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• High Level Bridge reopens Wednesday afternoon

  14-06-2017 22:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The High Level Bridge is reopened to traffic and pedestrians Wednesday afternoon.
  The City of Edmonton earlier announced on Twitter that the bridge was closed UPDATE: High Level Bridge has reopened to traffic and pedestrians. #yegtraffic
  — City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) June 14, 2017
   CLOSURE: High Level Bridge closed to traffic and pedestrians. Please use other routes. #yegtraffic
  — City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) June 14, 2017
  
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• Cyber warfare, drones are new priorities, defence minister tells Edmonton troops

  14-06-2017 22:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Canadian troops will be asked to do more to battle cyber threats and take a larger role in drone warfare as part of the country’s new defence plan, said Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan in Edmonton on Wednesday. 
  Flanked by a tank and an armoured vehicle, Sajjan unveiled details of Canada’s new defence policy in a hangar at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base, 405 Korea Road. 
  The plan calls for a surge in defence spending, from $18.9 billion this fiscal year to $32.7 bil
  
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• Edmonton police warn against astrology and psychic-reading fraud

  14-06-2017 22:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Police Service is warning residents to be aware of fraudsters posing as astrologers and psychic readers after receiving numerous reports.
  In a news release Tuesday, police said they dealt with a recent investigation where a resident was led to believe he or she was cursed with black magic.
  The person was convinced to pay up to $100,000 in cash and gold to have the black magic removed from their life.
  Police said these fraudsters use fake names and typically leave business cards or p
  
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• Funnel cloud advisory issued for Edmonton, parts of central Alberta

  14-06-2017 22:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Environment Canada has issued a weather alert for Edmonton and parts of central Alberta, saying weather conditions are favourable for the development of funnel clouds.
  The funnel clouds are created by weak rotation under fast-growing clouds and weak thunderstorms. They are not normally a danger near the ground, says the alert.
  There is a chance the rotation could intensify and become a weak land spout tornado.
  A full list of the weather alerts are online.@MargeauxMorin Funnel clou
  
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• Police name latest homicide victim shot Sunday afternoon in Castle Downs

  14-06-2017 21:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A deadly Sunday shooting in a Castle Downs shopping centre has been confirmed as the city’s latest homicide. 
  On Tuesday, Edmonton’s medical examiner confirmed Abdullahi Nur-Abdulle, 22, died of a gunshot wound after being shot at a 7-Eleven store near 118 Street and 145 Avenue Sunday around 4:40 p.m. He died that evening in hospital. 
  A witness at the Sunday scene described seeing two men running away as a man dressed in black fired at them with a long gun. One of the
  
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• 'Nobody was safe' from man charged with hate speech over 'extreme' blogs: Edmonton police

  14-06-2017 21:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 62-year-old man has been charged after police received complaints regarding hateful content published on several websites.
  “Nobody was safe from his comments or hatred,” said Sgt. Gary Willits of the Edmonton Police Service hate crimes unit, speaking at police headquarters on Wednesday.
  Hate crimes investigators said the websites included daily posts that used “strong, hate-based rhetoric” targeting various communities and allegedly alluding to violent threats and
  
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• High Level Bridge closed Wednesday afternoon, city advises using alternate routes

  14-06-2017 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The High Level Bridge is closed, the City of Edmonton announced on Twitter.
  Drivers are advised to use other routes.CLOSURE: High Level Bridge closed to traffic and pedestrians. Please use other routes. #yegtraffic
  — City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) June 14, 2017
  
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• Crown opposes release of photo radar supervisor charged with sexual assault, kidnapping

  14-06-2017 21:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A photo radar supervisor accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman pulled over on the freeway remains in custody after a brief court appearance Wednesday. 
  Paul David Derksen appeared via CCTV in Edmonton provincial court, and told court that he has yet to obtain legal counsel. 
  “I was hoping I could get out today so I could start looking for a lawyer,” Derksen said. 
  Derksen, 50, has no criminal record, but the Crown is opposing his release. A bail hearing
  
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• Education minister files police complaint about offensive flyers targeting LGBTQ people

  14-06-2017 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Education Minister David Eggen said his constituency office filed a complaint with Edmonton police this spring after graphic flyers targeting the LGBTQ community were distributed on the city’s north side.
  The police service’s hate crimes unit is investigating the flyers and has identified a person connected to the incidents, spokeswoman Patrycia Thenu said in an email Wednesday.
  “Further investigation will be conducted in order to determine if any criminal offences occurred,&rd
  
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• UP+DT announces some of its lineup for Oct. 6-8 music fest

  14-06-2017 20:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  You are only coming through in waves, as the old song goes — and Up and Downtown Music Festival has just announced their first portion of its roster.
  Halifax indie rock band Wintersleep, Brooklyn rockers DIIV, Baltimore electronic musician Dan Deacon and Toronto’s Holy F— are among the dozens of names out the gate already, including Reverend Horton Heat, Cadence Weapon and even music historian Alan Cross.
  Venues for the sprawling Oct. 6-8 fest include 9910, Beaver Hills Park, B
  
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• Police name latest homicide victim shot Sunday afternoon at a 7-Eleven

  14-06-2017 20:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A deadly shooting in a Castle Downs shopping centre has been confirmed as the city’s latest homicide. 
  On Tuesday, Edmonton’s medical examiner confirmed Abdullahi Nur-Abdulle, 22, died of a gunshot wound after being shot at a 7-Eleven near 118 Street and 145 Avenue Sunday around 4:40 p.m. He died that evening in hospital. 
  A witness at the Sunday scene described seeing two men running away as a man dressed in black fired at them with a long gun. One of the men escaped,
  
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• Stony Plain teacher identified as motorcycle crash victim

  14-06-2017 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 50-year-old man who died in a motorcycle crash west of Stony Plain Monday night has been identified as a local teacher at Stony Plain Central School.
  The Parkland School Division K-to-9 school on its website identified teacher Kevin Knoblock as the victim.
  “Mr. Knoblock was kind, thoughtful and displayed a genuine caring of both staff and students,” said principal Colleen Woloshyn in the statement. “Our school community is saddened by the loss of a member of our school family
  
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• You be Oilers GM: Who should you protect in Vegas expansion draft?

  14-06-2017 19:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Vegas Golden Knights are within a few days of having a roster and beginning the 2017-18 National Hockey League campaign in earnest.
   
  The NHL will hold its expansion draft early next week, with the 30 existing teams submitting protected lists and the Golden Knights choosing from among the rest to construct their first roster. The protection lists must be submitted by Saturday at 3 p.m. MT, and the Knights will have three days to select one player from each of the 30 teams. Vegas’s
  
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• Tool makes — and breaks — rules of concert experience with mixed success

  14-06-2017 18:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Tool concert Tuesday night was awwwwwesome, man! Full of deep cuts going back 25 years, they totally broke the rules of what a concert looks like with mind-blowing psychedelic visuals — and Maynard James Keenan was all about the music, not some flashy showboat frontman!
  And for those of you who love Tool with the passion of one of your own kids, that can totally be the review of the downtown arena show for you. You can walk away.
  But here’s how it really went down.
  Before th
  
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• Defence minister shares details with Edmonton troops on cyber warfare, ramping up drone use

  14-06-2017 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Canada’s defence minister is visiting CFB Edmonton Wednesday morning. 
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is expected to talk about Canada’s new defence policy, unveiled last week. A news release said he will focus on defence priorities in space and the cyber domain.New plan will grow defence spending from $18.9 billion to $32.7 billion over ten years. Adds 3,500 personnel, w emphasis on "space & cyber." pic.twitter.com/GcrryuYwE3
  — Jonny Wakefield (@jonnywakefield) June 1
  
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• Ex-Edmonton Oilers coach wins AHL Calder Cup with Grand Rapids Griffins

  14-06-2017 17:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Todd Nelson has won the American Hockey League championship.
  The former interim Edmonton Oilers head coach and one-time AHL farm bench boss for the franchise led the Grand Rapids Griffins, affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings, to the Calder Cup title Tuesday night with a 4-3 win in Game 6 of the final series over the Syracuse Crunch.
  The AHL victory comes in Nelson’s second year as coach of the Griffins. He had spent the previous five seasons with the Oilers organization, primarily as head c
  
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• Edmonton man charged after hateful content published on websites

  14-06-2017 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 67-year-old man has been charged after police received complaints regarding hateful content published on several websites.
  The police hate crimes unit, investigating in June 2016, said on Wednesday the websites included daily posts that used “strong, hate-based rhetoric” targeting various communities and allegedly alluding to violent threats and harm against specific individuals.
  “There is often an assumption of anonymity when crimes are committed in an online forum,&rdq
  
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• The Grand Taste Tour pairs farms and locally sourced dinner for day-long events

  14-06-2017 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The perceived romance of farming continues to draw city folk to clamber aboard buses and head out for a day in the country. In response to this demand, Taste Alberta and the 124 Grand Market have organized two rural excursions to take place during the summer, trips that include partners such as Doef’s Greenhouse, Blindman Brewery and the Ukrainian Heritage Cultural Village.
  Of course, as much as everybody likes to see a well-tended garden, or watch a sow just root about in the dirt (so muc
  
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• Alberta lacrosse world remembers St. Albert teen killed on bicycle - CBC.ca

  14-06-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
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  Darian Mar is being remembered as a teenager with a huge heart and a beaming smile who gave everyone who knew him a lift. A boy with an infectious sense of humour and a love for lacrosse that made him the kind of player coaches would brag about.
  
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• MasterChef Canada winner starting his culinary career in Edmonton

  14-06-2017 14:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The city of champions is now home to a master chef. Earlier this month, Edmonton’s own Trevor Connie won the title of MasterChef Canada on the hit television show’s Season 4 finale.
  MasterChef Canada brings together amateur cooks from across Canada to compete for the title and a $100,000 prize through a series of cooking challenges.
  Before the show, 27-year-old Connie worked as a plumber and gasfitter, but always found the time to cook — no matter how busy he was.
  “That&r
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Canadian Pride flag a symbol of nation's values

  14-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Re. “Kids desecrated flag with rainbow,” Letters, June 13
  Stephen Luchak writes that the mixture of Pride colours and the Canadian flag is somehow offensive to him “as a veteran.” He describes the flag as “desecrated.”
  Isn’t the right to free speech one of the cherished values that Canadian soldiers have fought to protect? I might have hoped that Luchak would continue to uphold those Canadian values even after he left his military career.  
  Even if
  
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• Painted lady butterflies return to Alberta, influx expected in July

  14-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  “It’s going to be a very interesting year for butterflies because of the painted lady.”
  John Acorn, formally on television as the Nature Nut and currently with the department of renewable resources with the University of Alberta, said Edmonton can expect an influx of pink lady butterflies this summer — a migration that hasn’t happened in Alberta since 2005.
  Acorn said the painted lady is the most common migratory butterfly, but they generally only come up to Alberta
  
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• Opinion: Homes and buildings are key to clean growth

  14-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  We don’t often think about the buildings in which we live, work, learn, eat, shop, and play as being major sources of carbon emissions.
  However, the energy used for heating, air conditioning, hot water, appliances, equipment, and lighting is responsible for 124 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year in Canada, or 20 per cent of our country’s annual total. To put this in perspective, that’s equivalent to the annual amount of carbon emitted by all the vehicles on the road in
  
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• Oilers' Kelly Buchberger off to the Islanders to coach with ex-teammate Doug Weight

  14-06-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Neither the Edmonton Oilers nor the New York Islanders are talking publicly about Kelly Buchberger joining Doug Weight’s coaching staff on Long Island, but local sources say they’ve known for weeks that Buchberger is changing gears after being Edmonton’s head of player personnel this past season.
  The Isles hire could be announced after next week’s National Hockey League entry draft in Chicago.
  Buchberger was an Oilers assistant coach for six years.
  Weight and Buchberger,
  
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• Dan Barnes: Carline Muir a persistent presence on track and in class

  14-06-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A decade in the making, Wednesday’s convocation marks a personal best for Canadian sprinter Carline Muir, who wasn’t exactly on the fast track through university.
  Her concurrent education at the school of hard knocks took precedence, and she graduated with degrees in perseverance and resilience long before finishing off the Bachelor of Arts in recreation, sport and tourism that she began in 2006 at the University of Alberta.
  Running faster now than she did a decade ago, the 29-year-o
  
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• We are a great city

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Re: Bryan Corbett’s letter (Gazette, May 31)
  
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• The waiting is the hardest part

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Let’s look back twenty years to remind ourselves of time’s relentless passage:Princess Diana died, Dolly the sheep was cloned, the Brits handed back Hong Kong to China and a book featuring a young lad called Harry Potter was published.
  
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• Stopping elder isolation key to preventing abuse

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  The community needs to be more aware of elder abuse and isolation. So say representatives from St. Albert Stop Abuse in Families (SAIF) in advance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Every year, June 15 is the symbolic day when everyone is asked to...
  
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• Skateboarder collides with SUV

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  A collision on Monday afternoon was the second incident between a vehicle and a person in less than a week.
  
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• Show respect for girls

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  I am tired of girls just being there for their bodies and their looks. I think women and girls are 100 per cent more than that.
  
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• Policing committee to begin work in 2018

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  A bylaw to establish a policing committee received third and final reading without much ado Monday.
  
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• Pipeline politics

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  At the end of May British Columbia NDP leader John Horgan announced a plan for his party to work with the Green Party to form the government.
  
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• Parayko's star is rising

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Colton Parayko is a hometown boy who remembers his hockey roots.
  
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• Nasty side of politics

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  I read with interest the article in the Gazette on June 3 ('Nasty' debate tone causes concern on council). I agree that politics seems to be getting nastier, at all levels, especially in the age of social media and trolls. Women in politics seem to...
  
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• Morinville chamber elects new president

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  A new head honcho was elected at the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting luncheon on June 6.
  
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• More consultation wanted for electoral boundaries

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  The government and official opposition have joined together to call for more community consultation on the proposed changes to the electoral boundaries.
  
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• Library petition ruled invalid

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Although the petition against the city’s borrowing bylaw was deemed insufficient, Carrie Blouin hopes council will respect its intent.
  
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• Lacrosse community mourns death of teen

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Friends and teammates of the 13-year-old who was killed in a collision last week are remembering him as a hard worker and strong leader.
  
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• If I was mayor of St. Albert …

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  If I was mayor, I would plant more seeds to promote the botanical gardens along Sturgeon Road. Would support the dedicated volunteers of this under-recognized delight and highlight these gardens as a central attraction for visitors to our city.
  
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• Fourth multi-sport complex comes to council

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Yet another user-group has approached council about the construction of a multi-sport complex.
  
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• Foote in the Door Productions highlights domestic violence through Carousel

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein have composed some of the most quietly powerful and emotionally stirring musicals in the American canon.
  
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• Firsts focused for Nor'Westers

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Ellerslie Rugby Park – The fantastic firsts are back on track in premier men’s rugby after last weekend’s win but how long they remain on the rails depends on Friday’s tussle with the first-place Nor’Westers.
  
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• Find the food truck: tastes of summer

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  For those who equate summer with eating outdoors, food trucks are a much-anticipated part of the season. Grab and go cuisine, from upscale burgers and fries to unique gourmet offerings and even fine dining-type fare at modest prices, have brought...
  
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• Festival Days are here again ... for the first time

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Morinville’s biggest summer festival is back this weekend with a new name, a new date, and a whole lot of rides.
  
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• Edmonton Musical Theatre is fabulous at 40

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  In 1977 Dr. Dasha Goody was so frustrated with the lack of a musical theatre-training centre in Edmonton she decided to start her own company.
  
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• Community food forest finishes final touches

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  A forest designed as a food free-for-all will continue its development on Saturday during the third Food Forest Blitz.
  
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• Benning shines in rookie season

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  Matt Benning is an Edmonton Oiler but his heart remains in St. Albert.
  
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• 2017 Honda CRV Touring AWD

  14-06-2017 08:31
  
  The number of older Honda CRVs driving around in our midst is a testament to how durable these little sport-utes are. Many of them have been well cared for by their loyal owners and will rack up a lot of kilometres before being traded or...
  
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• The waiting is the hardest part - St. Albert Gazette

  14-06-2017 08:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Let's look back twenty years to remind ourselves of time's relentless passage: Princess Diana died, Dolly the sheep was cloned, the Brits handed back Hong Kong to China and a book featuring a young lad called Harry Potter was published. Oh and here in ...
  
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• Parayko's star is rising - St. Albert Gazette

  14-06-2017 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  INTO THE HOLE – Cece Lia, left, Kirk Smith and Dave Caseley watch Colton Parayko of the St. Louis Blues sink this putt at the second annual Merch Madness Cup tournament at the Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club. The six-foot-six defenceman from St.and more »
  
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