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Burke v. Lowe: L’il Gary wades in
This is either an amazing put-on, or one of the best pissing matches in NHL history. Brian Burke, the man the Toronto media tirelessly inform us will be the Leafs’ next general manager, just can’t let...
View ArticleMegapundit: Minority governments suck!
WEEKEND ROUNDUP Must-reads: David Olive on U.S. election coverage; Lawrence Martin on the tyranny of the minority; Scott Taylor on our helicopter mess; Graham Thomson in Afghanistan; Dan Gardner on...
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Businessman Peter Pocklington on the politics of envy, legal battles, and why...
Peter Pocklington has had enough ups and downs for several lives. The former Edmonton Oilers owner was once among the country’s most successful businessmen, and ran against Brian Mulroney for the...
View ArticleSo farewell then, Curtis Joseph
This is a heresy I normally utter only in the presence of trusted intimates, but this is a special occasion: if I had a playoff series to win and I could take any goalie from Edmonton Oiler history,...
View ArticleBakunin in the blues
A couple of weeks ago, Colleague Gohier mentioned to me with Colleague-ly sympathy that the 2009-10 Edmonton Oilers must be difficult to cheer for. They’re in last place overall in the league, and even...
View ArticleTyler/Taylor: my two cents. (Actual value: 2¢)
As an Oilers fan with an audience, I feel it’s my duty to publicly take a side in the civil strife tearing my city asunder. The issue is one no Canadian city has faced since 1996: who should the team...
View ArticleKhabi bull
Oiler goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin’s trial for the offence of “extreme” impaired driving was the talk of the town in Edmonton yesterday. Khabibulin, 37, may seem a little old to be horning in on the...
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Quebec and the NHL arms race
You knew that when the smoke of an arena controversy became visible, the sports-as-culture warriors would soon come riding over the hill. David Asper pops up in today’s National Post to observe that...
View ArticleA modest proposal
As our Paul Wells reported yesterday, the Prime Minister has broached the subject of an NHL team for Quebec with league commissioner Gary Bettman. And as our Philippe Gohier noted, the proposed arena...
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Two cheers for Oiler eye candy
My hard-to-love Edmonton Oilers debuted their new cheerleading squad, the first ever assembled by a Canadian NHL team, in last night’s 4-1 home loss to the Maple Leafs. Some would have you believe this...
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The NHL should help those who help themselves
Reporting from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, the Edmonton Journal’s David Staples breaks intriguing news about a new idea for discouraging late-season “tanking” by pro sports teams who...
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Edmonton wants a new $100 million arena
Amber Bracken/QMI Agency One hundred million dollars. A one, eight zeroes. That is what’s standing between the city of Edmonton and its planned new downtown home for the NHL’s Oilers. No big deal, say...
View ArticleSomeone gave Peter Pocklington some more money
In some ways, the most startling part of this story may be that someone gave Peter Pocklington money again. The former Edmonton Oilers owner and one-time most hated man in Canadian hockey has had a...
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Paulina Gretzky: Working the family assets
Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images We could hardly have expected Mary Poppins. Paulina Gretzky was raised, after all, by a former Hollywood starlet with a keen grasp of the male gaze. Janet Jones’s most...
View ArticleEdmonton’s ice capades
“It’s fairly apparent at this point that Daryl just isn’t that into us.” This wisecrack from Edmonton city Councillor Kerry Diotte concluded a chaotic Oct. 17 in city hall. Diotte has been a critic of...
View ArticleMore Katz mega-donation headaches?
The Globe and Mail, by means of outstanding spadework, has accounted for the particulars of all of the $430,000 donated to the Alberta Progressive Conservative party in its hour of electoral need by...
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One big cheque from Daryl Katz, many bigger questions in Edmonton
Jeff McIntosh/CP The public-relations problems continue to pile up for Daryl Katz, the drugstore magnate who wants a new downtown arena in Edmonton for his NHL Oilers to play in. It has been more than...
View ArticleThe last of the NHL labour wars
The conventional wisdom on the NHL lockout, usually delivered with a sneer, is that Canadian hockey fans will belly-crawl back to the league uncritically now that all the bickering and all the tantrums...
View ArticleEdmonton council votes in favour of proceeding with new Oilers arena
EDMONTON – Even though the money is not all in place, Edmonton city council has given final approval to a deal that would see a new downtown arena built for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. Councillors voted...
View ArticleCouncillors, Oilers agree to split final $30M to green light new arena
EDMONTON – The on-again-off-again deal to build a new rink for the Edmonton Oilers is on — again. City councillors and the Edmonton Oilers agreed Wednesday to split the cost of the final $30 million...
View ArticleFormer Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington sentenced to prison in California
IVERSIDE, Calif. – Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington is off to the real world penalty box — prison. A judge in Riverside, Calif., sentenced the 71-year-old on Friday to six months behind...
View ArticleHow the fiscal cliff might give Canada’s NHL teams a boost
Always look on the bright side, right? Well, it turns out there’s a bright side even to the fiscal cliff — for Canada. The expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, which came to pass on Jan. 1...
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The Edmonton Oilers, and the art of falling apart
Jason Franson/CP This Oilers season seems likely to be remembered for the Jersey Toss. On Dec. 21, the Edmonton NHL side, floundering holders of an 11-23-3 record and a ?ve-game streak of regulation...
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The Five Hole: Yakupov a league leader in one category
Ross D. Franklin/AP 1a. Some say Nail Yakupov has yet to live up to his potential – but maybe we’re judging him by the wrong criteria. Take a look at the score sheet and, sure, he hasn’t yet proved...
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The worst team in hockey wins yet again
Claus Andersen/Getty Images Maybe the most natural metaphor for the Edmonton Oilers’ victory in the 2015 NHL draft lottery is a life preserver. Specifically, a life preserver thrown into the water a...
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Edmonton vs. Calgary: A hockey rivalry, but also more than that
(Andy Devlin/NHLI/Getty Images) Back when life consisted of nothing more than work and “the Oil,” Darren Bakke shelled out thousands of dollars to fly to Raleigh, N.C., to catch two games of his...
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In arena talks, Calgary Flames owners spectacularly misread the shot
A lot of Calgarians would prefer watching hockey at the 34-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome to turning over tax dollars to NHL owners. (Darko Photography/Shutterstock) What’s surprising isn’t that the...
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In an Edmonton divorce, who gets custody of the Oilers tickets?
Connor McDavid #97, Drake Caggiula #36, Darnell Nurse #25 and Adam Larsson #6 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrate after a goal in Game Two of the Western Conference First Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley...
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Canada’s Richest People 2018: The Top 25 Richest Canadians
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Were Edmonton police delaying bail-hearing paperwork to watch the Oilers?
Were Oilers games keeping Edmonton police from doing their desk work? (Alberta Public Records) It was a typical bummer of a Sunday night game for the 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers: build a comfortable lead...
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