St. Albert news

• Construction on all 13 kilometres of Valley Line track hits Edmonton this summer

  31-05-2017 22:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If you thought construction was already bad in southeast Edmonton, just wait.
  TransEd will be opening several new construction sites for the Valley Line LRT project shortly, working on all 13 kilometres of the line at once to get trains running by the end of 2020.
  “It is probably the largest urban construction project in Edmonton’s history when you consider how much construction is going on simultaneously across the city,” said Dean Heuman, head of stakeholder relations, giving
  
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• Paula Simons: Child death review legislation a betrayal of public trust

  31-05-2017 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  I have to say this for the Notley government. They don’t waste time.
  It’s been just six weeks since the all-party child death review panel tabled its recommendations to improve Alberta’s deeply dysfunctional child death review system. Yet on Tuesday, the NDP tabled its new child death review legislation. 
  But for all the rush, the legislation is a crushing disappointment. Far from making the system more transparent and accountable, it enshrines a whole new level of secrecy
  
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• Severe thunderstorm alert issued for parts of central Alberta

  31-05-2017 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Central Alberta residents may be in store for large hail, damaging winds and torrential rainfall after Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm alert on Wednesday. 
  Conditions are favourable for dangerous thunderstorms including heavy hail and rain, said the agency on its website. 
  The severe weather watches for west-central Alberta include Hinton, Grande Cache, Rocky Mountain House, Caroline, Whitecourt, Edson, Fox Creek and Swan Hills. 
  Wind gusts could reach up to 100 km
  
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• Folk fest looks to rich roots, soul and global sounds with eclectic line-up, rising stars

  31-05-2017 21:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  From Portland indie-rockers The Decemberists to Leon Bridge’s Texas soul, from Ashley MacIsaac’s celebration of Cape Breton fiddle to rising star Rhiannon Giddens of television’s Nashville, from Ricky Scaggs and Rodney Crowell to Shakey Graves and Brandi Carlile, Haitian rara, Caribbean blues and two styles of throat singing, “folk” in all its many flavours will fill out the banquet at the 38th annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Aug. 10-13.
  “I look at progra
  
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• Alberta government creates new commission to combat opioid crisis

  31-05-2017 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The province is creating a new commission to help combat Alberta’s opioid problem.
  The commission, which will be co-chaired by Dr. Karen Grimsrud, the province’s chief medical officer of health, will aim to bring together doctors, police officers, frontline workers and parents who lost children to fentanyl.
  One of the first priorities will be expanding drug coverage for opioid replacement therapy. The government will also be looking to expand the distribution of naloxone, a drug
  
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• GM Peter Chiarelli says Oilers have to move a player but not for one year

  31-05-2017 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Cult of Hockey podcast: The “What will Chiarelli do” podcastOilers GM Peter Chiarelli has a number of options this summer, but it all comes to a head around two controversial players in Jordan Eberle and Kris Russell. David Staples and Bruce McCurdy of the Cult of Hockey dig into the performance and rumours around these Oilers players and others.
  Cap will force a trade but Chia says he “has one year to play with”
  This just in from Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli, an ex
  
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• Show reviews a guide to armchair adventure

  31-05-2017 19:45
  
  When Alberta weather warms up, the arts move outdoors and there's no more enjoyable family destination than the International Children's Festival of the Arts.
  
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• CFL Extra: Former Eskimos D-lineman shining at Roughriders camp

  31-05-2017 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Willie Jefferson has picked up where he left off in 2016, when the lanky defensive end was one of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ top defensive players after signing with the Green and White following an unsuccessful NFL tryout. Jefferson had eight defensive tackles and three sacks in five regular-season games last year.
  Jefferson has been a force at training camp. He has stretched his 6-foot-5 frame to knock down passes and used his speed and agility to pressure quarterbacks. Jefferson&rsqu
  
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• 31-year-old woman sent to hospital with stab wounds

  31-05-2017 18:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating after a 31-year-old woman was sent to hospital with stab wounds on Tuesday night. 
  Northwest division officers responded to a call around 11:20 p.m. at a suite near 118 Avenue and 90 Street, said a Wednesday news release. 
  Paramedics treated the woman on scene and she was sent to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
  Investigators are interviewing witnesses, police said. No suspects are in custody. 
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Sprouts, Def Leppard, and street hockey

  31-05-2017 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Choral festival
  East Coast Music Award nominated choral ensemble Halifax Camarata Singers are among the musical guests flying to the city for the first Edmonton International Choral Festival. They’ll be teaming up with the Rhapsody Quintet and actor Jeremy Webb for a concert of their production Halifax 1917: From Dreams to Despair, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Other groups participating in the four-day event are Edmonton’s own Pro Coro Canada, as
  
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• Opinion: Polytechnics train workers for next-generation infrastructure

  31-05-2017 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Canada’s economy is inextricably linked to our infrastructure – and it’s always been so.
  Our nation and its economy would have developed very differently were it not for the construction of a transcontinental railway just 14 years after Confederation in 1867.
  On the eve of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the country and the economy look vastly different than they did in 1881 when the first trains rolled from Montreal to British Columbia, by way of Kicking Horse Pass
  
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• Canada's 150th - Commemorative Coin Giveaway!

  31-05-2017 15:00
  
  Enter your contact details for your chance to win one of two Canada 150th Commemorative Coins from the Canadian Mint.
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Frustrating response to windstorm

  31-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Just a few recommendations to homeowners after my experiences with last week’s wind storm and Epcor.
  Since Epcor is now in charge of drainage I highly recommend you start building that ark. It may come in handy. Buy some feline waders so that kitty can wade to the litter box.
  I waited six hours to talk to a human. Of course they were busy, but six hours of insanity-inducing messages and music was too much. I had two trees across power lines and a line that snapped in th
  
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• Opinion: Why the double standard for tobacco and marijuana?

  31-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  On the eve of World No Tobacco Day (May 31), the federal health minister has an opportunity to explain why she is exhibiting a disturbing degree of incoherence with her recent approaches to the regulation of tobacco and marijuana.
  Public explanation is needed as both marijuana and tobacco are addictive substances with known, and in some cases, similar, health risks. This suggests that marijuana and tobacco should face a similar regulatory framework, but Minister Jane Philpott appears to be heade
  
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• Contract dispute with musicians could disrupt Edmonton's Breakout West Festival

  31-05-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A contract dispute is threatening to disrupt the annual Breakout West Festival being held in Edmonton this September to celebrate the Western Canadian music industry.
  The Canadian Federation of Musicians has placed event organizer Western Canadian Music Alliance on its “unfair” list and prohibited members from accepting engagements with the group because it says the alliance won’t negotiate an agreement that includes paying performers.
  “We can’t enter
  
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• Winner of songwriting contest announced at children's festival

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Five finalists for the St. Albert sponsored Canada 150 Songwriting Contest have been announced.
  
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• Volunteers get new national honour

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Several outstanding and upstanding local volunteers and community leaders were celebrated with a new national honour.
  
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• Track time for high school athletes

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  High school athletes from St. Albert and Namao are zoning in on the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association track and field championships this weekend at Foote Field.
  
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• This year St. Albert's International Children's Festival of the Arts is ready to woo its littlest audience

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Circus tents are standing on the Sturgeon River’s banks. Theatrically costumed rovers ramble through St. Albert’s downtown, and international performers are ensconced in their venues prepared not only to entertain, but also expose young audiences to...
  
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• Sturgeon men's and women's rugby teams march into Thursday's metro Edmonton division two finals undefeated

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The Sturgeon Spirits are double trouble at Thursday’s metro Edmonton rugby championships.
  
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• Striking a balance

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  One of Canada’s leading voices on our energy future offers a powerful case for taking back control of our resources.
  
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• Sports Extra

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The man fondly referred to as Coach O was honoured by Football Alberta as this year’s Life Membership/Hall of Fame Award recipient.
  
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• Soccer Kicks

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Today’s quarter-final playoff between the Bellerose Bulldogs and St. Albert Skyhawks in metro Edmonton division two men’s soccer kicks off at 4:15 p.m. at Forest Park Field.
  
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• School Notes

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Marguerite d’Youville students won the help of a major Canadian bank to promote literacy this week after facing down a pride of corporate lions in their den.
  
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• Scheer wins conservative leadership race

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer has won the Conservative leadership race, narrowly beating out Maxime Bernier on the final ballot.
  
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• Scheer effort

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The new leader of the federal Conservative party came from behind to beat out 12 other candidates to take the helm of the party on Saturday. Andrew Scheer squeaked past Maxime Bernier, who had been favoured to win.
  
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• Rainmaker Rodeo boasts another strong year

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The weather smiled on St. Albert this weekend sparing the Rainmaker Rodeo of any of the wet stuff.
  
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• Portfolio

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Sacred features the work of Karen Blanchet. Opening reception is tomorrow evening from 6 to 9 p.m. in conjunction with the June ArtWalk. Artist will be in attendance. Until Sat., June 24.
  
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• Our river of history

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The Sturgeon runs through the lives of every St. Albert resident. Roger Belley is no exception.
  
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• Other libraries locate in available space

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  In support of the new branch library concept, Jennifer Hamilton (Gazette, May 20) wrote: “While some have suggested the use of existing buildings, rather than building a new branch; it is not only space for books that is needed, but also specific...
  
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• Namao celebrates Canada's 150th

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  He woke up at 5 a.m. and got ready for the day. Loading up one antique wagon at a time, Marcel Weinmeier drove his trailer five kilometres to the Namao Museum and Namao United Church.
  
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• Measured savings

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Ever sat down and looked at your home’s power consumption? Deer Ridge resident Ron Kube did two years ago, and boy, was he in for a shock.
  
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• Interim report shows St. Albert ridings will change

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  The provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission has released an interim report that will redraw St. Albert’s constituency boundaries.
  
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• Hansen honoured with Hall of Fame induction

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Gazette sports editor Jeff Hansen was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on Friday during a banquet and ceremony in Red Deer. Hansen was named the Bell Memorial Award winner for 2017 for 25 years of sports coverage in St. Albert. The...
  
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• Great cities are not built by penny pinchers

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  There has been plenty of discussion about a new branch library for our city ... we can't afford it, we don't need it, we can use a vacant building. These are similar arguments which we heard from the naysayers about the Servus Place recreation...
  
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• Future of Champion Petfoods still to be determined

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Champion Petfoods has plans to open up shop in Parkland County, but it is unclear what will happen with the current facility in Morinville.
  
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• Edmonton International Choral Festival debuts Thursday

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Nowhere in Canada will the joy of singing and the calibre of artists rank as high as at the inaugural Edmonton International Choral Festival running June 1 to 4 at All Saints Cathedral and McDougall United Church.
  
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• City eyes business incubation strategy

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  What should the city’s role be in growing entrepreneurship in St. Albert? A proposed new city strategy aims to help businesses put down roots here.
  
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• Calahoo dog inducted to animal hall of fame

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  What do an Australian shepherd cross from Calahoo, a Yorkshire terrier from Ottawa and a golden retriever from Port Hope, Ont., have in common?
  
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• At Morinville Council

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Up to 400 people will get to see the official start of work on Morinville’s new arena at the end of this month.
  
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• At County Council

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  County council has reined in unofficial RV parks and eased up on on-farm housing as part of its ongoing tweaks to its new land-use bylaw.
  
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• At City Hall

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  St. Albert is taking the lead among Alberta municipalities in lobbying provincial Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson to commit to timely, inclusive and extensive consultations on provincial revenue sharing.
  
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• ArtWalk lines'em up again

  31-05-2017 10:47
  
  Tomorrow is the first Thursday of June and that means one big thing on St. Albert’s culture scene: ArtWalk.
  
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• Which Oiler is Vegas bound? Brossoit, Khaira, Pakarinen among the targets

  31-05-2017 08:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers 2016-17 in review:The Irregulars, Part One
  Having powered our way through the costly acquisitions that collectively made up Peter Chiarelli’s “2-4-6-8! Who Do We Appreciate?” defence corps, it’s time for a detour. Actuallly, we got started last time around when Highway #8 took a left turn at Albuquerque (or was it Las Vegas?), when we featured Griffin Reinhart as a player who is a likely candidate for the Golden Knights expansion list. Over the next couple
  
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• Four candidates vie to replace longtime councillor in growing, congested Ward 9

  31-05-2017 06:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Four candidates vying to fill veteran Coun. Bryan Anderson’s seat at City Hall made their case to Ward 9 residents at a candidates’ forum Tuesday.
  Around 120 people attended the forum at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 210 Haddow Close. It was one of the first forums of the 2017 Edmonton civic election, set for Oct. 16.  
  Anderson announced in March that he would not seek re-election after representing the ward since 1998. 
  At least four candidates hope to replace him
  
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• Graham Thomson: 'That pipeline will be built': Rachel Notley predicts Trans Mountain will trump B.C. politics

  31-05-2017 05:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If it’s a war they want, it’s a war they’ll get.
  That pretty much sums up the fist-shaking declaration Premier Rachel Notley issued to her NDP cousins in British Columbia over the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  “Mark my words, that pipeline will be built,” proclaimed Notley during a news conference Tuesday in Edmonton.
  She was so defiant, you half expected her to don a hard-hat, climb into a bulldozer and head to B.C. to lay the pipeline single-hand
  
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• Youth connect with their futures at Edmonton career fair

  31-05-2017 04:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  At most career fairs, you can’t update your resume, speak with employers and test your left hook in a boxing ring. At Tuesday’s YOUth POWER event, you could do all three.
  The event, held at the Edmonton Expo Centre, attracted youth aged 14 to 25, who explored career and educational options while a DJ’s playlist boomed in the background.
  Despite Edmonton having one of Canada’s highest unemployment rates (8.4 per cent in March), youth attending the event were able to m
  
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• David Staples: Northlands Coliseum must be demolished for neighbourhood to be reborn

  31-05-2017 04:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s increasingly clear where we’re headed with Northlands Coliseum: to the demolition of the old hockey palace and the building of a fourplex of community arenas on the same site.
  For that area to be reborn, the old arena must die.
  The Coliseum is located on one of Edmonton’s most inhospitable pieces of land. It’s surrounded by major traffic arteries: Wayne Gretzky Drive, 118 Avenue and the north leg of the LRT. This makes it a relatively easy place to get to, but n
  
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• Edmonton veterinarian on trial for mistreatment of dogs testifies in own defence

  31-05-2017 04:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A veterinarian charged with mistreatment of two dogs he kept in his north Edmonton clinic denied hitting the animals while testifying in his own defence Tuesday.
  Dr. Jun Yang faces both criminal and Animal Protection Act charges over allegations that two dogs he kept in the clinic — a black Labrador retriever named Heza and a brindle Staffordshire terrier named Tiggor — were underweight after being confined together in a small kennel and given limited food an
  
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• Unemployed Alberta energy workers demand support from government

  31-05-2017 04:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A group of engineers and technical services workers gathered Tuesday at the Alberta legislature to protest jobs in their field being outsourced.
  Wielding signs with slogans like “Stop job drain” and “Publish real unemployment numbers,” they complained the province wasn’t being straight with them about job losses in the energy sector. 
  Sam Jayaraman, who was speaking for an informal group called the Association of Calgary Engineers and Designers and wo
  
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