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• 31-year-old man shot in car over the weekend dies in hospital

  10-08-2017 21:57
  A man shot in his car Saturday in northwest Edmonton has become the city’s latest homicide victim, dying Monday in hospital. 
  Peter Penac, 31, was shot while sitting in his white Lexus in the residential neighbourhood of Athlone Saturday around 9:50 p.m. Witnesses said a red car fled the scene near 129 Avenue and 130 Street after shots rang out and Penac was found slumped behind the wheel.
  An autopsy conducted by the Edmonton Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Penac died as a r
  
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• Proposed city charter gives new powers to Edmonton and Calgary

  10-08-2017 21:35
  A proposed city charter released Thursday includes new rules allowing Edmonton and Calgary to put extra taxes on derelict or polluted property, boost fines for serious bylaw offences, and create tribunals to handle parking and transit tickets, among other powers.
  Alberta’s two largest cities have been working with the province since 2014 to develop a charter allowing them to address issues such as transit, affordable housing and climate change. The draft version now contains 38 regulations
  
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• Premier Rachel Notley tours Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project

  10-08-2017 21:30
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is in Hardisty Thursday touring Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline replacement project site and taking part in an “official” groundbreaking.
  Construction began nine days ago on the Line 3 replacement.
  Notley issued a statement Thursday afternoon:
  “Line 3 is about good jobs, growing Alberta’s – and Canada’s – economy and ensuring we have safe, modern infrastructure to transport our energy resources to market while protecting th
  
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• Edmonton's Food Bank surpasses fundraising goal for annual drive

  10-08-2017 21:08
  Edmonton’s Food Bank has surpassed their fundraising goal of 50,000 kgs of food for their largest annual food drive.
  As of Wednesday night, the drive has collected 52,694 kgs of food, executive director Marjorie Bencz said.
  This was in large part to the record-breaking crowd at the Heritage Festival on Sunday, Bencz said, with about 14,000 kgs of food being collected on that day alone. Following the end of the festival, almost 11,000 kgs has been donated at grocery stores and fire halls in
  
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• RCMP looking for fourth suspect after Bonnyville liquor store robbery

  10-08-2017 19:47
  Three people have been arrested and police are looking for a fourth after a Bonnyville liquor store employee was shot during an armed robbery on Monday.
  RCMP responded to an armed robbery at the store on 50th Avenue in Bonnyville — about 243 kilometres northeast of Edmonton — just after midnight, RCMP said in a media release Thursday morning.
  Upon arrival, police said the victim was located with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen.
  Investigators determined three male suspects had e
  
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• FC Edmonton look to keep momentum against New York Cosmos

  10-08-2017 19:30
  FC Edmonton finally got the ball heading in their direction last weekend with an impressive 3-1 victory, on the road, against the Indy Eleven.
  The key now is to keep it rolling.
  Going into their game against the New York Cosmos at Clarke Stadium (7 p.m.) Friday, FC Edmonton is looking to build off their best game of the season.
  And with a completely healthy lineup available to head coach Colin Miller for the first time this season, the North American Soccer League squad can’t wait to get b
  
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• Pilot dies after crop duster crashes near La Crete

  10-08-2017 19:04
  A 43-year-old pilot has died after a crop duster struck the ground near La Crete in northern Alberta Wednesday night.
  According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) the pilot was operating an AT-502B aerial application aircraft when, during a repositioning turn, the crop duster hit the ground and crashed at 9:20 p.m.
  Fort Vermillion RCMP located the plane in a field north of the La Crete Airport with extensive damage. La Crete is about 700 km north of Edmonton. 
  The 43-year-ol
  
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• Redford-era family care clinic touted as Slave Lake success story

  10-08-2017 18:58
  SLAVE LAKE — Like any family doctor, Brittney Tradewell spends her days diagnosing illnesses, ordering tests and prescribing drugs for anyone who walks through the door of the Slave Lake family care clinic.
  The 28-year-old finished her schooling just seven months ago, but already is in such demand that she has a four-week wait list to get an appointment.
  The funny thing is, Tradewell is not a doctor. It’s a fact she sometimes has to explain to hesitant patients she sees at the clinic
  
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• Body of missing boater found in Lesser Slave Lake

  10-08-2017 18:11
  The body of a missing 50-year-old man was recovered in Lesser Slave Lake Wednesday afternoon, say RCMP.
  The man was reported missing to the High Prairie RCMP Sunday evening after his small pontoon boat capsized while fishing near the Hilliard’s Bay boat launch — about 380 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. 
  Au autopsy is scheduled for Thursday in Edmonton, said police in a Thursday news release.
  
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• Clark slams Fildebrandt's Airbnb apartment, demands investigation

  10-08-2017 17:42
  Alberta Party leader Greg Clark is calling for the Speaker to investigate in the wake of revelations Derek Fildebrandt was renting out his taxpayer-subsidized apartment. 
  Clark also wants to see an audit of all MLA expenses, and greater penalties for members who break the rules.
  Fildebrandt, the United Conservative Party member for Strathmore-Brooks and one of the opposition’s two finance critics, told the Journal Wednesday he had done nothing wrong.
  On Thursday morning he issued a pu
  
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• Haiti's hybrid sound Lakou Mizik reflects nation's turbulent history

  10-08-2017 16:15
  You wouldn’t expect great music to come out of a disaster but that’s the story of Haiti’s Lakou Mizik a collective experiment that’s still reaching its peak, some five years on.
  Between ongoing political and economic disorder and intermittent challenges from nature, the level of poverty in the Caribbean island nation was already about the worst in the western world when a decimating magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck on Jan. 12, 2010, further trashing living conditions for m
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Cariwest, Metallica, and Anciients

  10-08-2017 16:00
  Anciients
  Vancouver sludge metal unit Anciients have spent a large chunk of 2017 on the road with their latest offering, Voice of the Void. The hard working four-piece made their way through Europe in the spring, touching down in Berlin for a slot at Desertfest, and then picked up again in the summer with a Canadian jaunt that has them seeing just how badly they can shake the walls of the Starlite Room. Opening are fellow B.C. rockers Dead Quiet.
  When: Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m.
  Where: Starlite
  
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• Editorial: Time to decide what to do with Daylight Saving Time

  10-08-2017 15:13
  So, 74 per cent of Albertans who responded to the government say they want to kill daylight time.
  Some 13,600 people weighed in via letter, fax and online survey. The committee tasked with gathering feedback on Bill 203 received so much reaction that it dwarfed the previous record of 400 responses sent to any committee.
  That’s despite the fact there are so many more pressing issues facing the province than fiddling with the time.
  Among the 3,000 respondents who opposed the change were nota
  
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• Vegreville facility helping develop possible $1-billion Canadian hemp industry

  10-08-2017 14:00
  A Vegreville research centre is on the cutting edge of a booming Canadian hemp industry one scientist predicts will be worth $1 billion annually within a few years.
  That’s roughly five times the industrial hemp industry’s current approximately $200-million value, but InnoTech Alberta’s Jan Slaski says the business is poised to become larger.
  His office is already crammed with such hemp items as insulated construction blocks; erosion control mats; lightweight, dent-resistant car
  
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• Thursday's letters: Heritage Fest was another success

  10-08-2017 14:00
  Kudos to the volunteers and planners for an excellent Heritage Festival event. It gets better every year.
  One of my favourite memories is of watching children from many diverse backgrounds all playing in the playground together. The future of our country looks bright if we continue to play together despite our possible differences.  These children demonstrated that different colour, language or faith need not separate us.
  Kudos to Edmonton Transit System as well. Despite media reports of bu
  
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• Opinion: Province has key role re-skilling workers for tech future

  10-08-2017 14:00
  Try naming a region as much in need of reinventing its workforce for a new era as Alberta.
  The province has long been satisfied with educating and importing a steady stream of oil and gas specialists to make it a place that excelled in converting its natural resources to great riches. Increased competition — brought about by the rise of fracking and alternative energy — is forcing a shake-up of this status quo.
  Rising out of the doom and gloom that surfaced in 2014, when oil prices b
  
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• Government and opposition play games with FOIP requests

  10-08-2017 14:00
  It shouldn’t be this difficult.
  Finding out how much the Alberta government is spending to administer its carbon tax program shouldn’t take seven months of waiting and end with pages of blanked-out documents.
  But that’s what happened when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business filed a freedom of information (FOIP) request.
  The application went in on Jan. 18, disappeared into the labyrinth that is the FOIP system and emerged this month with the important bits redacted.
  
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• Editorial: Time to decide

  10-08-2017 14:00
  So, 74 per cent of Albertans who responded to the government say they want to kill daylight time.
  Some 13,600 people weighed in via letter, fax and online survey. The committee tasked with gathering feedback on Bill 203 received so much reaction that it dwarfed the previous record of 400 responses sent to any committee.
  That’s despite the fact there are so many more pressing issues facing the province than fiddling with the time.
  Among the 3,000 respondents who opposed the change were nota
  
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• Colourful Caribbean costumes set to line downtown streets as Cariwest kicks off Friday

  10-08-2017 14:00
  If you missed out on the Heritage Festival, there’s still a chance to dance and celebrate cultural diversity in Edmonton.
  Caribbean music, cuisine and culture will take over Churchill Square during the Cariwest festival running Friday to Sunday. 
  The three-day celebration, which has been an annual staple in Edmonton for more than 30 years, “means a lot” to the Caribbean community, Cariwest vice-president Danielle George said Wednesday.
  George’s father was one of the
  
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• Riggers advance with 3-2 win over St. Albert Tigers - Red Deer Advocate (subscription)

  10-08-2017 08:05
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  Riggers advance with 3-2 win over St. Albert Tigers
  Red Deer Advocate (subscription)
  The Red Deer Riggers moved on to the Sunburst Baseball League final with a 3-2 win over the St. Albert Tigers on Wednesday night. Josh Edwards tossed a complete game for the Riggers and a double play with the bases loaded clinched the best-of-three ...and more »
  
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• Edmonton Oilers prospect Ryan Mantha is a right shot cannon. But has he got the wheels?

  10-08-2017 08:01
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects
  No. 19: D Ryan Mantha
  Previously: major junior free agent signed March 1, 2017
  Let’s start with the good news, that Ryan Mantha is big, 6-feet, 5-inches, 225-pounds, that he’s got an excellent shot, that he’s a right shot, and that he trended up fast in the Ontario Hockey League last season. The Edmonton Oilers were so impressed they signed Mantha to a three-year entry level contract this spring. The New York Rangers, the team that had drafted him
  
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• Late-inning heroics by Jake Lanferman give Prospects victory over Medicine Hat

  10-08-2017 07:18
  Jake Lanferman has been the hottest hitters in the Western Major Baseball League playoffs for the Edmonton Prospects and he came through when his team needed him most.
  Lanferman’s crushed a curveball off of Medcine Hat Mavericks pitcher Connor Deeds and it sailed over the head of centre-fielder David Salgueiro in the bottom of the ninth to cap off a come-from-behind 4-3 win in front of 1,648 fans at ReMax Field on Wednesday night.
  Edmonton now leads the semifinal best-of-five-series 2-1. G
  
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• Sticky sap protects lodgepole pines against beetles: U of A researcher

  10-08-2017 04:47
  Mountain pine beetles have wreaked havoc on entire pine forests in Alberta in the past, but research shows one tree is putting up a fight.
  A University of Alberta forestry professor discovered that certain chemicals in lodgepole pine trees produce a high level of sticky sap that overwhelms the insect.
  Nadir Erbilgin first noticed the phenomenon after studying trees in the Grande Prairie area that had survived a mountain pine beetle attack.
  “We don’t know why some (trees) are showing
  
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• Paula Simons: Our Heritage Festival belongs in Hawrelak Park

  10-08-2017 04:34
  Sunday was a sublime day in Hawrelak Park.
  The sky was blue. There was a light breeze. It was warm, but not sweltering hot. 
  It was an ideal time to walk by the lake, ride the paddle boats and soak up the wonders of the Edmonton Heritage Festival. 
  I was in the park on Sunday myself. And I certainly wasn’t alone. It seems as if one-third of Edmonton chose that particular day to visit the festival. The festival’s opening day had been blighted by a downpour. The Monday weathe
  
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• Finance critic Derek Fildebrandt rents downtown digs on Airbnb while claiming housing allowance

  10-08-2017 04:24
  A United Conservative Party MLA says there’s nothing wrong with him subletting his downtown Edmonton apartment while claiming thousands of dollars in rent from the public purse.
  Derek Fildebrandt, MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, advertises his downtown bachelor suite for rent online as “newly renovated, modernly furnished and very well-kept.”
  “It has a sweeping view of the city and is in the thick of the action on Jasper Ave.,” the Airbnb listing says.
  Between January an
  
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• Indigenous leader Taz Bouchier declares candidacy for mayor

  10-08-2017 03:55
  An Indigenous elder declared her intention to run for Edmonton mayor Wednesday.
  Taz Bouchier said she is the first Indigenous woman to seek the job.
  People of every race and culture need to be represented on council, she said.
  Her announcement at Beaver Hills House Park was preceded by a smudge and prayer, as well as a wolf song by Chris Swan, who is from Treaty 2 territory.
  “I have lived in Edmonton for 53 years and I can honestly say in those 53 years I have not seen my voice or heard my
  
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• Quadriplegic worker who faced deportation wins permanent residency in Canada

  10-08-2017 03:17
  A paralyzed Edmonton woman who lived under threat of deportation is rejoicing after the Canadian government granted her permanent residency on compassionate grounds.
  “Yesterday I received it, and I was just bursting into tears in Canada Place,” Vicky Venancio said Wednesday. The 31-year-old woman came to Canada as a temporary foreign worker in 2011.
  While cycling to work at a Mill Woods McDonald’s in 2012, a vehicle struck her, rendering her a quadriplegic. At first, she could
  
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• Sentencing date set for woman who pleaded guilty to causing animal distress

  10-08-2017 02:14
  A 73-year-old woman who could face a lifetime ban on owning pets after her 20-year-old dog was found to be in distress will be sentenced Sept. 21, court heard Wednesday.
  In July, Margret Dechambre pleaded guilty to causing or permitting an animal to be in distress more than one year after her dog Sandy was euthanized by the Edmonton Humane Society. 
  Court heard that the collie-husky cross weighed less than half of what she should have when Dechambre and her common-law partner John Nadeau br
  
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• Four Edmonton-area eateries make Canada's Best New Restaurants list

  10-08-2017 02:04
  Four of the newest members of Edmonton and area’s lively restaurant scene are in a national spotlight.
  Every year, Air Canada seeks out the country’s best new restaurants. The top 30 nominees, announced Wednesday, are a selection of the best Canadian restaurants to open in the past 12 months.
  “We are committed to discovering and supporting memorable travel and dining destinations across Canada,” said Andy Shibata, a managing director at Air Canada.
  Based on reco
  
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• Westlock RCMP charge St. Albert man with posing as a peace officer - Edmonton Journal

  10-08-2017 01:43
  Edmonton Journal
  Westlock RCMP charge St. Albert man with posing as a peace officer
  Edmonton Journal
  St. Albert resident Mark Andrew Capowski, 36, has been charged with two counts of personation of a peace officer after initiating traffic stops near Fawcett, Alta. St. Albert RCMP are looking for a grey 2015 Chervolet Suburban with black push bars on ...
  Bogus traffic stops lead RCMP to charge St. Albert man with posing as police officerCBC.ca
  St. Albert man charged with impersonating officer, R
  
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• Westlock RCMP charge St. Albert man with posing as a peace officer

  10-08-2017 01:43
  An alleged fake peace officer is facing real charges following two different incidents in the RCMP’s jurisdiction.
  A St. Albert man has been charged with two counts of personation of a peace officer stemming from incidents near Westlock, Alta., on July 27 and July 29.
  A driver was followed by a light-coloured SUV from Westlock on July 27. The SUV activated red and blue lights when the two vehicles approached Fawcett.
  The suspect pulled over the driver for an alleged traffic violation and a
  
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