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Continental Airlines said Monday it plans to begin nonstop flights from Houston to Edmonton International Airport beginning Nov. 1.
J.R. Hildebrand's dominating year on the Firestone Indy Lights series continued Saturday.
Back before Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier became, well, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier, they were a pair of budding superstars trying to shake off a loss in the Stanley Cup finals.
Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship Saturday, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Edmonton Indy.
First off thanks to all of you who are still reading this increasingly long story. Second I'd like to list a few of the stores we saw that for some unknown reason are still stuck in my head. Probabily because we stopped in most of them at some point during the day.
Since we were feeling overstuffed we decided to take the strolling a little slower than normal at this point.
What can I say, Our day started early because my wife couldn't contain her excitement. It became rather infectious to say the least. After stowing our gear and unhooking I grabbed the map to find out where we were going while she was feeding the kids.
The rest of the trip to Glowing Embers passed quietly. The wife kept the kids occupied with a few DVD's and kept a wary eye on me. She knew something had happened but didn't know what as of yet.
The next morning, while I lay sleeping my wife climbed out of the bed, grabbed the GPS, the phone, and the Milepost and headed outside. She quietly called a campground in Edmonton called Glowing Embers, setup a reservation for us, got directions and programmed them into the GPS.
Edmonton officer shoots and kills a robbery suspectDetails are still murky, but a struggle with an officer led to the use of deadly force, with tragic results for a suspect.
Report: Edmonton 2009 sales exceed 2008 - for one weekBlog at BuzzBuzzHome has picked up an interesting statistic showing that home sales in Edmonton Canada have exceeded those of 2008 for one week.
New at Grant MacEwan College: the Good, the Bad and the UglyThe good news is that Grant MacEwan College's 2007/08 Annual Report has finally been published. Better late than never. The bad news is that it repeats the same tired fiction about student satisfaction at the College.
Manitoulin Expositor"I've been through the whole process of it to what you see today," he said. "There's been a tremendous change in the whole field of education. Before, the non-Indian systems felt that unless we stopped being Indians, we'd never become as educated as non-Indians.
Teenage rapper jailed for killing [in a row about lyrics posted on the internet.]The 18-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of Ikye Nmezu from Edmonton, north London. The rapper attacked the youth with a brick when they met by chance in Ponders End, north London, in February. [...]
Edmonton Oilers - Recap: Edmonton @ Columbus - 11/05/2008After the Oilers erased a two-goal deficit with four unanswered goals in the second and third periods, the Blue Jackets came back with three of their own -- including the game-winner with just over a minute left in the game -- to win 5-4 Wednesday night.
Creepsville: 'Dexter' imitator charged in bizarre killingThe 29-year-old fervid fan of the psycho-slasher TV show "Dexter" is accused of luring now-missing Johnny Altinger to a garage and killing him in a scenario that resembled Twitchell's latest film project — in which a man is abducted, tortured, and hacked to bits.
Deceased tot left in cold garage overnightEDMONTON -- A foster mother accused of killing a three-year-old boy in her care left him overnight in an unheated garage wearing only a pull-up diaper, a jury heard yesterday.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada one of the most successful world economies in terms of GDP per capitaThe TD Bank recently came out with a study that concluded if the Edmonton/Calgary corridor was its own country, it would today be one of the most successful economies in the world, second only to Luxemburg in terms of GDP per capita.
BBC NEWS | Passenger beheaded on Canada busA man on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger. An eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife.
Man beheaded on busA young man traveling on a Greyhound bus to Winnipeg was stabbed to death and beheaded by a stranger in a horrifying act of apparently random violence.
Restrict Taser Use or We'll Call for Taser Ban ...says Canada Parliament Committee
Paralyzed woman sues chiropractic for half billionAn Alberta woman, paralyzed after her neck was manipulated by a chiropractor, has launched the biggest-ever class action suit against chiropractic in Canada.
Shank Town, the home of knives and stab-proof vests.When I ask Karl what he thinks about living where he does, there is a shrug and silence. Then hot tears begin to roll down his pudgy cheeks and he pulls at his coat pocket for a tissue. "Even when I shut the door at night I don't feel safe," he begins in a whisper.
New facility recycles Edmonton's electronic garbageUnwanted cellphones, computers and TVs will no longer clog Edmonton's landfills, thanks to a $10-million electronic waste recycling plant that opened Tuesday.
Hockey players east of Edmonton set world record for longest game2 teams of 20 played for 241 continuous hours, raising $300,000 for pediatric cancer research A group of hockey players at an outdoor rink just east of Edmonton has finished the world's longest game, breaking a record they set twice before.
Edmonton report tackles sex tradeProstitution is a growing problem in Edmonton, fuelled by the city's red-hot economy. That's among the findings of a new report commissioned to address the problem.
Battle of Alberta Begins (Game preview)Some interesting statistics for the Flames going into the first Battle of Alberta...
Edmonton 2007 Municipal Election ResultsThe summarized, unofficial election results from the 2007 Edmonton Municipal election.
Hybrid drivers admitted to parking's top tierIkea stores all across Canada have two reserved parking stalls for hybrid vehicles. The company calls it a reward for people who drive energy-efficient cars.
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