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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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kicks off the first day of the entertainment district. So you'll be able to purchased a drink at any of the bars are restaurants on rice howard way and walk out onto the street with your cup and drink it in and taken everything happening on saturday. >> Want to thank you so tracy, for joining us this morning. In get a singh getting us excited about this festival. >> Yeah, bring the of do my best to downtown spark kicks off today and runs through june. 2nd and it's free to after the break. It's throwback thursday. We're revisiting the oilers and stars rivalry and we will be joined by a player. to reduce your joint pain. Try Genacol® Pain Relief. This clinically proven joint care formula contains AminoLock® Collagen and Eggshell Membrane These two ingredients help reduce joint pain associated with osteoarthritis. Thanks to Genacol® Pain Relief, you can start to feel results in just 5 days! Add Canada's #1 Selling Joint Care Supplement to your daily routine and feel the difference! Genacol® Makes me feel so good! Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and experience a close encounter with the most extraordinary creatures ever to walk the Earth in "Dinosaurs - The Exhibition." Tickets at TELUSWorldOfScienceEdmonton.ca You've been waiting to get outand drive a New Nissan,great offersare ready So, check out all the latesttech, features and thrills - it's all happening right now. Now, at Nissan, lease select models from as low as 2.99% for 24 months. ( ) r windows and doors are foggy, wasting energy, or damaged Reflect window & Door can help! From residential to commercial, they offer a full range of Windows and Doors, along with a wide selection of Hardware and replacement parts! Add beauty to your home with Reflect Window & Door! -Could you use eightythousand, two eightyor even two point eight million? -Spring is a perfect timeto get things done. It's great to know a Flexi Linecan help you do that. -Call us today at1800-NEW-CAPITAL to see what'savailable to you. The Floor Sample Sale is on now at McEhleran's Furniture, Shop one of a kind floor samples and save up to 60%, on now until June 1st Only At McElheran's, we'll help you find exceptional new furniture for personalized rooms you'll love and love to share. With the price of gold tradingat a high levelnow is the time for you to sel Aaron Buys Gold makes it easyto recycle anything made of gold or silverfor instant cash! Visit Aaron Buys gold inSherwood Park and Downtown or go to AaronBuysGold.com Derek. Meredith. with the brightest smile You're my person. take me where I've never been before on a cloud above So who wants to make history? A new episode of grey's anatomy tonight at 9/10 mountain on ctv. Catch up on ctv.ca and the ctv app >> But his throw back thursday. Everybody had before the oilers in the stars renew their playoff rivalry. Tonight, we're looking back at the year's the got us here back to the nineties early 2 thousands we go for an oilers edition of remember that thing. >> Oh, yeah, you know, the one we're taking you back to one of the oilers biggest rivalries of the 90's all beginning with curtis joseph and todd marr shot that glorious game 7 in 1997 that kicked off years of playoff battles that frankly didn't go great for edmonton. The stars beating the what is the next year. 98, then again in 99 on their way to a stanley cup victory. The stars won in 2002 1001, 2003. If that doesn't get you fired up for the oilers to win this time around, maybe this reminder of how loud we can get from the coliseum. Back in game 6 3 will work. All the oil derrick gives me chills that copper and blue-gray to the oilers and stars who played each other 8 other times in the playoffs. Look at the coliseum was rocket back then. Well, he's only played la more times in the playoffs run it back with those dallas stars. And here's a rare

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