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Safari guides, left to right, Victoria Felicitas, Annie Dugan and Kristi Hansen kept their socks pulled up as they had a lunch break during the Kaleido Festival on Alberta Avenue in Edmonton in September 2009. Knee-high socks have a long history, dating back to the Roman Empire.

Knee-high socks: all the rage

Sure, socks typically stink and they have to snuggle with (arguably) the ugliest part of the human body. But the fabric foot coverings — particularly of the knee-high variety — have a long history.

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Apologetic mall officials ‘hounding me,’ says formerly banned aboriginal elder

Gary Moostoos, the cultural support worker at the Boyle Street Community Centre who was banned by security guards this week from City Centre Mall, says he will not return to the Edmonton shopping centre...

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The provincial government will immediately increase its funding for legal aid by $5.5 million to ensure coverage for more low-income Albertans.
 
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Jesse Joensuu was in a rather prickly mood the other night, so much so that the Edmonton Oilers winger was not the least bit interested in getting drawn into a general conversation about the work of his line. The source of Joensuu’s displeasure was a decision he had made in the second period of Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators, which lead to the game’s first goal. Less than two minutes later, the Rexall Place visitors were up 2-0.
 
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The reasons oil prices started sliding in June were hiding in plain sight: growth in U.S. production, sputtering demand from Europe and China, Mideast violence that threatened to disrupt supplies and never did.
 
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Sarah McLachlan performs at the Winspear Centre on Oct. 29, 2014 in Edmonton.

Elegant, uplifting McLachlan shines at Winspear

Elegant and likable as ever, both in sound and in character, Sarah McLachlan treated a sold-out crowd...


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