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• Two men charged in fraudulent credit card scam

  04-07-2017 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police have charged two men in connection to a fraud scam involving prepaid credit cards.
  According to a Tuesday news release, the men purchased prepaid cards from a gas station in west Edmonton, near 143 Street and 118 Avenue, using a payment card that had been tampered with and had a damaged magnetic stripe.
  The men visited the gas station on multiple occasions between May 25-28, and on June 1, and would purchase anywhere from $300 to $800 in prepaid credit cards during a transaction, totallin
  
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• Province's police watchdog investigating after officer pursuit leaves man dead, woman clinging to life

  04-07-2017 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A police chase ended in tragedy Monday after a stolen truck crashed into a car, killing the male driver and leaving the female passenger clinging to life.
  The pursuit began when officers were called to a report of a stolen truck at 170 Street and 87 Avenue just before 8 p.m. Monday, said city police in a Tuesday statement.
  Officers followed the truck west out of the city near Winterburn Road before picking up the chase again on Whitemud Drive. Police called off the pursuit after seeing the truck
  
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• Crown welcomes new trial in Cindy Gladue case

  04-07-2017 23:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta’s justice ministry is looking “with great interest” at an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling that called for a “reset” in how judges instruct juries in cases involving sexual assault.
  “We’re still examining the decision before we can say too much, and obviously, in this case, the Crown is a party (so) there’s a limited amount that I can say about that, but we’ll be looking at it with great interest,” Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley
  
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• Man charged after 57-year-old woman struck and killed by SUV in marked crosswalk

  04-07-2017 23:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 42-year-old man faces charges after a woman and her dog were struck and killed in a marked crosswalk last month.
  Wanda Draginda, 57, was crossing the street with her dog Tiggr at Suder Greens Drive between Lewis Estates Boulevard and Potter Greens Drive at 7 p.m. on June 17 when they were struck by a green Lexus SUV.
  “Along with being an extremely astute financial manager, she was just fun to be around. She had a great wit, a real love for animals and always had time for you,” said
  
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• Inventive, open … Edmonton hopes new brand will help shift the base of its economy

  04-07-2017 22:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It sounded like a big unveil, but Edmonton’s new slogan is rather simple in the end.
  “This is it; this is our one-word brand,” said Brad Ferguson, posting a slide of the word “Edmonton” with a small Canadian maple leaf for a period.
  It’s tongue-in-cheek because Edmonton’s re-branding is more complex than that. It’s also critical to its economic future as local corporations struggle to attract the educated talent needed to compete in a new technolog
  
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• TSN's Dreger: Anything less than $9 million per year for Leon Draisaitl "would be a bit of a surprise."

  04-07-2017 20:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from TSN’s Darren Dreger, from TSN1260 radio on the Leon Draisaitl contract negotiations with the Edmonton Oilers, Dreger saying that anything less than $9 million per for Draisaitl “would be a bit of a surprise.”
  Dreger said Oilers fans can hope that the Draisaitl deal comes in close to the Evgeni Kuznetsov deal. But he added: “You’re looking at the reality of the cap not increasing as much as you would like, and you recognize some of the other players
  
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• Motorcyclist hits pole Sunday night, dies in hospital

  04-07-2017 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police believe speed was a factor in a fatal crash where a motorcycle collided with a pole Sunday night, killing the 33-year-old driver.
  Southwest division police officers were called to the scene at Calgary Trail near 55 Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday after a report of a single-vehicle collision.
  The 33-year-old man was driving a 2013 Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle south on Calgary Trail when his motorcycle struck a pole, said police in a Tuesday news release.
  The man was taken to hospital whe
  
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• Ex-Oilers winger Nail Yakupov signs with Colorado Avalanche

  04-07-2017 20:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Winger Nail Yakupov, who was taken by the Edmonton Oilers with the No. 1 overall pick at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, has signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche.
  Yakupov, 23, was traded to the St. Louis Blues by the Oilers for winger Zach Pochiro and a third-round pick just prior to the start of the 2016-17 season.
   “I don’t know why it didn’t work in Edmonton. Good question,” Yakupov said Oct. 7, 2016, the day he was traded to the Blues. “I guess it was th
  
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• Live: Inventive, open … Edmonton debates a new city brand

  04-07-2017 17:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton won’t have a slogan but city officials believe they’ve found a sentence and idea that will rank this city among the top by 2020.
  They believe Edmonton is inventive, open, courageous and cooperative. Their sentence is: “If you have the courage to take an idea to reality, to build, to make something, Edmonton is your city.”
  Council’s executive committee is getting an update on the re-branding effort and what officials believe it will accomplish Tuesday m
  
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• Photos: Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament opening day

  04-07-2017 15:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dylan Ruff of Team Brick Alberta scores on Team Manitoba goaltender Burke Hood during the first day of play in the Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament on Monday July 3, 2017, in Edmonton.
  Members of Team Brick Alberta celebrate there goal against Team Manitoba during the first day of play in the Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament on Monday July 3, 2017, in Edmonton.
  Dylan Ruff of Team Brick Alberta and Aydan Wang of Team Manitoba battle for the puck during the first day of play in the Brick I
  
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• Eclectic jazz festival ends on successful notes for organizers, fans

  04-07-2017 15:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As strains of the Dixieland All-Stars rolled out over the final afternoon Sunday of the 2017 TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival, organizers reported the 10-day event found success on several new fronts.
  It will be weeks before final figures are in, but festival producer Kent Sangster confirmed some new ventures had surpassed expectations.
  “I think the festival was a real success. I saw a lot of people having fun, especially going to our new venue, The Needle Vinyl Tavern, and hav
  
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• Paula Simons: Alberta Court of Appeal demands a new standard for sexual assault trials

  04-07-2017 15:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Editor’s note: This column contains graphic content.
  It is unusual for an appeal court to set aside a jury verdict.
  But late last week, Alberta’s Court of Appeal did exactly that in the case of Bradley Barton, the Ontario trucker acquitted in 2015 on all charges in the death of Cindy Gladue.
  But Alberta’s highest court didn’t just set aside the verdict. They shoved it aside fiercely, in a denunciation not just of the trial judge, but of the way jury trials work in this co
  
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• Man dead, woman hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following police chase

  04-07-2017 14:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  One man is dead and a woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a suspected stolen truck crashed into their vehicle near the Whitemud Drive and southbound Anthony Henday Drive on Monday evening.
  A man was pronounced dead on scene by EMS. An ambulance took the woman to the hospital with the help of a police escort where she remains in life-threatening condition.
  “Several” suspects took off on foot and patrol members arrested three people.
  None of those suspects require
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Don't overstate progress at Pigeon Lake

  04-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Re. “Pigeon Lake looking ahead,” Letters, June 27
  For 70 years, our family has owned a small cottage at Ma-Me-O Beach. During that time, never has there been a more wasteful, mismanaged and unnecessary project as the sewer system being constructed currently. The project has been driven by the County of Wetaskiwin to assist it maintain an outdated, medieval lagoon near Mulhurst.
  Less costly, more environmentally friendly, modern filtration systems have been available for decades. Mill
  
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• Opinion: Acceptance and early treatment key to coping with mental illness

  04-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If it wasn’t for his transparency, one might not even suspect Austin Mardon lives with schizophrenia. With an upcoming publication entitled Ardross: From Prairie to Castle, raising a foster child, and actively advocating for better mental health care, Mardon doesn’t fit the villainized profile of a person with schizophrenia that the media tends to portray.
  “I might be mentally ill,” Mardon says, “but I’m relatively mentally healthy.”
  The key to maintaini
  
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• Homeward Trust calls for 'rights-based' approach to counter critics of affordable housing

  04-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  No one is allowed to say they don’t want “those people” living near them at public hearings in Toronto.
  Edmonton’s Homeward Trust wants the same provision here, arguing for a “rights-based” approach to ensure housing for those struggling with mental health challenges, addictions and poverty can’t be blocked by prejudice. 
  In Toronto, council starts out every meeting on affordable housing by asking people to stick to the facts, saying: “We will
  
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• Graham Thomson: A civil war is on the horizon for Alberta's conservatives

  04-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ponoka — They are the best of enemies and the worst of friends.
  If they were teenage girls, they’d be frenemies.
  Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney are living an awkward truce as they enter the final weeks of their unification campaign.
  On July 22, members of both parties will vote on whether to merge into the United Conservative Party.
  A civil war is brewing no matter the outcome.
  A “No” vote would create a civil war between
  
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• Alberta reviews controversial missing persons police powers

  04-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The act allowing police to access phone, bank and other records belonging to missing persons is under review.
  Passed in 2011, the legislation was developed at the behest of Alberta’s police chiefs who called on government to develop laws giving officers access to more information when someone is reported missing.
  A legislative committee began the process of reviewing the Missing Persons Act last week.
  The comprehensive review is expected to take about a year, starting with a cross-jurisdic
  
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• Man dead, woman hospitalized with life-threatening injuries

  04-07-2017 09:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  One man is dead and a woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a suspected stolen truck crashed into their vehicle near the Whitemud Drive and southbound Anthony Henday Drive on Monday evening.
  A man was pronounced dead on scene by EMS. An ambulance took the woman to the hospital with the help of a police escort where she remains in life-threatening condition.
  “Several” suspects took off on foot and patrol members arrested three people.
  None of those suspects require
  
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• Emergency personnel block Whitemud-Henday lanes

  04-07-2017 05:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A massive presence of police, firefighters and ambulances is blocking westbound lanes of the Whitemud Drive and the southbound Anthony Henday Drive on Monday evening.
  A police helicopter is circling above the scene and the major collisions investigation unit of Edmonton city police is on scene.
  Police appeared to be investigating a crash on the Henday off-ramp leading to Whitemud Drive.
  
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• World Indigenous Nations Games offer celebration of indigenous cultures

  04-07-2017 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The competitions at the 2017 World Indigenous Nations Games kicked off Monday afternoon with a traditional bow and arrow event at Enoch Cree Nation reserve.
  Trina Goodin, sports director for the games, said it feels amazing for Alberta to be hosting indigenous nations from around the world, a dream that was started by Treaty 6 Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild. 
  It is the second such games, running July 2-9 across Treaty 6 territory in Alberta, and hosting indigenous athletes from 29 countries
  
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• Jones: Eskimos' depth will be tested with White lost for 2017

  04-07-2017 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It was a short tweet, full of sadness and even pathos, if you knew the player and the situation.
  “I just want to ball and be great.”
  John White posted those words without explanation on Twitter after the game.
  It was hard not to have sympathy for him.
  Injuries happen in sports, particularly in football. The games go on. Next man up and all of that. But sometimes, one comes along that can give fans pause. And in the case of the Edmonton Eskimos, it seems like one comes up like that ev
  
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• Former Mountie sues RCMP for 'constructive dismissal' following PTSD diagnosis

  04-07-2017 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A former Alberta Mountie has filed a civil suit against the RCMP, arguing she was forced out of her job after returning from treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
  Laura Lee Kelly, formerly the commander of an Edmonton-area RCMP detachment, filed a statement of claim with Court of Queen’s Bench in June, alleging she was discriminated against on gender and mental health grounds.
  Kelly worked for the RCMP in Alberta between 1992 and 2016. In the statement of claim, she said she was di
  
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• Edmonton philanthropist Sandy Mactaggart dies at 89

  04-07-2017 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton philanthropist Sandy Mactaggart, who was known for his intrepid spirit, died Monday at his Scotland home. He was 89. 
  “He had this remarkable sense of adventure and discovery which brought him to Alberta,” said family friend Marc de La Bruyere, whose father was Mactaggart’s longtime business partner. “Firstly, he was a lot of fun, this was a guy who had the first hot air ballooning licence in Canada.”
  Mactaggart, a Scottish-born entrepreneur,
  
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• Advocacy group that intervened in Cindy Gladue murder case celebrates overturned acquittal

  04-07-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The ordering of a new trial for a man acquitted in the death of an indigenous women in an Edmonton hotel is being hailed as a victory for an institute that gained legal intervenor status in the case. 
  “This is the most important case in my lifetime,” Muriel Stanley Venne, president and founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, said Monday.
  In a strongly worded decision released Friday, the Court of Appeal of Alberta overturned a jury’s 2015 acquitta
  
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• Eskimos lose White for rest of 2017 season with torn ACL

  04-07-2017 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  John White’s Canadian Football League season is over.
  The Edmonton Eskimos announced Monday the starting running back tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on his third carry of the game late in the first quarter of the team’s 23-19 win Friday over the visiting Montreal Alouettes.
  Travon Van started at running back for the rest of Friday’s contest at Commonwealth Stadium, running for 50 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.
  White, 25, is the second starting Eskim
  
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• Nick Lees: Local golfers tee off to raise over $400k for Aga Khan Foundation Canada

  04-07-2017 01:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A full slate of 144 golfers took a swing at global poverty last week and raised $407,550 at the Glendale Golf and Country Club. during the 19th annual World Partnership Golf Tournament (WPG).
  Proceeds will go to support Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s development program in Africa and Asia, initiatives that help women and men lift their families out of poverty.
  “Funds raised this year will help build and strengthen education and health-care systems in Central Asia and East Africa, inclu
  
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• $82,000 Eskimos jackpot goes unclaimed

  04-07-2017 01:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An $82,060 winning 50-50 jackpot remains unclaimed from the June 30 Edmonton Eskimos game.
  The winner has up to four days from the date of the announcement to claim the prize. This winning ticket number is 209759C.
  Unclaimed jackpots roll over to the next game’s 50-50 draw.
  The all-time highest 50-50 Eskimos draw was $348,534, which was won by a 20-year-old Edmonton man in 2014.
  The highest Edmonton Oilers 50-50 draw was $336,995, which was won by a couple in April.
  At the opening Sak
  
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• Yamamoto impresses at Oilers summer camp

  04-07-2017 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  JASPER, Alta. — Kailer Yamamoto doesn’t have the same star power that some of the Oilers’ previous first-round picks brought with them to the team’s annual development camp.
  Then again, not many players can fill a marquee quite like Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl did.
  But the kid has some game.
  Fans in Jasper got a glimpse of it Monday during a 30-minute scrimmage in which Yamamoto picked up a goal and two assists in a 4-2 Team Gretzky
  
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