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• Alberta Election Day 24: Jason Kenney hosts Andrew Scheer in Calgary

  11-04-2019 22:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 24 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related What the NDP, UCP and other parties have promised so far Who are the candidates in my riding: A guide to Alberta's 2019 provincial election Riding profile: Edmonton-Riverview
  Kenney in Edmonton and Calgary
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney will spend his morning door-knocking in Edmonton’s Westridge and Jackson Heights neighbourhoods b
  
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• Off the Post podcast: Underdog Leafs should be favourite to beat the Bruins

  11-04-2019 22:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mike Traikos breaks down the 2019 playoff matchups. Would it be considered an upset if the Leafs were to beat the Bruins? Which Canadian team has the best shot to go the distance?
  They also talk about home ice advantage and the New York Islanders, who were considered to have the worst arena in the NHL a few short years ago, being back in their old barn with rabid fans and perhaps the best atmosphere in the NHL. The draft lottery is also a hot topic this week, why the Senators are smugly grinnin
  
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• RCMP seek witnesses to fatal collision outside Wabasca

  11-04-2019 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP are looking for witnesses to a collision that killed a 32-year-old man Wednesday morning.
  At approximately 1:30 a.m., Desmarais RCMP members came across a single vehicle collision on Highway 754, 10 kilometres east of Wabasca, Alta., police said in a release Thursday.
  A man was found outside of the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
  An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene and is helping with the investigation.
  Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed what happen
  
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• Social Seen: Edmonton Sketch Comedy Invitational

  11-04-2019 20:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Sketch Comedy Invitational
  Where: Sewing Machine Factory
  When: April 10
  What: Second annual invitational comedy showcase hosted by Odd Wednesday
  Featuring: Dang Dumb, Don’t Not Talk to Strangers, Girl Brain Sketch Comedy, Ms. Perfect Boy, Chuckle Ruckus, Marguerite Lawler and the Debutantes (as hosts)
  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 suggest
  
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• Ethnic traditions are woven into Edmonton's contemporary dance and music community

  11-04-2019 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Art forms that were once exclusive to a particular ethnic community are now more and more part of Edmonton’s greater arts community.
  It has been 25 years since Brian Webb Dance Company started regular collaborations with classical Indian dance impresario Usha Gupta, and Gupta’s own Entourage company has been featured frequently in Webb’s seasonal offerings. Last year Webb served as the dramaturge for another of Gupta’s inspired multimedia shows. Now they’re taking i
  
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• Fitness column: Learn the differences between building, shaping and toning muscle

  11-04-2019 20:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s often a lot of confusion surrounding building, toning and shaping muscle.
  If you’re looking to carve a shapely summer figure out of the one staring back at you in the mirror, you may want to start by correcting a few common misconceptions. Let’s begin by addressing a few reader questions.
  Q: What’s the difference between building, shaping and toning?
  A: Generally, guys want to ‘build’ muscle and ladies want to ‘shape and tone.’
  In the end,
  
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• Five-and-a-half years for man charged in 2016 fentanyl bust

  11-04-2019 19:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man charged after what was then one of Edmonton’s largest ever fentanyl seizures was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Thursday.
  Christopher Jervis was charged with 12 offences after a 2016 Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) investigation turned up, among other things, 1,930 fentanyl pills.
  Jervis, who was 28 at the time, eventually pleaded guilty to a single count of possession for the purpose of trafficking for his involvement in the wholesale operation. Poli
  
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• Alberta Election Day 24: Jason Kenney hosts Andrew Sheer in Calgary

  11-04-2019 19:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 24 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related What the NDP, UCP and other parties have promised so far Who are the candidates in my riding: A guide to Alberta's 2019 provincial election Riding profile: Edmonton-Riverview
  Kenney in Edmonton and Calgary
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney will spend his morning door-knocking in Edmonton’s Westridge and Jackson Heights neighbourhoods b
  
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• Lloydminster teen charged after explosive-making chemicals found in storage facility

  11-04-2019 18:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 16-year-old boy has been charged after chemicals used in making explosives were found in a Lloydminster storage facility.
  On April 2, Lloydminster RCMP received a tip about the potential of explosives being stored in a commercial storage facility in the 6400 block of 66 Street in Lloydminster, Alta, RCMP said in a release Thursday.
  The RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit from Edmonton was deployed and assisted by the Lloydminster detachment and general investigative section with an investigation and
  
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• Edmonton weather: It may rain, it may not, weather is like some voters, undecided

  11-04-2019 15:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured 2 C with calm winds.
  Taking a look at today’s forecast and it could be a rainy morning or afternoon or it might not be. Normally when it says 30 per cent chance of rain we kind of take that as it might happen in parts of the city or all of the city or not at all. So…ya it could rain this morning and this afternoon but there is a hig
  
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• Thursday's letters: GSA privacy law sets bad precedent

  11-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  During this political season, we have been inundated with conflicting rhetoric. While we may not agree with what someone says, do we have the right to prevent him from saying it? It seems to me that we are heading into dangerous territory when we advocate for government control over the right of free speech.
  Where is the balance between parental rights and government control? There are instances when the government must step in if there is evidence of child abuse, as that is for the safety of th
  
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• Stephen Mandel: A kind society and growing economy can go together

  11-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In advance of the April 16 provincial election, Postmedia has asked the major party leaders to tell us why they should become premier of Alberta. In Part 3 of our series, we have a column from Stephen Mandel, leader of the Alberta Party.
  Like many of you, when I think about Alberta’s future, I think about our children. In my case, I think about my grandson — a special little guy who’s six years old.
  I want him to grow up with opportunity. I don’t want him, or any of our c
  
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• Opinion: Keep industry out of Edmonton's river valley

  11-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  This spring, and then again this fall, city council will be asked to decide on whether or not to rezone two sections of river valley land from “parkland” to “industrial,” both changes at the request of Epcor.
  The fall decision would involve the loss of approximately seven acres to allow Epcor to expand the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant (mostly for parking), even though land is available for expansion outside the city limits. The spring decision, scheduled for June 6
  
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• School fee limits in question, free school until age 21: What the Education Act would mean for Alberta schools

  11-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three straightforward-sounding lines in the United Conservative Party’s education platform have the potential to unleash a host of changes on Alberta schools, should the party form government after next week’s election.
  On March 25, UCP Leader Jason Kenney promised his party would replace the current School Act of 1988 with the Education Act — a piece of former Progressive Conservative legislation passed in 2012, but never proclaimed. The former government was still writing reg
  
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• Keith Gerein: UCP health platform offers spending restraint, but also plenty of concerning questions

  11-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In an election dominated by concerns about the economy, jobs and government finances, it’s been a shame to see health care struggling to get its due attention.
  In an ironic sort of way, I suspect this is related to the fact that Alberta’s health system has enjoyed one of its most uninterrupted periods of stability under the NDP’s reign.
  Still, the stability has come with costs — $22 billion to be specific — which is the current price tag to operate a health system t
  
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• 'Deteriorated significantly': Letter sheds light on mental state of man accused in Edmonton vehicle attacks

  11-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new letter is shedding light on the mental state of Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, the man accused of running down a police officer and four pedestrians in Edmonton a year and a half ago.
  Ahead of Sharif’s most recent court appearance Tuesday — prior to which Sharif suddenly parted ways with his lawyers — his romantic partner sent a letter to chief Crown prosecutor Shelley Bykewich.
  In the one-page letter, dated April 8, the woman says, “I am very worried about Abdulahi’s
  
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• Calgary vs. Edmonton: Jason Kenney criss-crosses province in intense campaign

  11-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With Alberta’s election just days away, Postmedia is reporting from the campaign trail as party leaders work to shore up support before April 16. Provincial Affairs reporter Emma Graney is following UCP Leader Jason Kenney’s campaign.
  CALGARY — United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney steps out of his blue truck in the western suburbs of Calgary, waving to supporters chanting his name.
  Most of them carry signs sporting the name Demetrios Nicolaides, UCP candidate for Calga
  
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• Player grades: fresh from NHL, Josh Currie leads Bakersfield Condors to big win

  11-04-2019 07:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Condors’ NHL contingent, Brad Malone, Josh Currie and Joe Gambardella, are all back from the Edmonton Oilers, just in time to help the Bakersfield team end a four game losing streak.
  Currie hammered home a hat trick in the Bake’s 4-3 win over the Tuscon Roadrunners, farm team of the Arizona Coyotes. 
  The game kept Bakersfield in first place in the AHL Pacific division, two points ahead of San Jose’s Barracuda farm team.
  With the Oilers season over, The Cult of Hockey i
  
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• 2019 Edmonton Pride Festival cancelled

  11-04-2019 06:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2019 Edmonton Pride Festival has been cancelled by organizers, citing “the current political and social environment” in an email to groups involved with this year’s event.
  “It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that the board of directors has voted to cancel the 2019 Edmonton Pride Festival,” reads the email from the board of directors of the Edmonton Pride Festival Society.
  According to two members of the society, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear
  
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• Nally looking to bring experience to Morinville-St. Albert riding - FortSaskOnline.com

  11-04-2019 02:50 via fortsaskonline.com
  Nally looking to bring experience to Morinville-St. Albert riding  FortSaskOnline.comIn the Morinville-St. Albert district, Dale Nally of the United Conservative Party is making his bid to become the local MLA. Nally has decades of experience in ...
  
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• City calls for 'creative' bids for Remax Field: Prospects could be shown door after 2019 season

  11-04-2019 02:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is accepting pitches for tenancy at Remax Field, which could ultimately push the Edmonton Prospects baseball club out after its 2019 season wraps up.
  City council’s community and public services committee voted Wednesday to carry on with a request for proposal process that aims to find a tenant for the ball park in the river valley for 2020 to 2030.
  Ward 10 Coun. Michael Walters said he’s hoping for a consortium bid that would see a baseball team as an anchor, along with com
  
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• U of A students win big with little fuel in international car competition

  11-04-2019 01:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shutting down on a test run, running into a wall and only having 10 minutes left to complete a verified run for scoring.
  These are all obstacles of adversity University of Alberta students overcame on separate occasions to take home top prize at an international fuel car design competition last weekend in Sonoma, Calif.
  The U of A eco-car team of around 50 students took its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle Sofie to the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition hoping to redeem themselves after a few rou
  
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• Legends of the Northern Sky brings Indigenous storytelling tradition to Telus World of Science

  11-04-2019 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The night sky has always intrigued stargazers and inspired storytellers, including the Indigenous people along Canada’s western plains, who looked to the stars and crafted stories that helped impart wisdom, increasing their understanding of nature and the changing seasons.
  Legends of the Night Sky, unveiled to the public Wednesday morning on the Telus World of Science’s recently renovated Zeidler Dome, brings some of those stories to vivid life. Directed by Perry Shulak, the 22-minut
  
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• Three to See Thursday: Chaplin and ESO, Fun Home and Cynthia Fuhrer's paintings

  11-04-2019 01:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus (1928): For a tantalizing one night only, the ESO and conductor Bill Eddins will bring sounds of The Circus to life. Enjoy the antics of the beloved Tramp, here as the unsuspecting star of the circus, on the big screen above the musicians. As the story goes, numerous disasters occurred during filming, including a studio fire, the death of Chaplin’s mother, Chaplin’s bitter divorce from his second wife Lita Grey and the IRS’s claims of Chaplin&
  
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• Marijuana production facility in Acheson looks to provide high for province's low cannabis supply

  11-04-2019 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton-area cannabis company is hoping its 126,000-square-foot production facility will help evaporate the current supply shortage wafting over the country.
  Newly-licensed Freedom Cannabis Inc. plans to produce more than 3,000 kilograms of marijuana in its first phase of planting, with the first crops expected to be ready in four months.
  The Acheson-based producer received its cultivation and medicinal sales licences from Health Canada and the first batch of plants will be in the ground in
  
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• Watch: First hand bells graduate in Canada

  11-04-2019 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Isabel Ramos is graduating with a unique honour. The Concordia University of Edmonton grad is the first in Canada to earn a Bachelor of Arts to major in hand bells.
  The Concordia University student is graduating this spring as the first Bachelor of Arts student in Canada to major in hand bells. That singular status is owing, in part, to the fact that hand bell collections, and instructors, are uncommon; the $100,000 collection at Concordia University is the largest in Canada.
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