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• Federal Election 2025: Could there be a change in the Edmonton-Manning riding?

  19-04-2025 04:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Could winds of change be swirling in the Edmonton-Manning riding? Read More
  
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• Wildfire burns Ukrainian Cultural Village, shuts Highway at Elk Island National Park, evacuations underway

  19-04-2025 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A windswept wildfire east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, triggered evacuations Friday night, shutting down Highway 16 at the park, say RCMP. Read More
  
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• Wildfire burns Ukrainian Cultural Village, shuts Highway at Elk Island National Park, evacuation alert

  19-04-2025 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A windswept wildfire east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, triggered evacuations Friday night, shutting down Highway 16 at the park, say RCMP. Read More
  
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• Fecal bacteria water quality advisory issued for Sturgeon River in St. Albert

  19-04-2025 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Sturgeon River between Big Lake and downtown St. Albert is a popular spot for kayakers and paddleboarders, but they are being advised to avoid the waterway due to bacteria.
  
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• Key trade acquisitions and superstar forward off the shelf, skating in main Oilers practice

  18-04-2025 21:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Things looked bleak for the Edmonton Oilers this morning, but only for a moment. This came in from Mark Spector of Sportsnet: "Frederic and Walman take the ice early at practice here on San Jose. A sports writer’s take: Frederic is a ways away from playing. Walman is even further." Read More
  
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• Key trade acquisition and superstar forward off the shelf, skating in main Oilers practice

  18-04-2025 21:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from Mark Spector of Sportsnet: "Frederic and Walman take the ice early at practice here on San Jose. A sports writer’s take: Frederic is a ways away from playing. Walman is even further." Read More
  
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• 'Walking together in hope': How has Edmonton's Outdoor Way of the Cross marked 45 years?

  18-04-2025 20:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A longstanding Edmonton Easter weekend tradition marked its 45th anniversary on Good Friday. Read More
  
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• Federal Election 2025: Edmonton Riverbend candidates offer competing visions

  18-04-2025 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  In the early days of campaigning in Edmonton Riverbend, Susan Cake walks her neighbourhood, knocking on doors and listening to stories that sound a lot like her own. Read More
  
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• Federal Election 2025: What to know about advance polls now open in Edmonton

  18-04-2025 18:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Advance polls in Edmonton and across Canada opened Good Friday morning ahead of the April 28 official election day. Read More
  
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• Goalie who played junior in Red Deer with Nugent-Hopkins could be magic sauce for Los Angeles

  18-04-2025 18:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers have beaten good to great goalies like Jonathan Quick, who could be going to the Hall of Fame one day, Joonas Korpisalo, and also one-time teammate Cam Talbot over the past three playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings, and now we bring you Darcy Kuemper, the former Red Deer Rebels junior. Read More
  
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• Federal Election 2025: Edmonton Northwest, a new riding with old roots

  18-04-2025 17:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton's northwest riding returns in the upcoming election for the first time since it was last contested in 1993 and subsequent abolishment in 1996. Read More
  
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• Woman, 60, fatally struck by vehicle at Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

  18-04-2025 15:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 60-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Sherwood Park Mall parking lot Thursday afternoon, say RCMP. Read More
  
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• Alberta names new interim chief medical officer of health

  18-04-2025 14:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced the appointment of a new interim chief medical officer of health, days after the previous one’s contract expired. Read More
  
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• Fun things to do in Edmonton this weekend: Downtown Defrost, BeerFest, and 420 with Cheech & Chong

  18-04-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Downtown Defrost: Celebrating its impressive 10th anniversary with DJ sets from California rapper Channel Tres and Brooklyn singer Yeaji, this bouncy, multi-stage dance party is notably family-friendly on Churchill Square (ages 12 and under get in free). Read More
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers who in 2024-25 exceeded, met, or failed to meet expectations

  18-04-2025 07:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers 2024-25 regular season is over, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs are soon upon us. Read More
  
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• Federal election 2025: Former MLA, last-minute Liberal look to unseat Uppal in Edmonton Gateway

  18-04-2025 06:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Gateway is a new riding with six candidates seeking election in a race that is forecast as a potentially tight contest between a current MP seeking a fifth term and a late-arriving Liberal candidate, with a former longtime provincial MLA also thrown into the mix. Read More
  
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• Saskatchewan women dead after rollover on QEII: RCMP

  18-04-2025 06:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 32-year-old woman from Saskatchewan is dead after a vehicle rolled over on the QEII highway near Wetaskiwin. Read More
  
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• Debate watchers: Carney a 'classic' Progressive Conservative in Liberal clothing

  18-04-2025 06:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Robbie Kreger-Smith doesn't see Mark Carney as a traditional Liberal leader. He sees Carney as a "classic Progressive Conservative." Read More
  
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• Who won the English-language leaders' debate?

  18-04-2025 03:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Thursday evening, leaders of the four main federal political parties squared off in Montreal for their second of two debates ahead of election day, April 28. Here’s what Edmonton Postmedia columnists Lorne Gunter, Keith Gerein and David Staples concluded about their performance. Read More
  
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• 'This debate is a TSN turning point': Political world reacts to 2025 Canadian leadership debate

  18-04-2025 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Front runners Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives and Mark Carney of the Liberals face off in the 2025 federal leadership debate tonight, with online political commentators having plenty to say. Read More
  
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• 'Oh my god cut Singh's mic': Political world reacts to 2025 Canadian leadership debate

  18-04-2025 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Front runners Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives and Mark Carney of the Liberals face off in the 2025 federal leadership debate tonight, with online political commentators having plenty to say. Read More
  
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• 'It's a 3 point race!': Political world reacts to 2025 Canadian leadership debate

  18-04-2025 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Front runners Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives and Mark Carney of the Liberals face off in the 2025 federal leadership debate tonight, with online political commentators having plenty to say. Read More
  
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• 'Different than Justin Trudeau': Political world reacts to 2025 Canadian leadership debate

  18-04-2025 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Front runners Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives and Mark Carney of the Liberals face off in the 2025 federal leadership debate tonight, with online political commentators having plenty to say. Read More
  
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• 'I will not resign': LaGrange disputes former colleague Guthrie's cabinet accusations

  18-04-2025 00:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange on Thursday disputed claims from a former cabinet colleague that she misled a cabinet committee and rejected calls for her resignation over allegations of corruption within procurement at Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services (AHS). Read More
  
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• Skinner stakes claim to Edmonton Oilers net in Game 1; get ready for Kane's return

  17-04-2025 23:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, so Stuart Skinner going from opening-night shelling to closing-night shutout is a major boost for the Edmonton Oilers' goaltending concerns. Read More
  
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• Three sheriffs charged after 2023 death of prisoner at Edmonton courthouse

  17-04-2025 23:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Three Alberta Sheriffs are facing criminal charges after a prisoner died shortly after being sentenced at the Edmonton courthouse two years ago. Read More
  
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• Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen calls on Edmonton to cancel bike lane project

  17-04-2025 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta's transportation minister is asking the city of Edmonton to cancel an ongoing bike lane project, saying the city should be working to increase vehicle capacity rather than reduce it. Read More
  
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• Growing Things: Is it safe to split geraniums?

  17-04-2025 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Q: I have watered with fertilizer my geraniums that are showing new green growth. The plants are four to five years old and heavily root-bound.  I stored them after re-potting into small pots for winter. Is it advisable to use a fine knife to split the root in half, and then plant them in the flower bed directly? How do you split the roots into 2 plants? Read More
  
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• Oilers kick off Stanley Cup Playoffs Monday in Los Angeles; Club launches fan buses for home games

  17-04-2025 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  For the fourth year in a row, the Edmonton Oilers will be facing the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and now we know when the quest for Lord Stanley's coveted trophy will kick off for the Orange and Blue. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers kick off Stanley Cup Playoffs Monday in Los Angeles

  17-04-2025 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  For the fourth year in a row, the Edmonton Oilers will be facing the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and now we know when the quest for Lord Stanley's coveted trophy will kick off for the Orange and Blue. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers insider with projected forward lines for Game 1 against Los Angeles Kings

  17-04-2025 19:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from Sportsnet announcer and Edmonton Oilers insider Jack Michaels, his best guess as to the Edmonton Oilers line-up for Game One on Monday against the Los Angeles Kings. Read More
  
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• Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute

  17-04-2025 19:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Read More
  
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• 'There were enough mistakes': Family of Edmonton woman strangled in random attack unhappy with plea deal, 10-1/2-year sentence

  17-04-2025 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Family of the Edmonton woman strangled to death by her neighbour say they're unhappy with the plea deal that led to the man charged with her murder being convicted of manslaughter. Read More
  
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• Killer who strangled Edmonton woman, hid body in carpet sentenced to 10-1/2 years; defence says police errors led Crown to accept manslaughter plea

  17-04-2025 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Telling him he must spend the rest of his life making amends, a judge sentenced a man who strangled a young Edmonton woman in a random attack to 10-1/2 years in prison. Read More
  
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• Many Albertans rejigging travel plans as U.S. trade war drags on

  17-04-2025 18:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  About 68 per cent of Albertans say the recent U.S. tariffs have influenced their decision to travel to or through the U.S., according to a new survey. Read More
  
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• Warren Foegele is on other side of fence now in Edmonton Oilers-Los Angeles Kings playoff battle

  17-04-2025 18:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When Los Angeles Kings’ winger Warren Foegele gets married this summer in Toronto, rest assured, several of his old Edmonton Oilers teammates will be invited, and some may even be in the wedding party, like Evan Bouchard. Read More
  
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• One broken leg and an earthquake later, Lucette brings gorgeous EP to Double Dragon Thursday

  17-04-2025 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  De-jetlagging and just back from Japan, Edmonton indie-pop musician Lucette was in Bangkok when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake ripped a 400-km gash in the earth on March 28, killing over 5,000 people across Myanmar and Thailand. Read More
  
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• One broken leg and an earthquake later, Edmonton singer Lucette brings gorgeous EP to Double Dragon April 24

  17-04-2025 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  De-jetlagging and just back from Japan, Edmonton indie-pop musician Lucette was in Bangkok when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake ripped a 400-km gash in the earth on March 28, killing over 5,000 people across Myanmar and Thailand. Read More
  
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• Best thing about the Edmonton Oilers regular season: It's finally over

  17-04-2025 16:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The best thing about the 2024-25 regular season happened at about 10:53 p.m. on Wednesday night in San Jose. Read More
  
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• What does Alberta's controversial involuntary treatment legislation mean?

  17-04-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta's controversial involuntary addiction treatment legislation may help some, but experts say the lack of evidence on its effectiveness raises alarm bells. Read More
  
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• Tory candidate no-shows Edmonton Centre forum

  17-04-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ronald S. Billingsley, who showed up in a white cowboy hat, dark sunglasses and carrying a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin, was there. The independent candidate called for a trilingual super-country created through the union of Canada, the United States and Mexico. He also called for all school teachers to be armed. And he read his closing statement with Eminem blasting out of his phone as accompaniment, Read More
  
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• Lorne Gunter: Pre-fab fallacy — Alberta experience shows path to easing Canada's housing shortage

  17-04-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s called the law of supply and demand. Read More
  
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• Thursday's letters: Hypocrisy on vaccine mandates, drug treatment

  17-04-2025 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  I think it's hypocritical that the UCP are OK with imposing mandatory addiction treatment for Albertans, but not with vaccine mandates for Albertans during a global pandemic. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers win Game #82, emerge unscathed injury-wise as playoffs loom: Cult of Hockey Player Grades

  17-04-2025 08:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers rounded out their regular season Wednesday with a 3-0 shutout of the bottom-feeding Sharks. Read More
  
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• Connor McDavid hits 100, Edmonton Oilers hit 101, and that's a wrap

  17-04-2025 06:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Pick up a point and don’t get hurt. Read More
  
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• Federal election 2025: Edmonton West contenders weigh in on race to April 28

  17-04-2025 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The battle between Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is playing out on doorsteps in the Edmonton-West riding where a former Conservative stalwart is taking on a long-time Conservative incumbent.. Read More
  
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• Grant Fuhr shows support for Edmonton Oilers with a special playoff Pepsi

  17-04-2025 01:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It's back to the future but off the ice as former Edmonton Oilers dynasty years goaltender Grant Fuhr backs the team's playoff run with a new drink promotion. Read More
  
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• Crown and defence ask court to sentence Edmonton man to 10-1/2 years for strangling woman to death in random attack

  17-04-2025 00:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The video was something that might be played at a birthday party or a wedding — clip after clip of Lauren Jarvis laughing, dancing, goofing off with friends, playing with dogs and singing Christmas songs regardless of the time of year. Read More
  
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• Meaningless game still matters as Edmonton Oilers rest up for playoffs

  16-04-2025 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It won't be official until after the rest of the NHL schedule wraps up Thursday, of course, but Leon Draisaitl is the league's goal-scoring champion of 2024-25. Read More
  
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• Police asking public to help solve 2024 south Edmonton arson fire

  16-04-2025 22:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police are asking for the public's help to solve a 2024 arson fire at a south Edmonton grocery store. Read More
  
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