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year is the first stanley pop each of the 32 nhl teams will have a dog, which is a player representing the team facing off in friendly competitions. Most of the pops are from nhl cities and they are all up for adoption. >> It's kind of just made sense you were not only showcasing, you know, our our league at the highest point of the year, you know, but we're also doing something good for the puppy community. >> You can watch the first stanley pop on june 8th. The league says it's scheduled for 4.30 mountain time, but that could change depending on the schedule for the stanley cup final. >> 7.36, you're flying high with the ctv drone over grant macewan. As we look towards downtown, we could see a lot of cloud down on the streets in the rooftops. Some rain, it's. Yeah, a little bit wet to start off the day today. We could see a few more scattered showers as we go throughout the day today. Mostly cloudy chance of showers as we take a look at our almanac for today. Temperature wise still below average seasonal high. 13 for a high for today, average seasonal highs. 19, but we'll get closer to that come sunday and throughout the beginning of next week. So there will be some warmer conditions coming our way 5 and soy played 5 elk island, 6 at the airport, 6 at the blatchford station. We're seeing 6 is at the stations that are reporting this morning 5 in saint albert, 5 in sherwood park. Again, we're heading for a high of 13 for today. We might see a little bit of some breakthrough here and there, but the clouds will dominate again. We could see some scattered showers as we go throughout the day for tomorrow, friday, looking quite nice sun and cloud. A high of 16 light wind 15 on saturday, sun and cloud. And then saturday, overnight into sunday, we could see some scattered showers and that could be seen as well as we go throughout sunday. But warmer high of 18. And then take a look at monday, sun and cloud, a high of 20 that sets the tone for the beginning of next week. On more details on that, your 10 day in 15 minutes kept. >> Thank you, cory. Well, the commute has been a rather great so far. So we're going to keep an eye on construction projects that lee trip you up 102 avenue one 12 to one 11th street total closure for drainage repair happening until friday school to bridge rehab work is underway. That means a single lane 95 a avenue to connors road. So keep a left. That's until june, the 10th, then 109 street, 102 99th avenue southbound. The right lane is closed because of patios set up through the summer time, all the way till halloween, which is the happy kind of construction. Still ahead, there's some strange things popping up downtown. The story behind the spark festival. No. [gasping] What? He didn't get root beer? I'm getting frozen root beer. Oh! Try frozen a&w root beer with sweet cream. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! On now for a limited time! your foundation is the most important part of your home, so don't ignore issues today hoping they'll disappear tomorrow! For over 25 years Basement Systems Edmonton has provided Albertans with innovative waterproofing solutions and one of the best warranties in the business. Contact us today, for all things “basementy”! You can never be bored at Touchmark. They just have such a variety of things. There's a lot of effort goes into providing all the activities you can do, whether it's Bridge all the way down to trips, to visiting a distillery, to food pairings and wine tasting. You name it, we have it. I love walking and the grounds are lovely to walk around here. If they want to try something new, we're willing to try. There's always something going on and it's up to them whether they choose to participate or not so that they can live their life to the fullest. ( ) ( ) Stop dreaming. Start shopping. Red Tag Days are on at Toyota, with great offers on select models. Find yours today, at ShopToyota.ca - From rinkboards... ...to surfboards. Scoring goals to scoring deals. - nuuuuuge! - Yay! - Penalties to pints. From breakaways to getaways. There's a shot! Ryan Nugent-Hopkins! - Childhood dreams to making dreams come true. - My wem, my way. Here's what's happening in Our Community. Craving tacos but don't feel like stepping out? Get them delivered straight to your doorstep with a Skip The Dishes app. It's taco week. A dollar from each taco and margarita sold will go towards supporting

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