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• What to do with the messes Peter Chiarelli made? Ride them out

  24-01-2019 20:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Peter Chiarelli signed or traded for a number of players who are underperforming in terms of their contracts but are still contracted for at least next season. This list includes Milan Lucic, Brandon Manning, Ryan Spooner and Kyle Brodziak.
  What should the new Edmonton Oilers GM do with their contracts, especially as the Oilers are going to be pressed up against the cap in 2019-20, just as they are this year?
  In the recent years, the Oilers have used buy-outs to deal with under-performing player
  
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• ASIRT report clears Alberta RCMP officers in two use of force cases

  13-08-2026 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) reports released Wednesday found Alberta RCMP use of force justified in two separate incidents on the same day on two different First Nations. Read More
  
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• Life-changing hernia surgeries being conducted at Royal Alexandra Hospital

  12-08-2026 23:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Corry Coyne was struggling. After a pre-cancer surgery on her pancreas, she suffered from a basketball-sized hernia that she thought would never go away. Read More
  
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• Elections Alberta receives 25k applications two months out from Oct. 19 referendum

  12-08-2026 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With just over two months until Albertans head to the polls to have their say on immigration, separation and the constitution, Elections Alberta says it has received 25,000 applications so far in in response to its efforts in recruiting 60,000 workers for the fall referendum. Read More
  
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• Chinatown Business Improvement Area audit finds issues for second year

  12-08-2026 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A business advocacy group has been flagged for insufficient financial records for the second year in a row but members say it's mainly because of unfinished projects affecting the books. Read More
  
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• 'I'm gonna get in big trouble': Bizarre video shows driver filming reckless stunt on Highway 63

  12-08-2026 22:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An investigation is underway after a driver recorded himself using a sidewalk as an "escape path" from the traffic-jammed Highway 63. Read More
  
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• "I'm gonna get in big trouble": Bizarre video shows driver filming reckless stunt on Highway 63

  12-08-2026 22:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An investigation is underway after a driver recorded himself using a sidewalk as an "escape path" from the traffic-jammed Highway 63. Read More
  
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• Navy blue line: Alberta RCMP officers to be equipped with new uniform shirts

  12-08-2026 22:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  While officers now only don their iconic red uniforms for special occasions, it was announced on Wednesday that Mounties in Alberta will begin wearing navy-blue shirts as part of a modernization effort. Expect to see frontline RCMP officers wearing their new duds at detachments beginning Saturday. Read More
  
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• Police ask the public's help to ID vehicle arson suspect

  12-08-2026 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police are hoping the public can help ID a suspect who they believe was involved in a June vehicle arson case. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Alberta's public libraries should challenge UCP censorship

  12-08-2026 21:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This is a defining moment for public libraries across Canada. All are waiting anxiously to see how Alberta public libraries respond to the most serious act of censorship of public libraries in Canadian history. Read More
  
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• Oilers sign hot young Finnish goalie but why? System overloaded with goalies

  12-08-2026 20:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that the Bakersfield Condors have singed Finnish goalie Emil Vinni to a minor league contract: "The Condors have signed goaltender Eemil Vinni to a one-year, two-way American Hockey League contract for the 2026-27 season." Read More
  
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• Oilers organization signs hot Finnish goalie prospect but why? System overloaded with goalies

  12-08-2026 20:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that the Bakersfield Condors have singed Finnish goalie Emil Vinni to an Entry Level Contract: "The Condors have signed goaltender Eemil Vinni to a one-year, two-way American Hockey League contract for the 2026-27 season." Read More
  
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• 'Told her he would tell her family': Edmonton man pleads guilty to advertising woman on sex site

  12-08-2026 20:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An Edmonton man is awaiting sentence after admitting to posting ads offering up a woman for sex. Read More
  
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• Asia wants more Canadian oil, but Alberta's only pipeline to the coast is running out of room

  12-08-2026 18:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The federal Crown corporation that owns Alberta's only pipeline to the Pacific Ocean wants to reserve more space for companies that sign long-term contracts, but it's already filling up. Read More
  
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• Suspect charged following stabbing incident that landed one person in hospital

  12-08-2026 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police received reports of a stabbing on Franklin Avenue, in the downtown area of Fort McMurray, at 8:49 p.m. on August 10. Read More
  
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• 'Brutal with easily avoidable moves': NHL commentator gives Oilers GM Bowman failing grade

  12-08-2026 17:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from NHL commentator Mike Bartner, his assessment that for his body of work with the Oilers, GM Stan Bowman merits a D+. Read More
  
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• Gunter: Details of Mark Carney's Tuscany vacation shrouded in mystery

  12-08-2026 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  I’m troubled by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Tuscany vacation, but not just because it comes at a bad time in trade negotiations. Read More
  
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• Fundraisers, funeral plans for two corrections officers and inmate killed in crash east of Edmonton

  12-08-2026 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Tributes and donations continue to pour in for the correctional officers who died along with the inmate they were transporting in a fiery crash along a highway in east-central Alberta on Aug. 6. Read More
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Heritage Fest not the place for politics

  12-08-2026 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Heritage Festival, started in 1976, is now the world's largest three-day multicultural event. Returning to Hawrelak Park made this year extra special. There were over 100 cultures represented through 60 pavilions. Each volunteer-run pavilion show cases their culture through food, music and dance. Read More
  
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• Keep a very close eye on this enticing Edmonton Oilers prospect defenceman

  12-08-2026 05:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  We continue our Cult of Hockey summer series of the Edmonton Oilers’ Top prospects entering 2026-27. Read More
  
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• Edmonton police warn residents about release of violent sexual offender

  12-08-2026 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Police Service (EPS) issued a warning on Tuesday about the release of a violent sexual offender. Read More
  
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• 'Once in a generation opportunity': City Centre mall's saviour says transformation will take time

  12-08-2026 00:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Walk through the doors from Commerce Place into the Edmonton City Centre mall, and you're greeted with the sharp scent of urine. On ground level of the shopping centre's west side, the number of retail spaces that are papered overwhelm the places that are in business. It feels like mall security and peace officers outnumber the shoppers. Read More
  
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• Edmonton looking to tax incentives to expand density near transit hubs

  12-08-2026 00:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton is set to clear the 1.25 million population threshold this year — if it hasn't already — and urban planners are looking to tweak the city's long-term development planning to prepare for the next quarter-million newcomers by expanding incentives for infill development to non-residential projects. Read More
  
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• Second Alberta First Nation seeks asset freezing order against separatist lawyer

  11-08-2026 23:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A second Alberta First Nation is poised to secure a freezing order against separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath amid questions regarding his oversight of band trust funds. Read More
  
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• Large fire shuts down local metal recycling business in northern Alberta

  11-08-2026 22:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A local scrap metal recycling site has temporarily halted its business operations due to a large fire that engulfed some parts of the site. Read More
  
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• Homegrown NHL champion Martinook brings Lord Stanley to Leduc Recreation Centre

  11-08-2026 22:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Despite the overcast weather, it was a joyful day in Leduc as hometown Stanley Cup champion Jordan Martinook landed in Edmonton and took a green Corvette to Leduc Recreation Centre. Fans waited in droves Tuesday as Martinook rolled into the parking lot, cup in hand. As he stepped out of the car, he looked at event organizers and said, "You waiting for this thing or what?" Read More
  
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• Alberta sees $3.8B surplus due to high oil prices, economist estimates

  11-08-2026 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Experts estimate the Alberta government has likely accumulated billions in surplus this fiscal year-to-date as crude oil prices remain high. Read More
  
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• Perseid meter shower at its peak: How to watch it in Edmonton

  11-08-2026 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s a light show that comes every year toward the end of summer, extending for weeks but hitting the maximum in the middle of the city’s festival season as arts patrons get outside and the weather starts to cool. Read More
  
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• Opinion: It's time to restore the original name of St. Paul

  11-08-2026 21:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  There is a town in northeastern Alberta whose name used to tell a story. Today, its shortened name erases our people from that story. Read More
  
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• Welterweight bout headlines UFC Fight Night on Oct. 17 at Rogers Place

  11-08-2026 19:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton MMA fans will get another chance to peer inside the octagon as UFC Fight Night returns to Rogers Place on Oct. 17. Read More
  
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