St. Albert news

• Mayor Don Iveson looking for ways Edmonton can use new federal infrastructure bank

  03-06-2017 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The new federal infrastructure bank might help Edmonton finance district energy projects being explored for downtown and Blatchford, Mayor Don Iveson says.
  The Crown corporation is still being developed, but with $35-billion in federal government funding it’s intended to bring private money and pension fund capital into major revenue-generating projects.
  Iveson was in Ottawa this week for meetings of the Big City Mayors caucus, which he chairs, and the annual Federation of Canadian Municip
  
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• Stabbing suspect in hospital with life-threatening injuries after house fire

  03-06-2017 21:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  City police are investigating a stabbing in southwest Edmonton that sent a 30-year-old man to hospital with serious injuries. 
  When police were responding to the scene, a fire broke out on the upper floor of the home and a second man was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries from severe burns. 
  Southwest division officers were responding to a home near 64 Avenue and 184 Street around 4:20 a.m. Saturday, said a police news release.
  Several people in the home were drinking when
  
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• Police out on North Saskatchewan River to monitor water safety

  03-06-2017 18:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police will be out on the North Saskatchewan River this weekend to educate boaters about water safety.
  The marine unit will set up camp at the 50 Street boat launch in Capilano Park on Saturday and the Laurier boat launch on Sunday. Jet boats and Sea-doos will patrol 48 kilometres of the river for noise bylaw complaints and liquor act offences, said a Friday news release. 
  Officers will be checking that boat users have the necessary safety equipment before going out on the river. This appli
  
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• Police search for vehicle after hit-and-run sends woman to hospital

  03-06-2017 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police are searching for a vehicle after a hit-and-run last month that sent a 19-year-old woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries. 
  Patrol officers responded to a call around 12:30 a.m. on May 13 at a crosswalk on Kingsway Avenue and Tower Road, said a Friday news release. 
  Paramedics treated the woman on scene and transported her to hospital where she remains in stable condition.
  The Edmonton Police Service major collision investigations unit released photos of the vehicle be
  
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• City of Edmonton celebrates youth crosswalk patrollers

  03-06-2017 17:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  More than 5,000 youth who help keep Edmonton crosswalks safe were celebrated by the city on Friday.
  The annual Alberta Motor Association school safety patroller appreciation event was held at Edmonton’s Kinsmen Park. Thousands of the Grade 5 and 6 students involved in the program were in attendance. Patrollers help their classmates cross the street safely before and after school at more than 343 Edmonton-area crosswalks during the school year.
  Coun. Scott McKeen was at Kinsmen Park to proc
  
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• Def Leppard's wonderfully dated hair metal causes Hysteria at Rogers Place

  03-06-2017 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  You can’t help but want to cheer for Def Leppard.
  Not just because of the fact that they’ve held to almost the same lineup for 40 years, or that they stood by drummer Rick Allen after the accident that took his left arm in 1984, but also because they’ve diligently kept with the wonderfully dated but commercially successful pop-metal synthesis they distilled in the mid ’80s. The sound remains the same even as they age away from it; the English five-piece might no longer be
  
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• Tornado touches down north of Three Hills

  03-06-2017 16:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  By Bryan Passifiume
  It came almost out of nowhere.
  Residents of a central Alberta town got a front-row seat to a spectacular spring tornado Friday afternoon. 
  The twister touched down a little after 5 p.m. in a field a few kilometres northeast of the town of Three Hills, kicking up a large amount of dirt and dust as it moved east.Dodi Brauen was sitting on her front porch watching the storm approach when the unmistakable form of a funnel cloud suddenly started to descend from the swirling,
  
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• Alberta to update liquor laws: 'It’s about improving the whole grain-to-glass experience'

  03-06-2017 16:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Just in time for patio season, this summer will likely see more changes to Alberta’s liquor laws. 
  The government and Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission have been working to modernize some of the province’s more archaic liquor laws for the past two years. 
  The explosion of the craft beer and distillery industries in particular has resulted in changes to legislation and Finance Minister Joe Ceci told the Edmonton Journal there are more changes coming. 
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• Safe injection site approvals can't come quickly enough, province says

  03-06-2017 16:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  After promising new action to fight the opioid crisis in Alberta, the provincial government is anxious to move ahead with safe injection sites, but is still waiting on the OK from the federal government.
  “To be frank, I would have liked to have gotten the approvals for those yesterday,” associate health minister Brandy Payne said Friday.
  “I don’t believe those approvals can come quickly enough and our office is in continual contact with Health Canada, reminding them of th
  
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• Lower costs resulted in higher 2016 net income for Alberta farmers

  03-06-2017 16:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Cheaper cattle prices in 2016 led to a surprising gain in net income for Alberta farmers as a whole last year. 
  The realized net income of Alberta farmers, a key measure of farm financial health, increased by almost 15 per cent, according to Statistics Canada’s 2016 farm income report. The primary reason, said Statistics Canada’s Steve Boyd, is that even though cash receipts declined, there was a larger drop in operating expenses for Alberta farmers.
  Alberta’s $1.77-billio
  
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• Dining Out: Food critic got religion at Vaticano Cucina

  03-06-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It was a nondescript, windy spring day here in dusty, blown-garbage-baggy River City.
  But the timing and planets alignment seemed right. So right.
  When and how and with whom should a relative pagan visit a new restaurant with the sheer courage (divine right?) to call itself Vaticano Cucina?
  Especially when said resto is located nowhere near a house of worship (absenting churches of consumerism), but sandwiched between Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail in the old, unlamented Koutouki South loca
  
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• Contest Cultivate Yards

  03-06-2017 15:00
  
  Take a video or photo of your yard and submit it for your chance to win a $500 gift certificate at Holes Greenhouse or Quality Landscaping Supply.
  
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• Eco-Solar Home Tour highlights energy-saving innovations

  03-06-2017 14:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Is energy efficiency contagious?
  The answer is yes, according to organizers of Edmonton’s annual Eco-Solar Home Tour, being held Saturday and Sunday in and around Edmonton.
  “This is the 18th annual edition of the tour,” said Andrew Mills, president of the Eco-Solar Tour. “It started off in 2000 with a number of people who had just come from a big solar conference and they said ‘how can we keep this enthusiasm going,’ so they put this tour together to show peop
  
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• Saturday's letters: Maxime Bernier's loss a blow for consumers

  03-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The recent Conservative leadership win of Andrew Scheer over Maxime Bernier means that consumers lost out to the milk lobby, mostly from Quebec.
  Maxime Bernier had boldly championed real change in wanting to dismantle supply management. Supply management is the system that controls dairy, egg, and chicken prices.
  So who is standing up for us consumers now?
  M.P. Thorsell, Sherwood Park
  Jean both pro-pipeline and neighbourly
  Re. “Wildrose boss walks a fine (pipeline),” Graham Thomson,
  
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• Opinion: Government belongs to the people; so should its documents

  03-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Government publications should belong to the people.
  I’m not talking about confidential memos or the everyday correspondence of government, I’m talking about publications that are prepared for and disseminated to the public, with public funding.
  As a matter of principle, you should be legally allowed to copy, save, and share what your government has published in print or on the web. This includes: reports and supporting materials related to royal commissions; House of Commons co
  
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• Water is the new fire

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Though St. Albert narrowly missed the brunt of last week’s rainstorm, which brought 45 millimetres of rain to areas of the capital region, extreme weather events are becoming the new norm.
  
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• St. Albert mother shares dangers of fentanyl

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Faye Gray’s daughter had only been using drugs for six weeks when she died of an overdose.
  
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• Solomon's Beef Chacha Recipe

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Solomon’s Beef Chacha Recipe
  
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• Skyhawks rally past Bulldogs

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Down but not out, the St. Albert Skyhawks rose from the canvas to deliver the knockout punch in Thursday’s playoff bout against the Bellerose Bulldogs.
  
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• Revisit of Municipal Planning Commission

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  In response to the Gazette May 20 article regarding possible reinstatement of the municipal planning commission, there clearly is a need for an impartial advisory body that would act on behalf of the City in the public consultation process.
  
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• Radar review needed

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  There is a piety amongst most of us when it comes to traffic offences. We rarely see our own faults when driving, but we notice all the bad behaviours of others.
  
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• Pedestrian scramble crosswalk opens downtown

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  St. Albert is testing out a new kind of crosswalk, known as pedestrian scramble or a criss cross intersection in the downtown area.
  
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• 'Nasty' debate tone causes concern on council

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  It should come as no surprise to anyone, elected official or otherwise, that politics can get nasty and St. Albert is no exception.
  
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• NABI Commons gears up for grand opening

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  The Northern Alberta Business Incubator (NABI) co-working space is celebrating its grand opening on June 16.
  
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• It's time for a new branch library

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  As I sit at this computer at St. Albert Public Library, I wonder how many other folk, like me, who cannot afford a home computer, Internet connection or the cost of ink, paper, etc., come to SAPL exclusively to use the computers?
  
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• Grownups coming to Arden

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  All those poorly scribbled pen-pal letters, childhood stories about movie stars, or absurdist poetry with emotions running high about that boy you liked. These are all examples of writings by you as a younger person that are fair game for an...
  
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• Farmers' Market ready to open

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  The St. Albert Farmers’ Market features several special events this year and will mark a new path through downtown.
  
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• Discourse divide

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  In a perfect world, politics would be civil, free from controversy and scandal, with both politicians and residents showing respect for each other.
  
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• Diabetes walk raises funds and awareness

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Families in St. Albert will walk to raise funds and awareness for type 1 diabetes on Sunday.
  
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• CX-9 is an SUV with a sporty flair

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Mazda calls the CX-9 the “Driver’s SUV.” I tend to agree it’s also better executed in some ways in its exterior and interior design than similar sized SUVs from other manufacturers. The quality workmanship with a sporty flair is very appealing. My...
  
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• Council on hiatus for conference

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  St. Albert city hall is quiet for two weeks to accommodate councillors who are attending the annual conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
  
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• Children's festival has something for everyone

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Children’s festivals are a tough place to act all grown up. There’s just too much silliness saturating the air.
  
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• Chef's Table – A sensory delight from Eritrea-Ethiopia to St. Albert

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Eritrean-Ethiopian cuisine is unfamiliar to most Albertans. And yet the culinary treasures of Northeast Africa can be enjoyed simply sampling the cuisine of Saviour’s Café and Bistro.
  
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• Cardinals rise to the top

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  The St. Albert Cardinals are rising to the occasion this season in midget AAA baseball.
  
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• Botanic park rose garden goes organic

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  The St. Albert Botanic Park is taking steps to transform its rose garden to be completely organic.
  
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• Alberta government creates a commission to tackle opioid deaths

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  A St. Albert mother who lost her daughter to a drug overdose in 2015 says she is pleased to see a provincial government commission to respond to the opioid crisis.
  
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• 999 different bottles of craft beer on the wall

  03-06-2017 11:21
  
  Beer has seen many changes in Alberta over the last few years, what with the province finally making it easier for the small breweries to break out onto the scene.
  
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• Zombie apocalypse survivors to search for cure at Telus World of Science

  03-06-2017 06:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  There’s nothing like a zombie apocalypse and the search for an elusive cure to make you wish you’d paid attention in science class — and taken a self-defence course.
  It’s a lesson that 750 enthusiastic Edmontonians will learn Saturday when they participate in an adults-only zombie apocalypse survival challenge. The Telus World of Science has sold out the event, which teaches rag-tag groups of 30 embattled survivors how to fight for their lives. 
  “If they m
  
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• Prospects pitcher Jeremy Rabauliman has entire island pulling for him

  03-06-2017 06:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Jeremy Rabauliman has the weight of an entire island on his shoulders every time he steps on the mound, and he wouldn’t want it any other way.
  Rabauliman hails from Saipan, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean, and the people from his homeland keep a keen eye on him wanting him to succeed.
  The 20-year-old has big dreams on the diamond as he wants to become the first baseball player ever from the island to be dr
  
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• Photos: Def Leppard in Edmonton

  03-06-2017 06:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard Joe Elliott in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 2, 2017. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia 
  Lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard Joe Elliott in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 2, 2017. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia 
  Lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard Joe Elliott in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 2, 2017. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia 
  Lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard Joe Elliott in concert at Ro
  
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• Driver, 20, killed in crash near Beiseker

  03-06-2017 04:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 20-year-old driver is dead after a two-vehicle crash near Beiseker.
  A Chevrolet Silverado pickup was driving north on Range Road 264 when it drove through a stop sign and hit a westbound semi-trailer truck on Highway 72, said RCMP Cpl. Hal Turnbull in a news release.
  Mounties arrived at the location of the collision around 11:15 p.m. Thursday.
  A man from Rockyview County was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The semi-trailer truck driver was not seriously injured, said RCMP.
  RCMP have notified nex
  
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• Graham Thomson: Rachel Notley might yet make political silk purse from Trump's environmental sow's ear

  03-06-2017 04:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement on climate change this week, I’m pretty sure he didn’t give a moment’s thought to the proposed expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.
  Not that Trump is even aware of its existence or, if he were, would he care.
  But his decision to thumb his nose at global efforts to combat man-made climate change promises to create more problems for the already troubled project on at
  
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• Newcomer shares link with Canadian Olympian

  03-06-2017 04:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Catherine Kluyts and three-time Canadian Olympic hurdler Anglea Whyte have a pretty unique link.
  The 18-year-old from St. Albert who moved to Edmonton from South Africa five years ago, broke Whyte’s Alberta Summer Games record last year with a time of 14.40 in the 100 metre hurdles, and she’d later play a small role in helping Whyte prepare for her third Olympics, without even realizing it at the time.
  “Being from South Africa, I had never heard anything about her before until
  
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• Eskimos suffer second Canadian linebacker injury

  03-06-2017 03:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Cory Greenwood may have been just the tip of the iceberg.
  A day after it was announced the veteran Canadian linebacker’s season was ended by an ACL injury, a host of his Edmonton Eskimos teammates sat out of Friday’s mock game at Commonwealth Stadium.
  While receivers Brandon Zylstra (groin) and Shamawd Chambers (hamstring) were the other two walking wounded earlier this week, they were joined on the sidelines by running backs John White, Kendial Lawrence (left leg) and Travon Van, le
  
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• Two former employees charged in $400,000 storage-container fraud

  03-06-2017 02:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two people face fraud charges after allegedly selling storage shipping containers belonging to a company where they worked.
  Edmonton police said the west-end storage company fired the employees in February 2014 after discovering losses totalling $400,000.
  According to a news release, the employees sold a number of shipping containers belonging to the company between June 2012 and early 2014. The containers were valued at $2,000 to $5,000 each.
  The accused allegedly used the online classifieds si
  
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• CN Rail fined $125,000 for North Saskatchewan River diesel spill in 2015

  03-06-2017 02:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A local environmental group will receive the bulk of a $125,000 penalty levied against Canadian National Railway (CN) after the company pleaded guilty Friday to environmental charges related to diesel leaking into the North Saskatchewan River. 
  CN entered guilty pleas to charges laid under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act for releasing a substance that may cause an adverse effect on the environment and for failing to remediate, manage, remove or dispose of the substance
  
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• How a herd of trained goats could demolish the thistles of Rundle Park

  03-06-2017 02:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Goats are browsers — they learn what to eat from their mothers. So it you convince a goat that thistles are like ice cream, generations of goats will destroy it.
  That’s the animal science behind a new pilot project seeking a natural solution to the Canada thistles, leafy spurge and common tansy trying to take over Edmonton’s Rundle Park. This summer, shepherd Jeannette Hall and her herd of 200 specially-trained goats will clean out the park, seeking out the weeds they think are
  
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• Paula Simons: Get us out from under, Wonder Woman

  03-06-2017 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  I was 11 when Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman burst onto Edmonton TV screens in 1975. Today, of course, the live-action cartoon looks impossibly cheesy. But I loved it, invisible plane, golden lasso and all.
  The 1970s were a golden age for strong female heroines. The year after Wonder Woman came out on CBS, ABC fought back and released The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner as super-strong spy Jamie Sommers. Not to be outdone, in 1976 CBS also released Charlie’s Angels, the saga of th
  
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• Dreger: It sounds like Jordan Eberle of Edmonton Oilers "will definitely get traded."

  03-06-2017 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Strongest statement on Oil’s intentions so far …
  This in from Darren Dreger on TSN’s Insider Trading, confirmation of the worst kept secret in hockey: “I’m told there are offers on the table for Jordan Eberle, nothing that Peter Chiarelli, the general manager of the Oilers, is willing to accept just yet.”
  Dreger then mentioned the Oil’s cap situation and the need to sign up Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid and have them fit under the cap, with Eberle m
  
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• Area residents weigh in on plan to cull growing herd in Elk Island National Park

  03-06-2017 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Devon Rundvall uses Elk Island National Park five or six times a year to go hiking and canoeing on the trails and lakes. And if park biologists believe a hunting program is required to manage the elk population, he trusts them.
  “There’s probably serious ecosystem damage that needs to be fixed,” said Rundvall after filling out a response Wednesday evening at an open house in Edmonton’s Alfred H. Savage Centre.
  “Because I love the park so much, I want it to stay prist
  
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