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• Check out these talent reviews from Street Performers Festival

  14-07-2017 23:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As street performers from all over the world gather in Churchill Square to take part in the 33rd annual Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, the top Cappies critics from all over greater Edmonton have gathered in the newsroom of the Edmonton Journal/Sun/Examiner to work on improving their journalism skills.
  Cappies is an international program that celebrates theatre arts and encourages young writers. After gleaning insights from some of the top reporters, columnists and editors, th
  
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• Cinema Canadiana: Brain Candy

  14-07-2017 22:21
  
  If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching an episode of The Kids in the Hall, then you’ve missed out on a quintessential adventure experience into the heights and depths of Canadian humour. The sketch comedy show ran on...
  
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• Assembly of First Nations boycotts Edmonton meeting with premiers

  14-07-2017 22:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Indigenous leaders from three national organizations will not be attending the Council of Federation meeting in Edmonton Monday. 
  The annual summit, held in a different province each year, generally sets aside the first day for a meeting with Indigenous leaders.
  The Edmonton event was expected to be no different but on Friday the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) and the Métis Nation issued a joint statement saying they will instead be addressing medi
  
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• Job openings in Alberta increased in first quarter by nine per cent over last year

  14-07-2017 21:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An improving labour market is having a positive effect on the number of job openings in Alberta. According to Statistics Canada data released Thursday, job vacancies rose by 3,600 positions to 43,000 between the first quarters of 2016 and 2017 — a 9.3 per cent increase.
  This is the first year-over-year increase for Alberta in the number of job vacancies and the first jump in the job vacancy rate since the first quarter of 2015 when this data was first collected by Statistics Canada. A
  
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• Indigenous leaders snub Edmonton meeting with premiers

  14-07-2017 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Indigenous leaders from three national organizations will not be attending the Council of Federation meeting in Edmonton Monday. 
  The annual summit, held in a different province each year, generally sets aside the first day for a meeting with Indigenous leaders.
  The Edmonton event was expected to be no different but on Friday the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) and the Métis Nation issued a joint statement saying they will instead be addressing medi
  
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• FanFan Patisserie: New bakery opens in Old Strathcona

  14-07-2017 21:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A pastry and a lovely coffee is the best possible way to begin the day, just as a perfect cake or mousse is a great way to end it. Tarts at noon are also good.
  Now, Edmontonians have another source for delicious French sweets, with the launch of yet another pastry shop in our city.
  FanFan Patisserie threw open its doors this week. Its owner, pastry chef Franck Bouilhol is from France, and trained at the pastry school owned by French celebrity chefs Yves Thuriès and Alain Ducasse. He
  
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• The Alberta government is no longer sending you reminders to renew you

  14-07-2017 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Officially, Nate Tasker’s job is to oversee the registries for the Alberta Motor Association’s contact centre. 
  Unofficially, he helps Albertan drivers wrapped up in red tape. He’s listened to their gripes about regulatory hassles, given them a shoulder to cry on and helped steer them in the right direction for years. 
  Lately, he’s started hearing a new complaint: “Hey, how can my car’s registration be expired? Why didn’t I see a reminder in th
  
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• Dozens of Indigenous musicians reinventing 'symphony' at Winspear Tuesday

  14-07-2017 19:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A unique Indigenous musical art experiment is taking place at Winspear Centre Tuesday night, adding to and localizing a famous American sound-art work by paying tribute to three often-overlooked women from Alberta’s history.
  Curated by the local Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, the project “in memoriam …” will at times feature in the neighbourhood of 40 musicians assembled in a circle in the acoustically beautiful downtown venue, playing handmade instruments —
  
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• Social Seen

  14-07-2017 18:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist.
  Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  Bikes and Beers
  Where: La Cite Francophone
  When: July 6
  Who: Linnea’s Legion
  What: A donor appreciation night and fundraising auctio
  
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• Chartier brunch will satisfy the healthiest appetites

  14-07-2017 18:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Downtown Beaumont isn’t crowded with interesting structures, but one of the visual highlights of 50 Street is the rustic-looking residential building that houses Chartier restaurant on the main floor.
  Restaurant owners Darren and Sylvia Cheverie opened their business last year after raising more than $100,000 in a Kickstarter campaign, creating French-Canadian-flavoured dishes that reflect the town’s francophone roots.
  The names of hundreds of donors are listed on a large map of the
  
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• Sexual assault charge laid against military member based in Edmonton

  14-07-2017 18:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A member of the Canadian military based in Edmonton has been charged with sexual assault against a civilian at a private residence in the city in January.
  Military police launched an investigation on April 19 after a complaint was made against the member of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment based at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.
  Canadian Forces National Investigation Service charged the man on Wednesday and the case has been moved into the civilian justice system.
  “The Canadian Forces Natio
  
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• Notley's Bob the Angry Flower: 25 years celebrated with tenth book

  14-07-2017 17:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Celebrating 25 years of continuous publication in Edmonton newspapers, Stephen Notley has written and drawn more than 1,300 Bob the Angry Flower comic strips since the spring Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit first dominated the airwaves.
  This is an unparalleled milestone for both Canadian cartooning and independent publication — and Notley’s tenth book, X is coming out next week with its anti-hero giddily crucified to the 24th letter of the alphabet on the cover.
  As a whole, &
  
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• David Staples: What will our new social studies curriculum be?

  14-07-2017 17:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Who is writing our K-12 social studies curriculum — experts, or ideologues?
  We need excellent teachers and top experts in the main areas of the field, such as history, anthropology and geography, to do this work, not just folks who share a common view on politics or on the particular techniques that teachers should use in class.
  We’ve seen what happens when ideologues take over. Actual math professors were frozen out of the last major math curriculum writing process in the mid-2
  
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• Alleged St. Albert drug deal gone bad leads to aggravated assault charges - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2017 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alleged St. Albert drug deal gone bad leads to aggravated assault charges
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  Three Edmonton men are facing aggravated assault charges after an alleged drug deal gone bad resulted in a teenager having to undergo surgery for a head injury. The attack happened nearly two months ago in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert. RCMP ...
  
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• Alleged St. Albert drug deal gone bad leads to aggravated assault charges

  14-07-2017 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three Edmonton men are facing aggravated assault charges after an alleged drug deal gone bad resulted in a teenager having to undergo surgery for a head injury.
  
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• David Staples

  14-07-2017 15:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Who is writing our K-12 social studies curriculum — experts, or ideologues?
  We need excellent teachers and top experts in the main areas of the field, such as history, anthropology and geography, to do this work, not just folks who share a common view on politics or on the particular techniques that teachers should use in class.
  We’ve seen what happens when ideologues take over. Actual math professors were frozen out of the last major math curriculum writing process in the mid-2
  
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• Policy for naming homicide victims in Alberta could be ready this August

  14-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A standard policy for naming Alberta homicide victims could be in place by August.
  The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) plans to discuss their new draft policy at an executive meeting Aug. 1. By then, the province’s privacy commissioner, Jill Clayton, will have weighed in with her opinion, according to a representative from her office.
  Medicine Hat police Chief Andy McGrogan — head of the AACP, which represents all police services in Alberta including the RCMP and
  
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• Opinion: Western silence will cost us on Asia-Pacific trade

  14-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  There is a strong and painful case to be made that Western Canada has not been well-served by the country’s trade agenda under the previous and current governments. This is not just a criticism of governments in Ottawa; it is more a damning critique of how little western interests seem to care themselves, or how ineffective they have been in shaping national trade policy and priorities.
  The largest and most important opportunity for western exporters is at hand, yet it is not generating at
  
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• Friday's letters: Homeless people need help to transition to regular housing

  14-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Having worked with a number of non-profits and organizations addressing homelessness, there is often one step missing. That is the transition phase. For those who have been homeless for a long time, dropping them into an average full-sized apartment is often fraught with issues, because they can have trouble living with rules or learning to take care of themselves.
  Why not reduce the risk? Instead of full-sized apartment blocks, create student-residence-like buildings with services to address me
  
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• Column: Farewell, dear friend, I'm going to miss you a lot

  14-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  What a silly thing, to be upset about selling a car.
  It’s just metal and rubber, plastic and carpet, hoses, belts and fluids; a soulless machine, like a lawn mower, a toaster or a hair dryer.
  And yet, Silver Rain is different. That car’s been with me since 2008. It was the vehicle I drove to Vancouver Island (well, not all the way, a ferry did its part) to hike the West Coast Trail. It brought an astonishing percentage of my worldly possessions to Ottawa when I made the trip east in
  
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• No reason Edmonton Oilers young puckmovers can't again exceed expectations

  14-07-2017 08:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Suddenly the questions about the Oilers’ need for a puckmoving d-man have died down
  Ten billion posts and tweets were made last spring and summer about the Oilers’ absolute need to bring in another strong puck-moving defenceman or two.
  The team failed to do so.
  Yet this spring and summer hardly any posts or tweets have been written about the Oilers’ absolute need to bring in a strong puck-moving defenceman or two. Yes, some Oilers observers and fans would have preferred if the
  
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• St. Albert to study multi-use facilities - St. Albert Gazette

  14-07-2017 08:51 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  St. Albert to study multi-use facilities
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  A new study will re-evaluate St. Albert's capital growth plan when it comes to recreation and cultural facilities. The study comes as a result of several groups lobbying council for new facilities. City Manager Kevin Scoble said the best approach going ...
  
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• Fort McMurray reconstruction brings need for young skilled workers

  14-07-2017 08:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A year after a massive wildfire ravaged Fort McMurray and surrounding area, the reconstruction is in full swing. And the rebuild has created opportunities for young workers.
  After the flames were doused, about 2,500 dwellings were damaged in the most expensive insured disaster in Canadian history, with almost 1,600 needing to be entirely rebuilt, says Amanda Haitas, manager of economic development with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
  “As of early June this year our numbers for t
  
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• Woman dead after rollover near Rocky Mountain House

  14-07-2017 05:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A motorist died after being thrown from the SUV she was driving Thursday near Rocky Mountain House.
  The Ford Explorer was driving southbound on Range Road 65 southeast of Rocky Mountain House when it lost control and rolled several times around 11:30 a.m., according to an RCMP news release Thursday.
  The 57-year-old woman, who lived in the area, was ejected from the vehicle.
  Mounties, the fire department and Emergency Medical Services were called to the scene. Later, STARS air ambulance was
  
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• Tornado spotted as central Alberta hit by evening storm

  14-07-2017 04:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Outdoor events were cancelled and Albertans kept eyes on the skies Thursday amidst warnings for severe weather, from tornados to thunderstorms.
  A tornado was spotted in the Brazeau County and Leduc County area around 5:30 p.m. and a possible tornado was reported in the area of Leduc County and Wetaskiwin County.
  The Edmonton Street Performers Festival site at Churchill Square closed down, including the Troupe du Jour, as the storm brought about a dramatic shift from the sunny, 29 C day.
  The Edmo
  
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• Quality of assisted living homes inconsistent across Alberta, survey finds

  14-07-2017 04:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Families looking for assisted living facilities in Alberta may want to comb through a new Health Quality Council of Alberta report that rates the quality of life in retirement homes.
  The council surveyed 2,870 residents and 4,629 family members of people living in supportive facilities across the province, and found experiences ranging from delightful to frustrating.
  “There’s lots of opportunity to improve out there,” Andrew Neuner, CEO of the Health Quality Council, said Thurs
  
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• Faust residents concerned with plan for public park area near contaminated site

  14-07-2017 04:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Big Lakes County said Thursday it is in favour of Alberta Environment and Parks developing an exposure-control plan for a contaminated site near the hamlet of Faust along the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake, which could include a public day-use park area west of the site.
  Residents, however, are concerned about a safety risk from the possible spread of toxins. Resident Mike Wolff said Wednesday he was at a meeting Tuesday night with concerned community members, the Big Lakes County municipal
  
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• ALERT investigators set new records in gun seizures and charges laid

  14-07-2017 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta’s Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has shattered records in the number of guns seized and charges laid, but an ALERT spokesman says the success can be measured in far more important terms.
  “You are talking about lives being saved,” Mike Tucker, communications director for ALERT, said Thursday.
  The latest ALERT annual report shows ALERT investigators laid a record 3,014 charges against 498 people, a nearly one-quarter increase over last year where officers laid
  
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• Traffic app alerts Edmonton motorists to photo-radar locations

  14-07-2017 03:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Let your smartphone guide you through photo-radar traps.
  Katla Labs, a Toronto-based startup, is uploading weekly locations provided by the City of Edmonton to its free dash-cam and navigational app, Sidekick, to let drivers know when they get near photo radar.
  “What my app has been doing is called proactive alerts for drivers so they have a little bit more time to react to things happening on the road,” Katla Labs CEO Billy Lo said Thursday.
  Lo puts open data portals from different
  
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• Stabbing suspects fleeing police slam into Wetaskiwin grocery store

  14-07-2017 03:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two suspects were in hospital Thursday after ramming their car into a building while trying to flee a stabbing in Wetaskiwin.
  Wetaskiwin RCMP were called to the common area of a south-side apartment building around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. A 32-year-old Wetaskiwin man had been stabbed twice in the neck.
  When police arrived, two suspects were inside a vehicle.
  Trying to flee, the suspects’ vehicle first crashed into a parked police car, then struck another parked car. Two police officers narrow
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Edmonton — Tornado spotted in central Alberta

  14-07-2017 03:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  6:30 p.m. – Severe thunderstorm warning for Edmonton
  Severe thunderstorm watches were upgraded to warnings at 6:24 p.m. for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
  Environment Canada warns there is a potential for golf-ball sized hail or larger, wind gusts in excess of 100 km/h and the risk of very heavy rainfall greater than 50 mm.Current weather conditions may create a severe storm. Be aware of flooding conditions on roadways especially underpasses. #yegwx #yegroads
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• 'We are watching with great interest': Australian politician tours medical marijuana production facility

  14-07-2017 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Australian delegates are hoping to learn from Alberta’s expertise after visiting the Aurora Sky medical marijuana production facility Thursday. 
  “We’re now at the point where we need to see what this looks like on a large scale,” said Jaala Pulford, minister for agriculture and regional development for the state government of Victoria. “Our medicinal cannabis industry we can age by weeks rather than years.”
  The Australian politician kicked off her tr
  
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• Sacks to be them

  14-07-2017 02:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It almost looks like Jekyl and Hyde the way the Edmonton Eskimos defence got out of the gates on the 2017 Canadian Football League season.
  Going from five sacks against the B.C. Lions in their first game to zero their last time out against the Montreal Alouettes doesn’t exactly scream consistency.
  Or does it?
  Considering the Alouettes became the first team since the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2000 to not allow a sack in their first three games, Eskimos defensive co-ordinator Mike Benevides isn
  
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• Maas always the bridesmaid in budding Eskimos-RedBlacks rivalry

  14-07-2017 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Jason Maas isn’t looking for sympathy.
  Just a win.
  And he’s probably about due for one, too, when it comes to the budding interdivisional rivalry that’s been shaping up over the past two years between the Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa RedBlacks.
  It’s one he’s seen from both sides of the fence while coaching in games as big as Canadian Football League games get.
  He knows both clubs intimately: As the RedBlacks offensive co-ordinator during a 2015 campaign that saw the
  
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• 'It made him feel home': St. Albert to honour slain senior at the grain elevators he loved - Edmonton Journal

  14-07-2017 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
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  'It made him feel home': St. Albert to honour slain senior at the grain elevators he loved
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  St. Albert senior Ronald Worsfold, 75, was reported missing by his family on July 9. A celebration of life is set for July 16. Curtis Peters / Supplied. Share Adjust Comment Print. Ronald Worsfold loved St. Albert's grain elevators. For years, the blue ...and more »
  
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• Celebration of life at grain elevator park to honour St. Albert senior ... - Edmonton Journal

  14-07-2017 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
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  Celebration of life at grain elevator park to honour St. Albert senior ...
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  Homicide victim Ronald Worsfold loved St. Albert's grain elevators.and more »
  
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• Celebration of life at grain elevator park to honour slain senior

  14-07-2017 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ronald Worsfold loved St. Albert’s grain elevators. 
  For years, the blue and teal towers dominated the view from his balcony, across the tracks in the three-storey apartment building where he was caretaker. Over time, the trees across the street grew to obscure the view, but Darren Worsfold, his adult son, remembers afternoons with his dad watching thunderstorms roll in over the elevators. 
  “His dad was an engineer for CN (Rail), and the trains going by … It was
  
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• Council Briefs for July 10th

  14-07-2017 01:05
  Council Briefs are provided for the benefit of community members with the intent of giving a short, informal report on... Read Post
  
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• Alberta mayors want combative sports out of their hands

  14-07-2017 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Nine days before the boxing match that killed Tim Hague, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said in a letter to mayors across Alberta that they don’t want the commissioning of combative sports left to local governments any longer.
  Iveson and Veer hope the letter can be the backbone of a request to the province to form its own commission. So far, 12 mid-sized city mayors have signalled their agreement and more are expected to do so.
  Iveson reiterated his position Thursda
  
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• Courier van carrying government mail stolen in Red Deer

  14-07-2017 00:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Anyone who sent mail to a provincial government office in Red Deer in late June should check if it arrived, a provincial government spokeswoman said Thursday.
  A courier van carrying at least 40 pieces of inter-office government mail, and possibly more letters from citizens, was stolen at 10 a.m. June 23 in downtown Red Deer, said RCMP Cpl. Dan Earle.
  On July 8, Camrose police found the 2014 white Dodge Caravan, 140 kilometres from where it was stolen. Its contents were gone. It raises the possib
  
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