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• Bob Stauffer of Oilers downplays Jarome Iginla to Edmonton rumours

  31-08-2017 20:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  “I don’t believe it makes sense and I’m not getting any indications it’s going to happen.”
  This in from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers, his take on the rumour spread on Twitter that Jarome Iginla is talking to the Oilers. 
  The rumour comes from Joshua “@JMarshyBosco93” Marshall, who tweeted out “EdmontonOilers & the Jarome Iginla camp have had some open dialogue. Unsure if a PTO or 1 year deal is coming, but there   talking.”
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• Former Wetaskiwin councillor charged with sexual assault

  31-08-2017 19:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wetaskiwin — Former councillor and mayoral candidate Joe Branco has been charged with sexual assault.
  Branco, a two-term councillor announced his candidacy for mayor in the upcoming civic election in May, but abruptly stepped down from council in mid-July. His first court date was July 25.
  Wetaskiwin Mayor Bill Elliot said council and administration had no knowledge of anything related to the charges while Branco was on council. 
  Court documents filed in May allege that Branco committ
  
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• Spoon dishes pleasingly funky moments at Winspear Wednesday night

  31-08-2017 18:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last night the city was divided between two bands.
  OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration; most of Edmonton was either at the Guns N’ Roses extravaganza or hearing them echo from out of Commonwealth Stadium, while a fervent few in comparison packed the Winspear to see the first ever visit by Spoon. It took nine albums and close to a quarter of a century for the Austin-based five-piece to journey this far north, but the wait was definitely worth it.
  Making their way onstage in a haze of
  
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• Bail conditions hearing for Omar Khadr postponed to mid-September

  31-08-2017 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A hearing to vary the conditions of Omar Khadr’s bail — including allowing the former Guantanamo Bay detainee to have unfettered contact with his controversial older sister — has been postponed.  
  A Court of Queen’s Bench hearing in Edmonton Thursday was adjourned at the request of the Crown, said Khadr’s lawyer, Nathan Whitling, in an email.
  The bail variation application has been rescheduled to Sept. 15, Whitling said in a tweet.
  As it stands, the 30-yea
  
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• Guns N' Roses plays long, hard and lewd at Commonwealth Stadium

  31-08-2017 17:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Throughout their early days, Guns N’ Roses were scrappy and vicious, not the sorts of boys to hold back a harsh jab — and this can’t have helped but rubbed off on their fans a little.
  So, cutting to the chase, there were two very direct questions looming over the impending Guns N’ Roses concert after a couple decades’ absence from Edmonton — could Axl Rose still sing, and what would he look like, exactly? Sort of a “shriek and Shrek” deal
  
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• Man dies in early morning house fire in west Edmonton

  31-08-2017 16:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has died in hospital after being pulled from a house fire in west Edmonton early Thursday morning.
  Edmonton firefighters were called to a house on fire near 184 Street and 96A Ave. around 4:15 a.m. Thursday.
  When crews arrived five minutes later they saw a fire burning in the basement.
  Firefighters were able to rescue a man from the home who was transported to hospital by ambulance where he later succumbed to his injuries.
  The fire was under control within a half hour of the 911 call and d
  
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• Police investigating after reported shooting on Whyte Avenue

  31-08-2017 16:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Police Service homicide section is investigating after reports of shots fired near 99 Street and Whyte Avenue on Wednesday night.
  Southwest Division officers were investigating a suspected stolen vehicle near a convenient store in the area around 10:15 p.m.
  “Shots were allegedly fired by an EPS member,” police said in a release early Thursday. 
  Police are looking for an older model, four-door, white Ford F-350 diesel truck and the driver, police said.
  An officer on
  
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• Naming of Riel Artificial Turf Facility Approved by Council

  31-08-2017 16:03
  Facility named in recognition of community member for contributions to football community On Monday, August 28, 2017, City of St.... Read Post
  
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• Thursday's letters: Don't focus on skeletons in the closet

  31-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Everything is offensive, from Laurier to Dief,” NP, Aug. 29
  Emily Carr offensive? Surely no one of her time did more to raise the profile of First Nations on the West Coast than did Emily Carr through her art. How can that be described as “cultural violence?”
  Recent debates over significant Canadians in history have dug up a lot of skeletons. These people were products of their time. To judge people of 100 years ago by today’s standards is taking political corr
  
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• Opinion: Alberta no longer land of labour opportunity

  31-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Go west, young man. Not long ago that was sound advice for a young person struggling to find opportunities in Eastern and Central Canada. While it may still hold true for parts of Western Canada, it’s no longer the case for Alberta, once the pillar of western opportunity.
  As Albertans celebrate Labour Day, now is a good time to take stock of the province’s labour market. A strong labour market is critical for the prosperity of workers. It matches workers looking for the right job opp
  
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• Houston floods overshadow debate at Edmonton's utility committee

  31-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Images of chest-deep water and Houston’s flooded freeways hung over Edmonton’s utility committee Wednesday as they struggled with how to protect this city from the storm of the century.
  It’s a complex question of risk.
  Should Edmonton lobby for the $4.7-billion it would need to prepare for the similar worst-case scenario officials believe climate change will make possible here?
  Or — since Edmonton’s type of flash flooding is the kind that just hits one area really h
  
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• Edmonton graffiti writer's tags on murals irk arts advocate

  31-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bob Schilf finds graffiti on the walls of Track ‘N Trail, his Whyte Avenue outdoors shop, almost weekly. But never on the mural. 
  The mural, of a glowing hand reaching through a void, covers the east wall of the building at 10148 82 Ave. It was painted by San Francisco street artist BIP as part of the 2016 Rust Magic Street Mural Festival.
  Now, there’s a black rectangle painted over the thumb, covering a tag sprayed on the mural earlier this month. 
  “If we h
  
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• Campaign signs already trigger complaints as unofficial start date looms

  31-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Election signs are a hot topic every election and Edmonton’s community standards peace offices are already getting complaints.
  Candidates are posting signs in bus stops, on private fences that line major arterial roads and in vacant storefront windows. Phone surveys are picking up, too.
  We spoke with city staff about the rules. 
  When can candidates start posting signs on public property?
  “No sign is allowed on municipal or school board property until Labour Day,” said Elec
  
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• Young stars led the way, but experienced supporting cast chipped in plenty for 2016-17 Edmonton Oilers

  31-08-2017 11:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Guest post by Nick Normandeau
  Special to The Cult of Hockey 
  This summer I’ve read quite a few online articles about the experience level of the Edmonton Oilers, whether it’s about Steve Tambellini’s failure to surround the “Taylor Hall rebuild” players with solid veterans, or that starting this upcoming season with so many young players (Caggiula, Slepyshev, Puljujarvi, etc.) would be a mistake.  Well over the last five seasons, I’ve kept track of t
  
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• Shane Doan personified class on and off the ice

  31-08-2017 05:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Only 13 guys have ever played more NHL games than Shane Doan’s 1,540, and sadly, none with the Edmonton Oilers.
  The cries of “Doan, Doan, Doan,” from fans at Rexall Place at the 1995 NHL Draft forever ringing in the burning ears of the local team that decided centre Steve Kelly, now a cop, was a better pick at No. 6. The Winnipeg Jets went on to take him at No. 7. 
  That is our everlasting tie-in to the 40-year-old winger Doan, who called it quits Wednesday after 972 points
  
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• Guns N' Roses gets the band back together at Commonwealth Stadium

  31-08-2017 05:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Guns N’ Roses was back in Edmonton, playing Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday night.
  The show was part of an extended Not In This Lifetime … Tour.
  Axl Rose, Duff McKagan and Guns N’ Roses perform at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton Wednesday Aug. 30, 2017.
  Slash and Guns N’ Roses perform at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton Wednesday Aug. 30, 2017.
  Axl Rose and Guns N’ Roses perform at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton Wednesday Aug. 30, 2017.
  Duff McKagan and Gun
  
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• Hockey Canada centre of excellence could go in Expo Centre: Mayor Don Iveson

  31-08-2017 04:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson is bullish the city will eventually break even running the Edmonton Expo Centre, but even its longtime competitor — the Shaw Conference Centre — requires about $1.5 million in subsidies each year.
  Council voted Tuesday to take control of the Expo Centre. It will take on a $47-million loan still owing from the centre’s expansion and give the centre to the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC) to run instead of Northlands.
  That means the two local conference
  
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• Switch to Rally Cycling making big difference for Matteo Dal-Cin

  31-08-2017 04:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a cycling race, you have to find that moment to make your big move for your best chance to win.
  That moment came this year for Matteo Dal-Cin, and it wasn’t even in a race.
  After three years competing with the Silber Pro Cycling team that features many of Canada’s top up-and-coming cyclists, Dal-Cin made the jump to the Rally Cycling team that boasts many of the top racers on the UCI circuit.
  It was a big move and one that has paid off for Dal-Cin as the 26-year-old Canadian is pr
  
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• The 'Devil needed to come out of her': Man admits killing girlfriend during drug-fuelled rampage

  31-08-2017 04:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  It wasn’t until she was sorting through her deceased daughter’s belongings that Lena Steinhauer’s mother learned the woman had aspired to become a chef.
  Sheila Steinhauer found paperwork for a culinary school after the 24-year-old was strangled by her boyfriend, Ryan Tom Matchee, on Feb. 9, 2015. 
  Matchee, 35, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday in an Edmonton courtroom. Matchee, who was high at the time, killed her after barricading several people inside a suite
  
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• Family stranded in Beaumont, Texas, get help from Beaumont, Alberta

  31-08-2017 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man in Beaumont, Alta., jumped into action when a woman reached out, desperate to get help for her family in a flooding home in Beaumont — Beaumont, Texas.
  The woman in Arlington, Texas, was trying to contact emergency services in Beaumont, Texas, for her daughter and family trapped in their flooding house.
  Shiva Kumar Shunmugam, communications coordinator for the Town of Beaumont, about 25 km south of Edmonton — was manning the social media feeds for the town Tuesday afternoo
  
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• Paula Simons: Good, bad and ugly, let's remember Frank Oliver

  31-08-2017 03:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton politician Frank Oliver was a racist. 
  As federal minister of the interior in the early 20th century, he did everything he could to discourage non-British and non-white immigration. He loathed Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans. Slavs, he said, were “millstones” hung around the necks of real Canadians. The Chinese, he said, lived “like pigs,” while the Japanese, he wrote “are not our people, they do not belong to our civilization, they do not stren
  
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• Conner McDonald ready to step up on Oil Kings blue line

  31-08-2017 01:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Under normal circumstances, going from a championship contender to a bottom dweller would not seem a rousing proposition.
  Yet, defenceman Conner McDonald was excited when traded from the Kamloops Blazers to the Edmonton Oil Kings midway through last season.
  Overnight, McDonald went from being a supporting cast member to cornerstone of a rebuild.
  “In a lot of other places I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity that I did here,” McDonald said at Oil Kings training camp, which con
  
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• Twitter reacts to Drew Remenda back on Edmonton Oilers broadcasts: "Ughhhh"

  31-08-2017 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Remenda no fan favourite, but I like much about his work
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that the Sportsnet broadcast team, including Drew Remenda, is back for another year: “Returning to the Oilers broadcast booth this season are play-by-play commentator Kevin Quinn alongside game analyst Drew Remenda. Gene Principe will report from ice level while Louie DeBrusk and Mark Spector round out Sportsnet’s team in Edmonton, providing additional commentary for Oilers home broadcasts
  
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• AMA calls for changes to slow down move over legislation to increase road safety

  31-08-2017 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the final long weekend of the summer approaching, Jeff Kasbrick wants Alberta drivers to remember to slow down for people working at the roadside.
  “It’s already the law to do so,” Kasbrick, a vice-president with the Alberta Motor Association, said Wednesday.
  Since 2005, drivers have been required to slow down to 60 km/h and to move over to make room for stopped emergency vehicles, including tow trucks.
  Kasbrick announced Wednesday the AMA is calling for changes to Alberta
  
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• Pedestrians angry at decision to bring back Jasper Avenue right-turn lane

  31-08-2017 00:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decision to re-instate what many felt was a dangerous crossing on Jasper Avenue had frustrated pedestrians sounding off Wednesday.
  City officials took the dedicated right-turn lane at 109 Street away because pedestrians said it felt unsafe; vehicles weren’t stopping for them. Then officials measured the traffic impact and found wait times tripled to an average 50 seconds from 16 seconds before the change.
  They reinstated the turn lane for eastbound traffic Wednesday morning.
  “I dri
  
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• Three Edmonton-area Conservative MPs named to new shadow cabinet

  31-08-2017 00:14 via edmontonjournal.com
   A trio of Conservative Party MPs from Edmonton and northern Alberta have been appointed to party leader Andrew Scheer’s new shadow cabinet.
  Edmonton Riverbend MP Matt Jeneroux will serve as critic for science in the Official Opposition, while Edmonton Manning MP Ziad Aboultaif takes on the international development role.
  Shannon Stubbs, the MP for Lakeland, becomes natural resources critic. She had previously worked as the deputy critic in that portfolio. 
  Lakeland MP Shannon St
  
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• Man facing child porn charges arrested at Sherwood Park dayhome

  31-08-2017 00:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 32-year-old man arrested at a central Sherwood Park day home Tuesday is accused of possessing and sharing child pornography.
  Adam Downing, 32, was arrested by members of the Strathcona RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams’ Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit. He was charged with possessing child pornography and making child pornography available.
  The accused’s mother was operating a children’s day home out of the residence where he was arrested.
  No children
  
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