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Weekend Roundup: Arena debate, Oilers hot start

Found October 31, 2011 on SCAR:
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Arena Deal. So, you may have heard the City of Edmonton will be building a new hockey arena for the Edmonton Oilers. If you haven’t, I congratulate you on avoiding the media storm. I must profess to falling into the “anti-arena” camp - in my...

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