St. Albert news

• Canada-wide warrant issued for man wanted in death of Montreal woman

  05-09-2017 21:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a man known to Edmonton police after a Montreal woman was found slain in a north Edmonton home last week. 
  Police responded to a check on welfare call Aug. 31 at a home near 144 Avenue and 88A Street and when officers arrived, they found Valerie Maurice, 29, dead inside the main-floor suite. On Friday, the Edmonton Medical Examiner determined Maurice had died as a result of strangulation.
  On Tuesday, police issued a warrant for Gregory Chr
  
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• Kailer Yamamoto highlights Edmonton Oilers' "Young Stars" roster for annual Penticton tourney

  05-09-2017 21:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers marked “back to school” day by announcing their own class list of developing youngsters who will wear the Oil drop at the forthcoming Young Stars tournament in Penticton, which begins a scant three days from now.
  Official press release including full roster
  The Oilers announced a 28-player roster consisting of 3 goaltenders, 9 defencemen, and 16 forwards. The list consists of 11 draft choices (7 of them already signed), 3 signed free agents, 2 players signed to AH
  
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• Councillors debate plan to give $10 million in land to non-profit developer

  05-09-2017 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors are to vote Tuesday on a plan to hand over to a non-profit developer several parking lots around the Coliseum, a construction lay-down area in McCauley and several other key infill sites.
  The non-profit Community Development Corporation was set up during this term on council. The estimated $10-million land transfer is being debated Tuesday at council’s executive committee meeting.
  The corporation will work with neighbourhoods to figure out what should be built on the land,
  
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• Eskimos scramble for answers to their three-game losing skid

  05-09-2017 20:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good teams don’t just up and go bad overnight.
  Do they?
  There is no denying the Edmonton Eskimos were part of the former category on the way to a 7-0 start to the 2017 Canadian Football League season during a stretch that saw them lay claim to sole possession of first place from opening day.
  But it’s just as hard to argue against them belonging to the latter after that win streak turned 180 degrees on the way to losing their last three in a row, including Monday’s 39-18 loss to
  
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• Connor McDavid more popular than Edmonton mayor Don Iveson: poll

  05-09-2017 20:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson should feel confident ahead of October’s civic election, with a new poll measuring his approval rating at 61 per cent. But it would be a different story if he ran against the Oilers star player Connor McDavid. 
  “You better hope McDavid stays on the ice and doesn’t run against him,” Mainstreet Research president Quito Maggi joked Monday.
  A poll commissioned by Postmedia measured the popularity of 18 well-known Canadians, including Albertan athletes, p
  
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• Premier slams Kenney for playing politics with curriculum

  05-09-2017 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says criticisms levelled by United Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney about a lack of military history in the new Alberta curriculum is a case of fearmongering.
  “It’s ironic we’re engaging in fearmongering about history and education on the basis of a complete absence of facts,” she said at a news conference Tuesday.
  Notley and Education Minister David Eggen were at the new Lois E. Hole Elementary School in St. Albert as students we
  
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• Travis Vader back in court to face bail charges

  05-09-2017 18:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Convicted killer Travis Vader is back in court to face charges laid against him while he was out on bail during his trial for two counts of second-degree murder in spring 2016.
  Vader was sentenced to life in prison on Jan. 26, after being found guilty of manslaughter in connection to the 2010 deaths of St. Albert couple, Lyle and Marie McCann, aged 78 and 77.
  During the four-day trial expected to begin Tuesday morning, Vader will face allegations that he failed to comply with and breached condit
  
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• Live: Homeward Trust calls for surge in work to end homelessness

  05-09-2017 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Housing officials are calling for a major surge to get all the chronically homeless in stable homes by 2020 and end even short-term homelessness in Edmonton two years after.
  But that will take money and resolve. The call is coming before council’s executive committee Tuesday morning.
  Homeward Trust officials believe they can house 4,000 individuals within three years, but their annual operating budget will need to grow to $65 million from $35 million, plus $230 million will be needed in ca
  
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• Latest Lonely Planet guide throws shade on Edmonton

  05-09-2017 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  It appears that the writers at Lonely Planet are not massive fans of Edmonton.
  In the 13th edition of its highly popular travel guide released April 18, the writers describe the River City as “modern, spread out and frigidly cold for most of the year.”
  “Alberta’s second-largest city and capital is a government town that you’re more likely to read about in the business pages than the travel supplements,” the book says.
  “Downtown is for the moneyed and the
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Is Hawrelak Park up next for renaming?

  05-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the politically correct crowd is on the rampage, we may as well return the name of Hawrelak Park back to Mayfair Park so as not to continue to honour the twice-removed-from-office former mayor of Edmonton.
  Brian McAlpine, Edmonton
  Scam costs MacEwan more than money
  Reputation has seven dimensions, according to the Reputation Institute. By losing $11.8 million in a phishing scam – and how it has handled this public relations disaster – MacEwan University lost on at least five of th
  
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• Opinion: It's time for a universal pharmacare plan

  05-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s unions are proud that we’ve negotiated health insurance coverage for many of our members. But we believe anyone with a health card should have coverage for the medicines they need.
  That’s why this Labour Day, we are launching a campaign to win a universal prescription drug plan for all Canadians, regardless of their income, age, or where they work or live.
  A national pharmacare plan is badly needed and long overdue. Today, 3.5 million Canadians can’t afford to fi
  
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• Opinion: Give peas a chance to grow Western economy

  05-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The prairies are well-known for being a global leader in pulse production and exports, but we didn’t get here by being complacent.
  We are now in the midst of an opportunity to become the premier region for pulse fractionation, a relatively new processing technology that breaks pulses into protein, starch and fibre fractions for use as ingredients in food processing.
  The prairie provinces already have an encouraging start. Developing a fractionation hub next to our existing multibillion dol
  
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• Experts predict dry mayoral race could make ward upsets more likely

  05-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A popular mayor running on his first re-election campaign — expect a dry mayoral race to drive down voter participation, say experts.
  But that could mean more interesting ward races.
  “Small numbers (of voters) will make a big difference,” said Judy Garber, political scientist at the University of Alberta, especially how many candidates will be splitting the vote in the three wards with no incumbent.
  “All mayors running for first re-election are given a pass,” said G
  
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• Back to school: Pristine new buildings greet thousands of students

  05-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ready for a new challenge, principal Leona Gordey volunteered when Edmonton Public Schools sought a cadre of capable leaders for a fleet of new public schools.
  When she was chosen as the first principal of Const. Daniel Woodall Elementary School in Windermere, she was especially chuffed.
  “It’s an opportunity of a lifetime,” said Gordey, who felt honoured to set the tone at a school named for the fallen police officer.
  The 35-year-old hate crimes investigator was fatally shot in
  
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• Edmonton police remind motorists to slow down in school zones

  05-09-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The summer break is over and motorists are being reminded to slow down in school zones as thousands of children return to school across the city.
  Edmonton city police will hold a news conference first thing Tuesday morning at St. Kateri School (3807 41 Ave.) in Mill Woods to help spread the message.
  Scheduled to attend are police traffic safety coordinator Sgt. Kerry Bates, along with police partners including Coun. Beverly Esslinger and representatives from the Office of Traffic Safety, the Edm
  
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• The long-awaited, much-anticipated Ziyat Paigin is here & he's plenty good

  05-09-2017 08:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects
  No. 3: D Ziyat Paigin
  Previously: ranked 4th top prospect by Cult of Hockey in 2016
  First impressions of Ziyat Paigin? He’s got the most tools and the most promise of any defenceman in the Edmonton Oilers farm system, and that includes the likes of Dillon Simpson, Ethan Bear and Caleb Jones.
  Why so bullish on the 6-foot, 6-inch, 205 pounds Russian? After reading about him for a few years, I finally got to closely examine Paigin, 22, in his five games with the
  
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• High-school student interns offer advice for career planning

  05-09-2017 08:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nicole Howard, 17, isn’t shy to admit that she “likes to build stuff.”
  That’s what attracted her to the welding program at Notre Dame High School in Calgary and why she is spending her summer as a welding intern with Plains Fabrication & Supply, a Calgary-based steel fabrication company.
  Now, in her second paid internship, she’s pleasantly surprised by how much she enjoys it.
  “I really didn’t think I would like it as much as I do,” says Howard.
  
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• The long-awaited, much-anticipated Ziyat Paigin is here and he's good

  05-09-2017 07:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects
  No. 3: D Ziyat Paigin
  Previously: ranked 4th top prospect by Cult of Hockey in 2016
  First impressions of Ziyat Paigin? He’s got the most tools and the most promise of any defenceman in the Edmonton Oilers farm system, and that includes the likes of Dillon Simpson, Ethan Bear and Caleb Jones.
  Why so bullish on the 6-foot, 6-inch, 205 pounds Russian? After reading about him for a few years, I finally got to closely examine Paigin, 22, in his five games with the
  
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• Amateur bike riders test out Tour of Alberta course without traffic

  05-09-2017 05:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  When An Nguyen finished the 60-km circuit of Velotron Edmonton she was greeted Monday with a balloon bouquet featuring a giant metallic No. 2.
  It was actually Nguyen’s first time taking part in the event, but her friend confided that the store was out of No. 1’s.
  An Nguyen poses with balloons at Churchill Square following her completion of the 60-km circuit of Edmonton’s 2017 Velothon on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. 
  “It was so incredibly amazing,” Nguyen said of the
  
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• Huffman goes wire to wire for Tour of Alberta win

  05-09-2017 04:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Evan Huffman had a pretty good feeling when he reached the top of the mountain first Friday afternoon he would be staying there for the entire long weekend.
  And he was right. The 27-year-old American went wire-to-wire in the yellow jersey, laying the foundation for this Tour of Alberta victory with that courageous Stage 1 charge in Jasper.
  “I was pretty confident in the (28 second) gap that I had, I thought we had a good chance,” said Huffman, after he and his Rally Cycling teammates
  
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• Family of slain woman Amber Tuccaro offer reward for new information

  05-09-2017 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of Amber Tuccaro — a 20-year-old Aboriginal woman whose remains were found in a Leduc field in 2012 — is upping the reward for new information in the case. 
  The announcement comes ahead of a visit scheduled by the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Edmonton this week, yet sadly, Tuccaro’s case may not be part of the inquiry.
  Speaking with reporters Monday, Amber’s brother, Paul, who travelled from Mikisew Cre
  
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• Stampeders too much for Eskimos in Labour Day Classic

  05-09-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  CALGARY – With a 7-0 start that’s turned into an 0-3 slide, the Edmonton Eskimos couldn’t capitalize on a chance to reclaim first place Monday, instead falling 39-18 to the Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day Classic.
  The 33,731 in the stands at McMahon Stadium for the annual Battle of Alberta rivalry showcase saw the Stampeders not only hold onto that top spot, but earn a little breathing room with their 15th-straight home win.
  Calgary improved to 8-1-1 on the season with the
  
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• Terry Jones: Too many mistakes made by Eskimos against Stampeders

  05-09-2017 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  CALGARY — If you lose the Labour Day Classic 39-18 you can generally count on getting carved.
  You can expect a very tough time from the fan base. For the next five days you’ll wish you were in the witness protection program.
  But would that be fair this year?
  When the Edmonton Eskimos took the field here Monday the running count of players to wear the uniform so far this season hit 74. Of those, 48 players had started at least one game. Only 15 players that make the opening day 46-man
  
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• Eskimos sidelines: Bowman still wants receiving title … Messam on other side

  05-09-2017 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  For the first time in four seasons, Adarius Bowman isn’t in the running for the Canadian Football League’s receiving-yards title.
  Just don’t try to tell him that.
  The veteran Edmonton Eskimos receiver was playing in just his fourth game of 2017 after spending the past six weeks on the injured list with a bad hamstring.
  “I’m not out right now, it ain’t over,” said Bowman, who came into Monday’s game with 153 yards and two touchdowns on 14 catches. &
  
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