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Extreme highs and lows make for a long winter in Edmonton
Weekend weather may have left Edmontonians feeling like they were back in the deep freeze, but Environment Canada says February’s average temperatures remain on par with previous years. “It seems to be relatively close to what the averages are for both January and February,” meteorologist Gary Dickinson said Sunday.
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U of A scientist finds 'weird' physics inside distant neutron star
A University of Alberta astronomer and his team have uncovered “weird” physics inside the youngest-known neutron star in the Milky Way Galaxy. Craig Heinke and his colleagues have discovered the core of the Cassiopeia A neutron star — the remains of a supernova — contains a frictionless superfluid that seems to defy gravity, as well as a superconductor that keeps electricity flowing without ever losing energy.
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Researcher pumped about Heart and Stroke Foundation scholarship
It was a call that got Dr. Gavin Oudit’s heart pumping.
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68-year-old from Gwynne identified as goalie who died in hockey game
Marvin Klein, the 68-year-old father-of-two who suffered a fatal heart attack while playing hockey Saturday at the Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games, died doing something he loved, says his son.
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Suspicious death and lockdown at Edmonton maximum-security prison
The maximum-security Edmonton Institution is in lockdown after the suspicious death of an inmate Saturday night.
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Snow removal crews working to get rid of weekend snow
Snow removal crews are working around the clock to deal with the weekend snowfall.
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CN drops human rights appeal for two moms, continues appeal of a third
CN Railway has stopped fighting a human-rights decision last fall that ordered the company to give two women their jobs back, but CN will continue its appeal related to a third woman, a spokesman has confirmed.
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Budget cuts put Alberta teachers’ jobs on the line
As many as 300 teachers around the province could lose their jobs because of cuts to an innovative government grant program, according to the Alberta Teachers’ Association. In Thursday’s budget, the government slashed funding for the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) in half, from $80 million to $40 million.
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U of A dean of medicine has special appreciation for King’s Speech
As a child in an English boarding school, Dr. Philip Baker — now dean of the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry — was mercilessly teased for his stutter. “There was no escape” from the cruel taunts of kids at the school where he lived from about age 10, he said.
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United Way has best year yet
Wow! $21.1 million. Look at it another way: twenty-one point one million dollars.
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Standing their ground
Compared to the elusive grizzly or woodland caribou, bighorn sheep seldom seem newsworthy, although it is the most common and iconic mammal of our Rocky Mountain national parks.
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Oil Kings blitz Hurricanes
The Edmonton Oil Kings outshot the Lethbridge Hurricanes 51-21 en route to a 5-2 victory in Western Hockey League action at Rexall Place on Saturday. Oil Kings defenceman Adrian Van de Mosselaer scored two goals and added an assist for Edmonton. Mark Reners, Kristians Pelss and Michael St. Croix also tallied for the Oil Kings.
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Nazi-era survival story gets lost in the details
The Quiet Twin -- Dan Vyleta, HarperCollins, 372 pp; $29.99
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Landowners could learn from aboriginals
Re: "Landowners' rage sparks review of new laws," The Journal, Feb. 22.
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Oilsands essay ull of faulty logic
Re: "Big Oil is doing Earth a favour," The Journal, Feb. 16.
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Sprays cause cancer
It is hard to believe that in this day and age with all kinds of research showing that pesticides and herbicides are harmful to humans and animals, people still insist on spraying toxic sprays without a thought to the safety issues involved -all because they would rather have a wonderfully manicured lawn.
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Weeds can be danger to asthmatics
Re: "Lawn lovers decry pesticide 'extremists,' " The Journal, Feb. 24.
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Here's what you missed in Food
In the final instalment of our series on the warming wonders of soup, dietitian Loreen Wales shares her delight in one of its most formidable qualities: You can hide things in it.
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