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• Man charged after laser pointed at police helicopter in downtown Edmonton

  08-08-2017 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 21-year-old man has been charged with two counts of endangering an aircraft after a laser was pointed at a police helicopter in downtown Edmonton Sunday night.
  A green laser was pointed at the helicopter around 11:20 p.m., Edmonton Police Service acting Staff Sgt. Robert Malo said. 
  Police were able to identify the location of the laser to a balcony of an apartment building on Jasper Avenue and 85 Street, he said.
  The man was arrested at the scene and charged with endangering the security
  
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• Terry Jones: New venue for Spirit of Edmonton at Grey Cup

  08-08-2017 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maybe if the Edmonton Eskimos had not decided to veto Ottawa’s Logger Sports team from using their chainsaw to cut a wood cookie off their log as a touchdown celebration at the 2015 Grey Cup due to “competitive advantage” …
  Maybe if the Eskimos hadn’t defeated the RedBlacks in the Grey Cup and then taken Ottawa’s offensive coordinator Jason Maas as their new head coach …
  Maybe then Gerry Haracsi, the new chairman of the Spirit of Edmonton, wouldn&rsquo
  
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• Saskatoon motorcyclist dies in Lloydminster collision

  08-08-2017 20:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Saskatoon man driving a motorcycle died in a collision with a pickup truck Monday afternoon in Lloydminster.
  RCMP responded to the crash around 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 16 and College Drive, RCMP said in a release Tuesday.
  The motorcycle heading eastbound collided with the half-ton pickup truck that was turning southbound from Highway 16 onto College Drive.
  RCMP said the motorcyclist from Saskatoon died from his injuries sustained in the crash and his family has been notified.&
  
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• Grande Prairie man conquers Canadian Death Race on his first try

  08-08-2017 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every year, athletes from around the world compete in the Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache.
  It’s not for the faint of heart, however. Crossing the finish line is no easy feat in the ultra-marathon as solo runners and teams must cover terrain spanning 125km, which includes three mountain summits, 17,000 feet in elevation change and five legs – all while pushing through whatever Mother Nature throws their way.
  Regarded as one of the most gruelling adventure races in the world, Grand
  
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• Government announces cash for immigrant family violence program

  08-08-2017 19:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five projects in Edmonton and northern Alberta are sharing in $600,000 from the province to help stem family violence among immigrants and refugees.
  The cash was announced Tuesday by Community and Social Services Minister Irfan Sabir at the REACH Immigrant and Refugee Initiative in Edmonton.
  It’s part of the province’s family and community safety program, which helps Albertans affected by family violence. The program has received around $6-million since 2016.
  Sabir said stressors lik
  
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• RCMP searching for missing boater on Lesser Slave Lake

  08-08-2017 18:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 40-year-old man is missing after his small pontoon boat capsized on Lesser Slave Lake Sunday evening.
  High Prairie RCMP received a call around 6:20 p.m. of the missing man who was fishing on his boat near the Hilliard’s Bay boat launch, RCMP said in a release Tuesday.
  High Prairie and Faust RCMP along with the Faust Fire Department and Slave Lake Regional Search and Rescue searched the area until the early morning hours Monday. Search efforts are continuing Tuesday.
  Lesser Slave Lake is
  
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• Sustainable living: The greenest condo in Canada expected to sell out fast

  08-08-2017 17:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Belgravia Square is the future of condo living. The first condo with geothermal heating and cooling in Edmonton, and arguably one of the greenest condos in Canada, not only is this a home you can feel good about buying, its smart design also means lower condo fees.
  Solar panels will generate electricity for the building and feed it back into the grid, while geothermal heating will bring carbon credit revenue to the condo corporation, offsetting the cost of utility bills and therefore lowering th
  
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• Alberta man, a onetime FARC hostage, on trial for murder in Colombia

  08-08-2017 15:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Norbert Reinhart emerged from the Colombian jungle in 1999 after 94 days as a captive of the country’s notorious FARC guerrilla fighters, the world gave him a hero’s welcome. 
  Reinhart — a Canadian diamond driller whose family home at the time was in Raymond, Alta. — made international headlines when he agreed to take the place of an employee taken hostage by the Marxist militant group.
  Eighteen years later, he sits in a Colombian jail, charged with murder.
  Rein
  
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• How an Italian city sparked a Canadian pizza revolution

  08-08-2017 15:00
  Three friends found success by combining their love of home with a longing for Naples.
  
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• Police work to find new evidence in missing Aboriginal cold cases

  08-08-2017 14:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  All unsolved historical murders of Aboriginal women in Edmonton are under review as police search for fresh clues in 10 cold cases, some of which now have suspects identified, the Journal has learned. 
  “We’ve had some breakthroughs where we’ve been able to certainly identify suspects,” said Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht.  “Once we have a suspect, there’s fresh information.”
  The cases — which involve 11 victims and date back as far as t
  
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• Paula Simons: Marriage is hard. It's easier when you're partners.

  08-08-2017 14:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The first time he proposed, he planned it out oh so carefully.
  We were standing on a Hawaiian beach in the moonlight. The waves were breaking on the sand. And he took out an heirloom diamond ring, one that had belonged to his grandmother, and asked me to marry him. 
  I said no.
  Indeed, I think I laughed. 
  I had just turned 22. I had just started grad school. The idea of getting engaged, of getting married, struck me as absurd.
  The second time he proposed, it was on a pearly-grey morning
  
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• UCP leadership hopeful Jason Kenney talks curriculum, qualifications

  08-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party leadership hopeful Jason Kenney stands by his controversial comments about Alberta’s draft social studies curriculum outline, despite the education minister branding them “absolute baloney.”
  During his leadership campaign launch, Kenney said the outline ignores Canada’s military history.
  In response, David Eggen tweeted that Kenney was “lying large,” adding Alberta’s curriculum has always respected the military. 
  Kenney dou
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Excessive public art a sign of out-of-touch council

  08-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Criticism follows new $500,000 public art installation in Calgary,” Aug. 4
  Dear Calgary,
  So sorry to hear about your city council. Your new “art” installation is a clear sign that your city council has lost all touch with reality, just like Edmonton’s.
  We Edmontonians feel your pain. Please brace yourself because this may only be the beginning of an avalanche of stupidity. Here are some things to watch out for: Skinny houses where big houses used to be; big hou
  
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• Invasive sport fish affecting lake water quality in national parks

  08-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Researchers are plumbing the depths of 150 mountain lakes in national parks across Alberta and British Columbia to better understand the lasting impact of the introduction of invasive sports fish in the last century. 
  Up until Canada’s mountain parks in Jasper, Banff, Waterton, Kootenay and Yoho were declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the 1980s, there was a concerted campaign to populate previously fish-barren lakes with three species of non-native trout to lure fishermen an
  
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• Edmonton Oilers have a few long-shot prospects waiting in the wings

  08-08-2017 08:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects:Depth wingers
  Our seventh annual Cult of Hockey summer prospects series is underway, and we’re about to get to the good stuff — a a countdown of the Top 20 hopefuls in the Edmonton Oilers’ system. Before we do, though, here’s a third post to finish our summary of Edmonton Oilers’ depth prospects on the wings, after David Staples previously introduced d-men and goalies while I looked at centres. Let’s cut right to the Chase.
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• Heritage Fest's record-breaking attendance hampered by transit delays

  08-08-2017 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Attendance records at the Heritage Festival were smashed before the final day of the festival even started.
  Over 370,000 people flocked Sunday to Hawrelak Park, which almost doubled the previous single-day attendance record.
  About 445,000 people attended in the first two days — breaking the all-time attendance record of 384,000 set in 2013, the festival said in a news release.
  Last year, about 300,000 people attended during the three days.
  Executive director Jim Gibbon credits the great we
  
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• Heritage Festival breaks attendance records after busy Sunday

  08-08-2017 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Attendance records at the Heritage Festival were smashed before the final day of the festival even started.
  Over 370,000 people flocked Sunday to Hawrelak Park, which almost doubled the previous single-day attendance record.
  About 445,000 people attended in the first two days — breaking the all-time attendance record of 384,000 set in 2013, the festival said in a news release.
  Last year, about 300,000 people attended during the three days.
  Executive director Jim Gibbon credits the great we
  
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• FC Edmonton defender Abdoulaye Diakité named NASL's best of week

  08-08-2017 02:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Depending on the day, FC Edmonton defender Abdoulaye Diakité can be a coach’s dream or stress headache.
  This past Saturday, FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller had the good Diakité in an impressive 3-1 victory, on the road, against the Indy Eleven. For his efforts, Diakité was named the North American Soccer League player of the week Monday.
  Diakité was a force in the heart of the Edmonton defence against Indy, with 15 clearances and winning seven battles for th
  
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• Eskimos offensive line the latest to get bitten by injury bug

  08-08-2017 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  What a difference a couple of weeks can make on the Edmonton Eskimos offensive line.
  Two games ago, the Edmonton Eskimos kicked off their first meeting of the year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, as all five starting o-linemen made their fourth start of the season.
  Up to that point, left tackle Joel Figueroa, left guard Simeon Rottier, centre Justin Sorensen, right guard Matt O’Donnell or right tackle Tony Washington hadn’t missed a single game.
  Fast-forward to the first day of practic
  
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• Eskimos release starting American tackle Tony Washington

  08-08-2017 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  At a time when the Edmonton Eskimos have been circling every wagon possible in the face of injuries this season, the release of healthy starting tackle Tony Washington came as a surprise Monday.
  Especially for a unit that has already lost four starters in the past three games.
  “We have a couple guys in house that we feel can get the job done and decided to move on,” said head coach Jason Maas. “Nothing more than that, there was nothing personal with it. I have a good relationsh
  
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• Curtis Stock: Professionals share best tips for amateur golfers

  08-08-2017 00:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  In what has become an annual rite of this column here are some golf tips from some of the pros who competed in this past weekend’s Syncrude Oil Country Championship at Windermere.
  Lee McCoy, winner of Vancouver’s Freedom 55 Financial Open earlier this year: “One thing that amateurs should work on that really could help their game more than anything is to know how far their clubs go. Most amateurs have no clue on distance control. If you ask players with a 10+ handicap they are
  
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