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• Photo Enforcement Locations - June 2017

  29-05-2017 22:49
  The City of St. Albert is sharing its photo enforcement Site of the Day locations for June 2017.   Enforcement... Read Post
  
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• It's always good news/bad news for Alberta's finance minister

  29-05-2017 21:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci is so used to responding to bad news about the economy that he was visibly surprised Monday to get a question about good news.
  A report from the Conference Board of Canada raised growth projections in Alberta to a dizzying 3.3 per cent GDP growth, up from 2.8 per cent.
  Ceci said the report shows jobs and confidence are returning but it comes fast on the heels of Friday’s credit downgrade. S & P Global Ratings lowered Alberta’s rati
  
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• Full-day kindergarten election promise on ice

  29-05-2017 20:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta’s coffers will have to see a substantial economic injection before full-day kindergarten for all kids across the province becomes a reality.
  Phasing in all-day kindergarten was a key plank in the NDP’s 2015 election platform, though it was attached to the proviso of an improved economic situation.
  Education Minister David Eggen said Monday government has had to make sacrifices in other areas, so it can adequately fund the enrolment growth Alberta continues to see de
  
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• Edmonton Archbishop touts new aboriginal community liaison position

  29-05-2017 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A new role in the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton focuses on deepening the relationship between the church and aboriginal communities, said Archbishop Richard Smith Monday. 
  “What we’ve focused on in the last couple years … is the residential schools and the terrible pain and suffering that took place there,” he said. “We’ve been grappling with that as a nation and as a church, as we must, in order to learn from it and move on from it.&rd
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's boldest move this summer? It could well be keeping Jordan Eberle

  29-05-2017 19:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  In the end, the much-criticized Eberle is best bet Edmonton Oilers have for a scoring winger next year
  When you look at how adept forwards on the Edmonton Oilers were at making some pass, shot or screen to contribute to a goal, two things stand out.
  First, the absolute attacking magnificence of Connor McDavid. 
  McDavid got 100 official points this year, but if you count up all the plays he made where he had some hand in the sequence leading up to an Oilers goal, he actually chipped in on 11
  
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• Four important pillars for finding a personal trainer

  29-05-2017 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Think of the professions that demand a high level of expertise. From medical practitioners to auto mechanics, we all want to know that we have someone who takes care of us. Someone that’s honest, ethical and, most of all, knows their stuff.
  Fitness is no different. If you’re investing all that hard work (and money) you want to ensure that your personal trainer is much more than abs and sinew.   
  After recruiting and developing fitness staff for close to 30 years, I&rsq
  
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• Chappelle Gardens Social House provides a hub to draw residents together

  29-05-2017 18:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When people feel connected to their community, a richness is added to their lives.
  That’s why Brookfield Residential designed and built an impressive residents association facility in Edmonton’s southwest neighbourhood of Chappelle Gardens. As a community hub with programs, activities and events for young and old, the Chappelle Gardens Social House, the new 6,600-square-foot facility building, will play a vital role in the lives of all who live in the area.
  “From what we’
  
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• June is Recreation and Parks Month

  29-05-2017 16:19
  Celebrate the benefits of recreation and parks! June is Recreation and Parks Month is a Canada-wide celebration that increases awareness... Read Post
  
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• Red Hot Chili Peppers bring the funk to Rogers Place

  29-05-2017 14:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It was nearly thirty years ago (July 1, 1987, to be precise) that the Red Hot Chili Peppers played their first Edmonton show in front of just over ten people on the north side of town.
  A now forgotten venue called Club John’s on the Fort Road hosted the four piece, which at that time featured now deceased guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons in the band, the last of two early stints Iron did with the L.A. funk-punkers. It was a world away from their eventual ascension as one of t
  
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• 'Solutions are in our communities' as child welfare legislation prepares to hit the table

  29-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Legislation to improve Alberta’s child-death review process will be introduced in the house this week. 
  It comes after the province’s child intervention panel delivered a swath of recommendations to Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee in April. It’s the latest is a series of steps to improve a system many believe has been broken for decades.
  Along with the new legislation comes the second phase of work for the government’s child welfare panel, which w
  
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• Oshry pushes higher tax bracket for anti-subdivision crowd

  29-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Property owners who refuse to allow the city to increase density on their lots could face higher taxes under a new plan pitched by Coun. Michael Oshry.
  In at least three areas of the city, residents have organized to sign restrictive covenants, a legal tool that forever prevents their lots from being split to allow for higher density.
  But Oshry said that puts a higher burden on other residents, who either have to accommodate the density in their neighbourhoods or fund a city that&
  
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• Opinion: Sports boast says nothing about city's enterprising spirit

  29-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  In 1936, the Detroit Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings won championships. The state governor named April 18 City of Champions Day, and it remained so until inevitably the teams fell into patterns of mediocrity and it felt weird to boast about them.
  In 1979, the Steelers won the Superbowl and the Pirates won the World Series. Howard Cosell called Pittsburgh the City of Champions. Sports Illustrated devoted an issue to it. 
  In 1984, when the Oilers won their first Stanley Cup, sportsman Leo LeCler
  
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• Edmonton police fleet almost all SUVs as last Crown Victorias age out

  29-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A Ford Crown Victoria with Edmonton Police Service colours is a rare thing these days, but Jason Halayko still gets emails from officers hoping to put in a few more kilometres on one of the venerable patrol cars.
  “I still get the odd email saying, ‘Please don’t take Charlie 23, it’s a Crown Vic, it’s my favourite’,” said Halayko, who manages the 800 vehicles in the Edmonton police fleet. 
  “I figure their bum is moulded to t
  
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• Alberta's country-leading growth will be stronger than expected, Conference Board predicts

  29-05-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta’s economic growth should be stronger this year than earlier predicted and will lead the country before slowing in 2018, the Conference Board of Canada’s spring provincial outlook says.
  The province’s 2017 gross domestic product (GDP) is now set to increase by 3.3 per cent, up from the 2.8 per cent rise the conference board expected last winter, according to a report released Monday.
  “In the winter we didn’t have as much monthly data on so
  
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• Alberta manufacturers lagging in digital investment, study indicates

  29-05-2017 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta manufacturers are lagging behind the rest of the country when it comes to investing in digital technology, a new study by the Business Development Bank of Canada shows.
  While 39 per cent of Canada’s small and medium-sized manufacturing companies have introduced advanced equipment to improve production and customer satisfaction, just 35 per cent of their Alberta colleagues have taken this step, according to the report released Monday.
  Quebec, with its large
  
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• Eskimos open training camp without top draft pick Nate Behar

  29-05-2017 04:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It appears negotiations between the Edmonton Eskimos and their first-round draft pick in 2017, Nate Behar, have come to a standstill.
  The Carleton receiver, who was drafted fifth overall on May 7, is represented by Jonathon Hardaway.
  An inside source said Hardaway is asking for either $40,000 to sign or in guaranteed money, along with an overall salary equivalent to a top-two draft pick.
  Hardaway also represents Josiah St. John, the first-overall selection in the 2016 CFL draft, who was involved
  
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• Edmonton police investigate two drive-by shootings in west end

  29-05-2017 04:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Bullets struck the same block of a west Edmonton neighbourhood twice – once in the morning and once in the afternoon on Sunday.
  Now police are looking for a white SUV, possibly a GMC Terrain, and a young male Caucasian driver with blond hair who was seen fleeing from the scene both times.
  Grandmother Nati Escober had planned to plant strawberry and tomato plants in her Mayfield backyard Sunday morning.
  Instead, she was standing in the kitchen, texting a friend in the Philippines, when
  
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• Head coach Jason Maas shifting his focus away from Eskimos offence in practice

  29-05-2017 04:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Eskimos head coaches tend to keep themselves busy.
  As the current holder of that title, Jason Maas kicked off 2017 training camp Sunday by making his way around the field of Commonwealth Stadium strictly as the team’s head coach.
  It marks a rare moment in recent club history where the head coach hasn’t held some sort of dual role. Chris Jones co-ordinated the defence during his two years as Eskimos head coach. And, while it wasn’t the plan, Kavis Reed was forced to pic
  
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• Terry Jones: Eskimos excited to get training camp started

  29-05-2017 04:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With ex-G.M. Ed Hervey out of the picture, for the first time in four years, and on the first day of training camp, the Edmonton Eskimos dressing room doors opened to the media after practice Monday.
  Radio broadcast partner 630 CHED set up for a Day 1 training camp show after practice and other media had one-on-one interview opportunities to service fans.
  Which made it possible for an actual temperature taking of the team that won the Grey Cup after a 14-4 season in 2015 but had to go East cross
  
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• Edmonton police investigating sudden death of an infant

  29-05-2017 03:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The sudden death of a six-month-old baby  boy is being investigated by police in northeast Edmonton.
  EMS crews were called to the area of 142 Avenue and 77 Street around 7 a.m. on Sunday, and subsequently called police.
  The boy was dead on scene.
  A news release from the Edmonton Police Service on Sunday evening said the death is being treated as suspicious.
  An autopsy is scheduled for Monday morning.
  
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• Outgoing MacEwan University president David Atkinson reflects on accomplishments

  29-05-2017 03:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Perhaps nothing is more emblematic of David Atkinson’s time spent as president of MacEwan University than the gold-blade ceremonial shovel hanging on the wall of his office.
  In six years he oversaw the consolidation of the university’s satellite campuses in the west and the south along with the construction of a new $180-million Centre for Arts and Culture building on 104 Avenue and 112 Street.
  As one of his last presidential duties before his time is up in June, he co-sign
  
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• Children, bikers go for a ride in Parade of Heroes at Hawrelak Park

  29-05-2017 02:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Kids with cancer got a chance to take a ride with some local heroes Saturday.
  The annual Parade of Heroes was held at Hawrelak Park presented by the Kids with Cancer Society, giving families a chance to meet the riders who help raise money for their children who have been living with cancer.
  The Parade of Heroes is a kickoff for the fundraising event in June called Revving Up for Kids Motorcycle Adventure, where 48 riders and passengers pay their own way to ride from Alberta through British Colu
  
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• Alberta MPs welcome Andrew Scheer as new Tory leader

  29-05-2017 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
   
  Edmonton-Riverbend MP Matt Jeneroux was on pins and needles Saturday night as results came in from ballots cast for the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
  Jeneroux, one of three Edmonton-area MPs who backed Andrew Scheer, endorsed the new Conservative leader in October.
  “The anxiety was almost too much,” he said about the experience he and other caucus colleagues who supported Scheer had while doing the math in their heads as the first 12 ballots saw Ma
  
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• Heightened sense of security at Chili's concert post-Manchester attack

  29-05-2017 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Security at Rogers Place is constantly being adjusted based on best practices.
  That’s according to Tim Shipton, speaking on behalf of the Oilers Entertainment Group, in an email ahead of a concert by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Sunday night. 
  The concert is the first in Edmonton since the deadly attack following an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom on May 22. The bomb killed 22 and injured dozens of others. Police identified Salman Abedi, 22, as the
  
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