March 20
  What: Opening night of Western Canada Fashion Week
  Featuring: Music and entertainment by DJ Skinny Steve, Drealee Dance Company, Ty Cabral, Reborn Garments, Mobilize by Dusty, Gian Salvador, Jonas by Noah Milo and Mad God by Neil
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to arts@
  
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• Alberta Election Day 3: Notley promises long-term care beds, Kenney backs oil and gas

  21-03-2019 20:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 3 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related Notley promises 2,000 more long-term care beds, warns UCP is on the road to 'American-style' health care
  12:30 p.m. — David Khan in Calgary
  Alberta Liberal Party Leader David Khan spent the early part of his Thursday morning door knocking in Calgary from 9 a.m. to noon.
  In an afternoon news release, Khan announced the Alberta Liberals’ Indige
  
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• CuriousCITY: Telus World of Science new kids' space to open Saturday

  21-03-2019 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new CuriousCITY for children is being unveiled at the Telus World of Science.
  The interactive space aimed at children age eight and under models the City of Edmonton — including the river valley, the Muttart Conservatory and the High Level Bridge — turning it into an easily explorable space for pint-sized curious minds.
  The river valley replica, for example, offers kids an opportunity to learn about animals that live in the city, and, using the crawl spaces, children can also learn
  
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• Alberta Election Day 3: Notley promises 2,000 new long-term care beds

  21-03-2019 19:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 3 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related Notley promises 2,000 more long-term care beds, warns UCP is on the road to 'American-style' health care
  11:30 a.m. — Derek Fildebrandt in Calgary
  Freedom Conservative Party Leader Derek Fildebrandt kicked off the campaign Thursday morning at a launch event in Calgary.
  “We reject the past of the old Tories, we reject the last four years of th
  
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• Hawrelak Park rehabilitation could mean multi-year closures, committee hears

  21-03-2019 18:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is mulling whether to completely shutdown William Hawrelak Park for multiple years or to complete needed rehabilitation work in stages.
  The ageing 68-hectare park is due for upgrades to its facilities, roadways, paths and other features, and the city is presently preparing a 10-year plan for completing the work.
  “This hasn’t come before council or committee yet, so it’s hard to comment on it in full, but knowing it’s a beloved part of our city and a fundamental p
  
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• Normand's celebrates 30th anniversary with special menus

  21-03-2019 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  For his namesake restaurant’s 30th anniversary this spring Normand Campbell wanted to do things up right.
  “Our 25th birthday was only a one-night party, and we missed so many people because of that,” the restaurateur says, taking a short afternoon break from work to talk about his iconic Jasper Avenue eatery. “This time around we decided to do something more, and extend the celebration so that everyone has a chance to participate.”
  Thus was born the idea of a specia
  
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• "Kinky" Broadway musical struts its stuff into heartfelt story about acceptance

  21-03-2019 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  On the surface, it’s an odd but true story about how a drag queen helped save a shoe factory from going out of business, but a couple of things are quickly apparent when you delve deeper into the creation of Kinky Boots, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier award-winning Broadway musical that’s set to hit Edmonton this weekend.
  “It’s not your traditional golden age Rodgers & Hammerstein musical,” admits Chris Kane, who has worked as dance captain and swing actor for the
  
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• Beyond Jessie's Girl: Rick Springfield keeps evolving as actor, musician

  21-03-2019 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rick Springfield is something of a restless soul.
  The Australian-born actor and musician, locked in some people’s minds as Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital and others as the singer-songwriter who gave us the early ’80s smash Jessie’s Girl, hasn’t settled into any one groove in his life.
  “It’s something of a blessing and a curse,” the still youthful looking 69-year-old chuckles over the phone. “I feel like I have to keep moving, or like a shark I&
  
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• Wine column: Alsace region wines benefit from ideal grape-growing climate

  21-03-2019 18:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  It finally feels like spring, signaling time to stock up on whites. Alsace, located in the northeastern corner of France, is not on everyone’s radar but it produces some of the best white wines in the world. Most of the vineyards are planted with white grapes, producing mainly single-varietal wines. Plus, as an added feature, the labels are easy to navigate with the name of the grape printed right on the bottle. If you’re looking to expand your wine repertoire from another historic w
  
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• A cut above: MasterChef winner Shaun O'Neale headlines Home + Garden Show

  21-03-2019 18:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Risotto is actually a simple dish to prepare, says MasterChef winner Shaun O’Neale.
  Well then, maybe someone should tell that to the numerous contestants on Gordon Ramsay’s other show, Hell’s Kitchen. Can you remember just how many times challengers for the Hell’s Kitchen title have flubbed that dish only to have scorn heaped upon them by an irate Ramsay?
  “It always blows my mind with Hell’s Kitchen because these guys know they’re going to have to make r
  
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• Watch: Juanita Roos wine column – Famille Hugel Winery

  21-03-2019 18:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jean Frederic Hugel of Famille Hugel Winery, is a 13th generation French wine producer in Alsace, France for Juanita Roos wine column, owner of Color De Vino in Edmonton.
  Vines have been cultivated in Alsace for more than 2,000 years, and brought great prosperity to the region, particularly in the Middle Ages.
  Thanks to the nearby river Rhine, at that time the most important artery of communications in Europe, the wines of Alsace were exported to Holland, Belgium, Scandinavia and to England, whe
  
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• Rotarians hear from more Morinville-St. Albert candidates - MorinvilleNews.com

  21-03-2019 18:46 via morinvillenews.com
  Rotarians hear from more Morinville-St. Albert candidates  MorinvilleNews.comFrom left: Green candidate Cass Romyn, Rotary Club of Morinville President Milissa Kilian, and Alberta Party candidate Neil Korotash. – Lucie Roy Photos.
  
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• Q&A: 'Rock star' Michelle Obama redefines book tour norms

  21-03-2019 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  How popular is Michelle Obama? Well, put it this way: Her current book tour events are held in sports arenas, not bookshops. The former first lady of the United States of America will be here for Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama on Friday night at Rogers Place. Currently The New York Times Best Sellers list topper, Obama’s memoir Becoming was released in late November and was Amazon’s top seller for all of 2018.
  On the eve of her stop here, I got some questions
  
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• Alberta Election Day 3: Here's what party leaders have planned today

  21-03-2019 14:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 3 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Rachel Notley in Lethbridge, Calgary
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has a jam-packed scheduled Thursday as she spends the day in southern Alberta.
  First, she is scheduled to make an announcement at the Lethbridge Seniors Centre at 10:45 a.m. The announcement will be streamed on Notley’s Facebook page.After that, Notley will take part in a photo op with L
  
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• Police searching for escaped offender from Edmonton healing centre

  21-03-2019 14:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for an offender who escaped the Stan Daniels Healing Centre in northwest Edmonton.
  In a series of tweets Thursday morning, Correctional Service said Jesse Leppanen, 27, escaped from the healing centre, located at 9516 101 Ave N.W.
  Leppanen is five-foot-six and weighs 146 pounds. He’s described as having a fair complexion, with blue eyes and blonde hair. He has tattoos on both arms, both legs, chest, neck, shoulders and ears.
  He is currently serving a sentence for mansl
  
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• Edmonton weather: Everything is a puddle. Puddles for life.

  21-03-2019 13:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -2.4 C with calm winds.
  The Great Melt is relentless this year, and it’s not letting up for at least two more days. It’s one thing to embrace warm temperatures and rejoice in watching the snow melt over the course of a few weeks, but we’ve somehow accelerated all that into the span of a few days. The result: puddles. Massive pu
  
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• Thursday's letters: Kenney's pay gap unfairly targets teens

  21-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I am not voting on April 16. It is not because I am making a statement or that I am politically uninformed but simply because I am too young.
  I find it appalling that Jason Kenney with his new minimum wage policy is taking aim at a group that does not have the ability to take to the polls to show their disapproval for this outrageous suggestion.
  Why are teenagers being treated as second-class citizens? Why do we deserve to be paid less for the same job? Kenney is creating a pay gap. The argument
  
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• Opinion: Quality, affordable childcare is in the public's interest

  21-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Extensive research on children’s development confirms that the first five years are critical for healthy development, including brain growth.
  Conditions and experiences in those early years significantly affect a child’s physical, psychological, and social development. The lack of opportunities for fuller development starting in the early years increases the probability of later issues related to mental health and learning capacity, and makes for greater vulnerability to addictions a
  
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• 'The worst I have ever encountered': Alberta judge places new restrictions on 'vexatious' litigant

  21-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta judge says the courts should publicly post a database of “vexatious” litigants after a man flagged for abusing the court system was somehow able to file a lawsuit.
  Ade Olumide, a man who several Canadian court systems, including Alberta’s, have deemed a vexatious litigant, launched a lawsuit in 2018 claiming Alberta’s Human Rights Commission breached the charter by not addressing his complaint about alleged racial discrimination in Alberta elections processes.
  
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• Public school board wrestles with position on P3 school builds

  21-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government should build all future new schools as public projects, not public-private partnerships, an Edmonton school trustee says.
  Edmonton public school board vice-chairwoman Bridget Stirling asked her colleagues this week to advocate for government to stop building schools using a so-called P3 model, in which private companies design, build, finance and maintain public infrastructure and lease it to public agencies.
  “Continuing to take chances on a model that doesn’t
  
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• Edmonton Oilers farm system should produce at least 4 or 5 solid NHLers in next two years

  21-03-2019 08:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli took over the team, the pipeline of young talent to the Oilers out of the farm system was almost non-existent.
  There’s no denying the fact that Chiarelli made numerous brutal moves as GM, both big and small. But there’s also no denying that for the first time in a long time, the Oil’s farm team in Bakersfield is stocked with young talent, including players who should help the Oilers next year.
  Indeed, in the next two years the Oilers should expect
  
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• Jason Kenney's Progressive Conservative collusion claims 'patently false': Starke

  21-03-2019 03:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Progressive Conservative leadership candidates have slammed as “patently false” Jason Kenney’s claims that they colluded against him in the 2017 PC leadership race.
  On Tuesday, Kenney accused the campaigns of Richard Starke, Byron Nelson and Stephen Khan of operating “as though they were one completely integrated campaign.”
  Starke told Postmedia Wednesday morning that is “patently false.” 
  Recent leaked emails revealed months of collaboration
  
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• Press Gallery interview: Scandals, taxes to dominate Alberta election

  21-03-2019 03:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans will head to the polls April 16 after Rachel Notley called an election Tuesday.
  This week regular Press Gallery panelist Dave Breakenridge is sitting in the interviewer’s chair.
  He is joined by legislative reporter Clare Clancy who gives us an overview of what to expect during the 28 day campaign.Subscribe to the Press Gallery on Apple Podcasts. 
  
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• RCMP commissioner awards 17 bravery awards to Edmonton-area officers

  21-03-2019 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Seventeen Edmonton area RCMP officers and civilians were presented with bravery awards.
  RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki were at the RCMP K Division headquarters in Edmonton Wednesday to present the awards. The bravery awards recognize RCMP members and civilians who have demonstrated outstanding courage in the face of dangerous circumstances beyond those commonly encountered in routine police work.
  “I hope everyone leaves this ceremony knowing they hav
  
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• RCMP lay charges in bust netting more than $600,000 worth of drugs

  21-03-2019 03:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A B.C. man is facing multiple charges after a search warrant lead to Grande Prairie RCMP seizing more than $600,000 worth of drugs, currency and guns.
  On Sunday, the Grande Prairie RCMP Municipal Drug Section along with RCMP police dogs, ALERT and Grande Prairie General Duty members executed two search warrants at homes in Grande Prairie and the Town of Wembley, police said in a release Wednesday.
  RCMP found approximately $615,000 worth of drugs including approximately 4.2 kilograms of cocaine,
  
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• City councillors recommend blanket 40 km/h speed limit on residential roads after pleas from road safety advocates

  21-03-2019 03:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Speed limits on neighbourhood streets across Edmonton may soon drop from 50 km/h to 40 km/h after councillors decided to take prompt action responding to concerns in the wake of a collision where a school bus ran over a pair of 13-year-old girls.
  The new proposed limit reflecting the 10 km/h drop on local, residential roads will come back to a council committee on April 24 for more debate.
  The unanimous move by a group of four councillors was made after nearly a dozen people urged them to take i
  
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• Three to See Thursday: the White Buffalo, Pine Barrens and 1982's Gandhi

  21-03-2019 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  The White Buffalo: California-raised Jake Smith grew up listening to country and punk and plays under the name the White Buffalo. The largest influences on his songwriting are folksingers including Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. A baritone, Smith is known for his wide range in pitch within his singing, incorporation of whistling into his music and his lyrical references to God and war. His singing style has been compared to that of late singer-songwriter Richie Havens. The also-hairy Spencer Burto
  
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• Alberta election notebook: Gracious goodbyes and familiar faces run for Alberta Advantage Party

  21-03-2019 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tuesday’s writ drop means an official goodbye for a swath of longtime MLAs who are retiring from politics.
  Many took the chance to say their farewells on social media, thanking Albertans for the chance to serve.
  Take Pat Stier, whose tenure as MLA Livingstone-Macleod drew to a close, who posted on Twitter “It has been an honour and privilege to serve and I wish to thank all of my constituents, colleagues and friends.”
  Fellow retiring MLA Brian Mason, NDP member for Edmonton-Hig
  
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• Alberta Party promises $1-billion child-care voucher program

  21-03-2019 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Party would create a billion-dollar voucher system to offset child-care costs for those who can least afford them, party leader Stephen Mandel said.
  The means-tested program would see families earning less than $30,000 a year pay nothing for daycare for children age 1 to 5.
  Unlike the NDP’s $25-a-day daycare program, the money would follow the child and could be used at private and non-profit daycares, Mandel said Wednesday morning at the Country Club Daycare and Out of School
  
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• Watch: Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel promises a billion dollars for child care

  21-03-2019 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel was in Edmonton Wednesday, March 21, 2019, where he made a child-care policy announcement saying his party would create a voucher system to improve families’ access to daycare.
  Unlike the NDP’s $25/day plan, there would be a means test based on family income, and it would apply to all licensed spaces, he said. Parents could use vouchers at private daycare and out-of-school care operators in addition to not-for-profit centres.
  The Alberta Party woul
  
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• Watch: Sarah Hoffman slings mud at Jason Kenney

  21-03-2019 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton-Glenora NDP candidate Sarah Hoffman fired the first shot at UCP Leader Jason Kenney in Edmonton on Wednesday March 20, 2019 by exposing to the public a video from Kenney’s past and calling Kenney unfit to be premier of Alberta.
  Hoffman unveiled the 30-second video clip, showing Kenney touting his work with a pro-life group in the late 1980s to successfully overturn a law giving hospital visitation rights to gay couples during the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco.
  “Not only did
  
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