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run. So invested - that some businesses are seeing a *drop* in customers anytime the oilers hit the ice. Jasmine king has the story. >> Reporter: when the oilers aren't inaction, tarred to find somewhere downtown that isn't packed full of fans. The fan parking ice district plaza sees thousands of people each game and while one arena is full, another sitting empty. The silent eye centre is exactly that during oilers games-- silent, when typically it's quite the opposite. >> Nonstop noise, kids on the ice, kids off the ice, parents everywhere and right now we could throw a bowling ball through your not hit anyone because everyone's focus. >> Reporter: on the oilers the facilities hosting a determinant this weekend but it's nice to book time around game too. Any other night-- all the action would be in their own ranks. >> Games wall-to-wall, to games on the video wall and patch karina crespo will be busy as well. >> Reporter: for anyone looking to the traffic, there's plenty of room after the puck drop by and there's also a lot of spaces like businesses that activate who usually have people lined up to go inside. >> It's been slower-- it's not dead but it's definitely a decline for sure. >> Reporter: activate is a physical and mental gaming facility for challenges of people of all ages. Although they are not seeing a rush during oilers game-- they are still getting in the spirit. >> They love to have fun with the people who are or their fans get them about the game and get them excited about our games because they're excited about the games. So it generates a very positive environment. >> Reporter: of positivity that could hopefully translate to game three victory. Jasmine king, global news. ( ) >> Lisa: that warm as you want it for a home game and tomorrow it will look great. >> Kevin: yeah,, yeah, I don't know what to say about being downtown but tonight, you don't have to worry about it but. >> Lisa: I just means today's weather and are we downtown tonight watching anything but I'm so confused. >> Lisa: I'm kinda confused. >> Kevin: last night was okay because we didn't have showers until the wee morning. If you were downtown you might've been drowning some of your sorrow so people still walking around late and still downtown and tomorrow, looks like it will be another perfect day to be out and about sharing on. And then cheer loud so they could hear you inside the building when you are outside. >> Lisa: life shows tomorrow night. >> Kevin: 4 degrees with buffalo and cloudy but clear throughout the day-- and clearing up in the northern part of the province and for us, we are on the wrong screen... Right now because I forgot to change it so I will have to walk back there and, excuse me, while I continued to talk. That is my mistake and sometimes blaming it on the commuter and this time I'll take full ownership because I did something wrong and I don't know about that but I did it. I know why. I didn't press play. [laughing]. It's something that simple sometimes it boils down to I could've gotten adam to do that but there's no guarantee it would worked so [laughing] there is a look at our weather and I just use a whole bunch of time walking around the. Studio 11 degrees outside and the winds are down a bit and northwest at 5 km/hour and mostly she cloudy but the showers seem to let off for a little bit in certain areas of the city. Still seeing a lot of shower activity around edmonton and around the red deer and around calgary and that's the case throughout most of the day and at least a 60 percent chance all day long today we will see some sort of a shower activity and possibly some thunderstorms as we head into later part of the afternoon and thing in the south moving west of red deer and southeast towards calgary through lethbridge and medicine hat and looking at futurecast, there we are in the showers used to be right on top of us and now they seem to moved off a bit and little more to come this afternoon which would come into the thunder shower is well and a few little storm that we can watch throughout the day and starting to see those yellows and red and a bit more intense activity in those cells as we move through and after that, things clear off heading into tomorrow morning and clear sky starting to see southerly wind that will keep clouds to the north of us and also going to keep that warm air moving into our area I'm back combined with the longer days we are seeing an intensity of the sun-- we will warm things up for the next few days. Today with lots of cloud cover and showers all over the product and 16 degrees and medicine hat in 18 in lethbridge and 17 and brooks and 16 in calgary and 18 inclination and 15 in red deer 14 and canmore to the north of that bar had an westlock at 16 and 17 degrees and same thing in athabasca mating in lac la biche and smoky lake and 18 in cold lake. Up in the north and high level 14 of fort look at 21 and 23 peace river and 16 and slave lake 20 in grande prairie and high prairie to the west of us, 18 teen in drayton valley in

17 degrees and hanson and for us right now, 60 to 17-degree range all around the city with a gun, mixed skies and a bit of clear skies and a bit of cloud cover and then we will see some rain possibly thunderstorms as the day goes on today and that's what's in our forecast for 19 degrees and looking at this evening down to about 9-degree for the overnight loan 30 percent chance of seeing showers. And then tomorrow, the sun is out in temperature at 21 degrees and that's a couple degree above average for this time of the year and the long-range forecast is even warmer than that heading into tuesday, 26 degrees with a low of 10 degrees. Wednesday 18 degrees of the local 12 degrees. Thursday 18 with a low of 8 degrees. 20 degrees on friday with a low of 9 degrees. Say goodbye to me on friday as well! Saturday at 24 degrees with a low of 8 degrees and sunday 23 degrees of the lowest 10 degrees. >> Lisa: all right let's head up to global want to see how shane blakely is faring up in the chopper-- how are you this morning? >> Shane: how are you doing well appear calm the rain has ended here as we look out at the west end we could have some sunshine. It's now starting to clear off a little bit anyways and in the edmonton history lesson today-- we having a look at the pilots neighbourhood just over at 50th street and 1503rd avenue. It's named after lee brnell whose career started at the royal flying corps and release his private private licence for instructions in world war I and after the war-- he worked at a few aviation companies and own sum as well including arctic air and doing aerial photography where he had his hand in discovering uranium from his photos where he took of the odd land formation up in the northwest territories. Also helped start canadian pacific airlines and a company called aircraft repair limited at the city centre airport. And then we had 24 employees and they grew that's 1750 of them by 1943. Britain even developed his own western ranger and received many awards including the order british empire in 1946 and was inducted in as a member of canada's aviation hall of fame in 1976. Get a deal on new decor and fresh coat of paint and the get ready for summer sale is on at home hardware building centre's, now until june 5th. From global when I'm shane blakely. ( ) all: Let's see your voice! Join Edmonton Opera for the stunning conclusion to the 16th season. A production of Das Rheingold. As it's never been seen before. Hockey fans, take note. Opera offers all the drama of a game with fewer elbows. Get your tickets for Das Rheingold now at Edmonton opera.com. what do all these things have in common. They all cause tennis elbow. If your elbow hurts, here's a way to see if you have it. Place your hand in front of you with your elbow straight. Now resist your hand as if you lift it to the sky. If it hurts, you might have a tennis elbow. We fix this. LeadingEdgePhysio.com Is this your first gardening season or are you a seasoned green thumb? Looking for planting inspiration or guidance to help grow your best garden? Then come to Salisbury Greenhouse where true experts are dedicated to helping grow all the way from planting to harvesting. Let's help you grow joyful experiences this season. Accidents happen. Injuries happen. And with James h. Brown and Associates, settlements happen. If you're in an accident, the team at James h. Brown will help you get the settlement you deserve. When accidents happen go to jameshbrown.com Alberta injury lawyers. Did you know 80% of women struggle with hair damage? New Pantene Miracle Rescue Deep Conditioner with melting Pro-V pearls... Helps hair lock in moisture to repair up to 6 months of damage. Guaranteed or your money back! If you know, you know it's Pantene. Experience Century Casino Dine at one of their amazing restaurants Take in a show with the best live entertainment Watch the big game in the sports lounge Enjoy the thrill of live horse racing or relax in our boutique hotel Century Casino, three great locations! Edmonton, St. Albert and Century Mile Elite Promotional Marketing is one of Western Canada's leaders in team wear. Shop jerseys and apparel with in-house customization for quick turn around. Visit us online or in-store today. Here's a fresh take. We think burgers taste better when they're made with Canadian beef. Fresh onto the grill. Fresh off the grill. Never frozen. Always juicy. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) don levers is the author of "our fathers' footsteps stories of wwii veterans what if moments." and tomorrow he is taking a very special trip to normandy for the 80th anniversary of d day and also presenting his father's uniform to the d-day museum in arromanches france. Don levers joins us today to chat about it before he takes off. He joins us to chapter before he

takes us for tomorrow. What an exciting trip you're going on! >> Don levers: absolutely. >> Lisa: meaningful. Tell us a little bit about the book we have a coffee here on the table. >> Don levers: I started off the book in 2019 and it's about 4 men who landed on the beaches of normandy on june 6th of 1994 and they all had what I referred to as there "what if moments". I'm sure you had one or two in your life and they all survived in the three canadians had 32 direct descendents before because they did survive and there's a lot men who didn't. >> Lisa: some stories to be told therefore sure... And you had tomorrow at 5:00. >> Don levers: 5:00 and straight to paris. >> Kevin: who's going with you? >> Don levers: I'm going with the group from the royal winnipeg negotiation and this time I'm taking my granddaughter and landing on those beaches and to visit some of those places. >> Lisa: and keeping. >> Kevin: that history alive because year after year it's getting further and further way and people to tell those stories are fewer and further between. >> Kevin: in my. >> Don levers: book I use the letter journal sent telegrams of these members and their family history books to tell their story and we are losing them and escorts tank he said to me in an interview... He says ge . >> Kevin: and if people find those and income out. ... I understand your dads uniform has been found. What's the story behind all the? >> Lisa: from writing the book, I met and talked to people in north america and in europe and I got a facebook post two years ago from a chat and said is this my dads uniform and there were no identifying uniforms and name but there was a cigarette case and there that had gw l july 30th 1938 and the date meant nothing. I looked up the records and found their worse only 3w owls and so, and then I won a little further to find out about the cigarettes case and a front of mine from the winnipeg library that went to france with me in 2019 found in the archives a newspaper article that said my dad was a groomsmen at a wedding on july the 30th of 1938 and it something I would've given you back in the day as a gift for being my groomsmen cigarette case and that was in the uniform and that verified it was my dads. >> Kevin: what was thought like to find that out? >> Don levers: it's hard to explain and there is a recording of him arriving back in england after he was wounded and then finding this and being contacted by the museum in one of the collectors that's donating it and so we will go there to present it to the aero mansion museum and the d-day museum on june 7th. >> Kevin: emotionally, what's that like? >> Lisa: I had some difficult times talk about it and it becomes emotional and we were never an emotional family but you know talk about it this much and this much longer and later, it's difficult sometimes. >> Kevin: thank you for putting the stories down in the book and thank you for following with us and I think it so important in this next generation calming us behind lisa and people younger than us gets harder and harder to tell the stories and you are making it easier. >> Don levers: I'm trying and you know, it's been a pleasure to do it and I feel like I'd gone to know the men as I've told their story. >> Kevin: and getting us to go with them to... Work and we get the book? >> Don levers: the bookstores have been in edmonton and the chapters and indigo on the bookstore in prong has been very supportive as well as audrey's book right here in edmonton and they've all been very supportive of the project and I really appreciate the help they've given me. >> Kevin: I recommend everyone go pick up a copy and I will be pleased to read it as we get through the rest of this week. Thanks for all you've done. Have a great trip and good luck with everything. >> Don levers: we will see when I get back. >> Kevin: youth that. To learn more about don levers book our father's footsteps..his trip and more...visit donleversbooks.com time now to head up to global one once again in shane blakely? >> Lisa: right now kevin having a look here at fan park and all the food trucks that are making their way that he set up for the tasty food truck festival happening today going on yesterday and I wouldn't abbreviated version because of the watch party but it's going to be open all day long here so 20 food vendors will be down here along with some live music and a variety of delicious options as well and come down over on the trucks and you got the big tents for yourself nice and warm and check it out today and they will be open from 11:00 to 8:00. Get a kneel on an deal on a new deck and the get ready for summer sale is on at home hardware building centres now until june the fifth. From global one, I'm shane fbi! Announcer: fbi, fbi: International

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