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• Wine column: Choose food-friendly wine pairings to enhance Thanksgiving feast

  10-10-2019 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a classic Thanksgiving feast for us this year. There will be roast turkey from Acme Meats along with the usual accoutrements — buttery mashed potatoes, gravy (my son-in-law Ramon’s recipe), stuffing laced with sage and fresh medjool dates, green beans Amandine and a bowl of homemade cranberry sauce. It’s a lot work and involves planning and preparation — including attention to the wine selection. By following a few basic rules, you can pull off a gastronomic ex
  
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• Gravida and Parity: Music lessons, boredom, and the path we need

  10-10-2019 21:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each week, while my eight-year-old has drum lessons, my eleven-year-old and I wait for him in the charming basement music shop where the lessons are held, idly browsing drum sticks and guitar picks — all of them different from one another — hickory or maple (sticks), felt or seashell or bamboo (picks) — and in this slightly pleasant, slightly boring way, we pass the time. Read More
  
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• Province lists 153-acre chunk of land in south Edmonton for $50 million

  10-10-2019 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  An undeveloped 153-acre piece of land in south Edmonton — formerly slated for a NAIT campus — is being sold by the province for $49.9 million. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers shoot up NHL power rankings but New Jersey Devils? Not so much

  10-10-2019 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Boston NHL commentator Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports, his latest power rankings of NHL teams, where has the Edmonton Oilers at second overall, the New Jersey Devils at 25th. Read More
  
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• Review: Tegan and Sara bring back the hilarity and hell of high school in innovative show

  10-10-2019 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Like the Northern Lights, the twinkling wit and wisdom of Tegan and Sara is a widely known phenomenon — their shows mixing kindness with a hilarious tendency to suddenly drop the most ruthless little jab for the sake of a perfect laugh. Read More
  
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• Review: Lord Huron delivers heartfelt tales of love and loss to adoring Jubilee Auditorium

  10-10-2019 19:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Where does love come from, riveting first contact or deeply engrained familiarity? Read More
  
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• LitFest gathers diverse voices for common goal of rich storytelling

  10-10-2019 17:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stacks and stacks of good books, curated and conveniently located where 60,000 potential readers a day can see them. Could there be a better symbol for LitFest, Canada's original festival dedicated to non-fiction, as it launches its 12th annual outing? Read More
  
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• Puslinch Threshers Help St. Albert Group Beat Guinness World Record - PuslinchToday

  10-10-2019 17:08 via puslinchtoday.ca
  Puslinch Threshers Help St. Albert Group Beat Guinness World Record  PuslinchToday
  
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• A letter of love and respect to Alberta wilderness survival expert Mors Kochanski

  10-10-2019 16:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The more you know, the less you carry. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: Edmonton-Griesbach

  10-10-2019 16:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former newspaperman, a social media savvy youth worker, and a community advocate are among those running to represent a diverse swathe of north Edmonton in Parliament. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: St. Albert-Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  10-10-2019 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Riding profile: St. Albert-Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Riding profile: St. Albert-Edmonton

  10-10-2019 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jobs and the sluggish economy could be the hottest federal political issue in St. Albert and northwest Edmonton. Read More
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's a new day, yes it is

  10-10-2019 15:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Thursday's letters: Mute raucous debaters at source

  10-10-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I suppose I could just press the mute button on my remote control when debaters start shouting over one another, but wouldn't it be better if the debate monitor just cut off the microphones of the offenders? Read More
  
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• Opinion: Telling the truth about climate isn't alarmist

  10-10-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’ll admit it, I’m scared. Every day my newsfeed is filled with more news stories and scientific papers underlining the fact that the current trajectory our society is taking is akin to suicide as a species. And, as someone who has grown accustomed to civilization, even grown to love it, that is threatening to me. Read More
  
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• Think tank proposes aggressive cuts followed by new tax in Alberta

  10-10-2019 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aggressively cutting per-capita expenditures on health and education to balance the provincial budget, followed by the introduction of a three per cent consumption tax, could help "correct the province's fiscal course," a proposed shadow budget released by the C.D. Howe Institute said on Thursday. Read More
  
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• Three to See: Morrissey, "Weird Al" Scary-oke and Takashi Miike's First Love

  10-10-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Morrissey: Love him or say anyone who sticks by him deserves to be shamed on the internet, serial canceller Morrissey is in theory playing Edmonton for the first time Thursday. Recently insisting protesters at his Portland show were “paid for and planted by the British press,” the Smiths' former singer’s posted opinions are often guilt-by-association logical fallacies and/or uncomfortably racially generalizing, a seemingly strange place for such a champion of an elder progressi
  
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• Oil Spills: Injury forces Edmonton Oilers blue-line adjustments

  10-10-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Adam Larsson broke his the fibula in his right leg during the Edmonton Oilers’ season-opening game. Read More
  
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• One taken to hospital after shooting in southeast Edmonton

  10-10-2019 07:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police responded to a shooting in the city’s southeast Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Calgary Flames pundits didn't see James Neal as The Real Deal but might have to admit he's The Real Steal

  10-10-2019 04:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  It's no surprise to see folks in Calgary holding tight to the notion that the Flames can get a win out of the James Neal-for-Milan Lucic trade. Read More
  
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• Ice District developers suing contractors in $13-million lawsuit

  10-10-2019 03:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The developers of the downtown Ice District are suing the companies they contracted to work on an upscale hotel for allegedly failing to produce proper design documents. Read More
  
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• Alberta health minister calls on federal Liberals to reverse military health payment changes

  10-10-2019 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal Liberals should reverse their move to provide provinces with lower payments for health care for members of the military, Alberta's health minister said. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: Edmonton-Wetaskiwin

  10-10-2019 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the riding encompassing parts of south Edmonton as well as a large rural area surrounding the city, candidates in Edmonton-Wetaskiwin are aiming to appeal to a broad subsection of Alberta voters. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: Sherwood Park-Fort Sasktachewan

  10-10-2019 02:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  As the home of Refinery Row as well as the Alberta terminal of the fraught Trans Mountain Pipeline, oil and gas is a prominent topic for candidates in the federal riding of Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: Edmonton-Riverbend

  10-10-2019 02:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  It's a rematch of the top two finishers in the 2015 race for the south-side river-bordering riding which features growing communities seeking infrastructure improvements to match rapid development. Read More
  
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• Riding profile: Edmonton-Centre

  10-10-2019 02:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A busy intersection in the heart of Edmonton-Centre has been has been home to political posturing accustomed to a battleground riding looking for the best way to deal with a rising cost of living. Read More
  
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• Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon

  10-10-2019 02:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta's energy war room is now a legal entity with a new name, a new managing director and a plan to be running by Christmas. Read More
  
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• Notes from the Dome: trading barbs over trucking tests and rural crime

  10-10-2019 02:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Members of the government and official opposition slung barbs across the house floor and legislature halls Wednesday about tweaks to licensing requirements for truckers and bus drivers. Read More
  
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• Seclusion room use shows a "failure of imagination": advocate

  10-10-2019 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The use of seclusion rooms in classrooms does not solve behavioural problems and could be dramatically reduced in public schools if not for a "failure of imagination," an American clinical child psychologist who advocates for behaviourally challenging kids said Wednesday in Edmonton. Read More
  
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• UCP bill to replace beleaguered leadership of real estate regulator

  10-10-2019 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eight remaining Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) council members will be turfed and a new council appointed to the "dysfunctional" regulator if a bill introduced by the UCP government on Wednesday passes. Read More
  
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• Rebel says cancelled event at Princess Theatre is still on

  10-10-2019 00:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fate of a book launch by the right-wing Rebel Media at Edmonton's Princess Theatre is up in the air, with conflicting reports on the status of the Thursday event. Read More
  
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• Athabasca RCMP arrest man after reports of gunfire

  10-10-2019 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Athabasca Mounties have charged a 20-year-old man with several firearm offences following reports of gunfire being heard in the streets. Read More
  
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• 'Didn’t have any idea it was coming': Men struck by U-Haul outside pub testify during Sharif trial

  10-10-2019 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jack Zubick remembers a few things from that night. Read More
  
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• Technology integration at centre of Smart Cities workshop in Edmonton

  10-10-2019 00:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton became the first city in Canada to host a Smart Cities Council workshop Wednesday, when city staff and researchers joined together to brainstorm technology-centric solutions to city problems. Read More
  
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• City police charge man in 2018 slaying

  10-10-2019 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police have charged a man with second-degree murder in a 2018 homicide case. Read More
  
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