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• Police release images of suspect in early 2017 sex assault

  07-09-2017 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are looking to the public for help identifying a suspect in an alleged sexual assault from more than five months ago. 
  City police on Tuesday released security camera images of a man after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted March 31 at a home near 72 Street and 81 Avenue.
  Police released the images “after exhausting all other investigative avenues,” a news release said. 
  The woman, in her late 50s, reported she was sexually assaulted March 31, 2017,
  
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• Oilers prospect Yamamoto trying to find right speed, strength balance

  07-09-2017 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The questions came hard and heavy for Kailer Yamamoto Thursday as he prepared for his first day and first step along the road to becoming a pro hockey player with the Young Stars tournament in Penticton, B.C.
  The weightiest issue, of course: the Edmonton Oilers’ first-round pick’s caloric intake.
  “I’m up to 155 pounds … I think I was 146 at the (NHL) Combine (in early June),” said the five-foot-eight American, whom the Oilers selected 22nd overall at National
  
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• Chinatown community 'insulted' over supervised injection site advisory committee

  07-09-2017 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Supporters of Edmonton’s Chinatown packed a meeting Thursday on how to let community members guide the implementation of the city’s new supervised injection sites. 
  But the olive branch was too little too late for some, with many residents left feeling bitter and ignored by city council’s vote on injection sites last May.
  “Supervised injection is not just a health services issue,” said resident William Lau. “You know why we’re frustrated, angry, why
  
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• Edmonton and St. Albert agree to next steps in creating metro transit commission - Globalnews.ca

  07-09-2017 23:27
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  Edmonton and St. Albert agree to next steps in creating metro transit commission
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  The cities of Edmonton and St. Albert are one step closer to creating a joint transit system. For the past year, a task force made up of representatives from both cities has been working on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a Regional ...and more »
  
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• Faith Healer ready for a second go-around

  07-09-2017 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was while recording her second record as Faith Healer that Jessica Jalbert finally made explicit what had always been unconsciously understood between her and friend/producer/multi-instrumentalist Renny Wilson.
  The long-time pals have been collaborators and day job work mates for years, finding common ground while serving in both a tea shop and Whyte Avenue record store. Wilson was a member of Jalbert’s solo project years back; he also helped shape, arrange, and play multiple instrument
  
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• Chinatown community 'insulted' over supervised injection advisory committee

  07-09-2017 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Supporters of Edmonton’s Chinatown packed a meeting on how to let community members guide the implementation of the city’s new supervised injection sites. 
  But the olive branch was too little too late for some, with many residents left feeling bitter and ignored by council’s injection site vote last May.
  “Supervised injection is not just a health services issue,” said resident William Lau. “You know why we’re frustrated, angry, why were scared, why
  
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• Anton Slepyshev's injury opens door wide for Jesse Puljujarvi on Edmonton Oilers

  07-09-2017 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Mark Spector Sportsnet: “Oilers RW Anton Slepyshev injured an ankle in training. He will miss training camp. Could be iffy for reg season opener.”
  My take
  The Oilers are counting on Slepyshev to build on his strong playoff performance and battle for a right-wing job on the third or even second line. That is now on hold for at least a few weeks.
  The Oilers will play either Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Strome or Leon Draisaitl on the right side with Connor McDavid. In a recen
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Yes, Joe Rogan, and Roman Holiday

  07-09-2017 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Simple Plan
  Has it really been 15 years since Montreal’s Simple Plan released their debut album, No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls? Why, yes it has, and it’s for that reason that the veteran pop-punk five-piece have decided to embark on a tour celebrating their multi-platinum debut, which featured such radio hits as I’m Just a Kid, I’d Do Anything, and Perfect. Opening the show will be Courage My Love and Ontario’s Selfish Things. 
  When: Thursday, Sept. 7 a
  
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• Motorcyclists among worst offenders speeding on Groat Road

  07-09-2017 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 450 drivers have been caught speeding along Groat Road since mid-June sparking a warning from Edmonton police to slow down.
  Of those caught speeding since targeted speed enforcement began on June 15, 43 of those drivers were captured travelling 50 km/h or more over the posted limit.
  Marked as a 50 km/h speed zone from River Valley Road to 104 Avenue, and a 60 km/h zone thereafter, the winding pattern of Groat Road is attractive for drivers looking to test the limits of their vehicles,
  
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• Travis McEwen takes gender to a new space in homecoming show at dc

  07-09-2017 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  That painting, is it of a woman or a man — or neither? Over the last decade, Travis McEwen’s portraits have presciently subverted traditional gender labels, predicting the mainstream conversations currently redefining a once-gender-binary world.
  McEwen’s oils are painted in luminous neons, the feminine and masculine melting into each other in his surreal, fashion-posed figures. They’re simultaneously fragile and bold, afraid yet cocky.
  Hanging his new show, opening Friday
  
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• Two pedestrians killed in Fort McMurray crash

  07-09-2017 18:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two pedestrians were killed on the western edge of Fort McMurray Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle, say RCMP.
  The victims — a 52-year-old woman and 56-year-old man from Fort McMurray — were on Real Martin Drive at 8:30 p.m. when they were hit by a car being driven by a 48-year-old man, said police.
  The driver was arrested at the scene and charges are pending.
  RCMP are not releasing the names of the victims or the driver.
  Traffic remains restricted to one lane on Real Ma
  
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• Second fatal fire in Grande Prairie in two days

  07-09-2017 17:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman died after a holiday trailer caught fire in Grande Prairie early Thursday — the second fire-related death in the city in two days.
   
  Grande Prairie emergency service personnel responded to the 1:58 a.m. Thursday fire at a holiday trailer parked on the road near 73 Avenue and 106 Street. A woman inside was later confirmed deceased, said Grande Prairie RCMP in a Thursday news release. 
   
  An autopsy in Edmonton will determine the cause of death. Police have not released
  
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• Fundraiser for Ernesto Rizzi of Dolce and Banana features fun and opera

  07-09-2017 17:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some may remember Ernesto Rizzi as the good-humoured face of the food truck, Dolce and Banana. Others may recall how he and his mother worked together at farmers markets in Edmonton, making pasta and sauces for mom’s booth, Pasta by Caterina. Everyone who knew him was sad to learn of his death last year, by natural causes, at the age of 37.
  Now, friends and family of Rizzi are gathering to raise money in his name during a fun-filled performance by The PreTenors, a trio of popular comic ope
  
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• Residents fed up with city hall's sunny report on Edmonton problem properties

  07-09-2017 16:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors are set to receive a sunny report on Edmonton’s problem properties Thursday, with officials touting a 433 per cent increase in tickets issued.
  But the residents whose efforts to speak out on behalf of victimized neighbours led to the Edmonton problem properties team’s creation now say they are so fed up, it would be a waste of time to even speak at the committee meeting.
  The violence, noise, intimidating behaviour, trash and other social disorder that plague neighbou
  
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• Local filmmaker gets Storyhive funding for darkly comedic webseries

  07-09-2017 16:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Far from the corporate hell his web series depicts, local filmmaker Randy Brososky is up in the clouds after Telus Storyhive announced it would fund his efforts.
  The funding program announced Brososky would receive enough cash to produce six episodes of Necessary Evil, his dark yet comedic yarn about a demonic office.
  “It’s an absolute honour. We must be doing something right,” Brososky said, adding he was one of 25 recipients in the contest, which drew many submissions from ac
  
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• Male fatally injured by RCMP officer at Whitefish Lake First Nation

  07-09-2017 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A male is dead after being fatally injured by an RCMP officer at a residence at Whitefish Lake First Nation early Wednesday night.
  Few details have been released about the death except to say St. Paul RCMP were called to an incident involving a male causing a disturbance at a residence at the Whitefish First Nation, located about 180 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
  No other members of the public were injured during this interaction. 
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• Thursday's letters: Hawrelak Park could outdo 'Accidental Beach'

  07-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There seems to be considerable excitement about the discovery of an ”accidental beach” on the North Saskatchewan River.
  We have had an artificial lake in the centre of Edmonton for many years, but the city refuses to make it useable for citizens.
  The lake in Hawrelak Park has virtually all the attributes that would make a great swimming hole in the centre of the city: central location, public transportation routes, change facilities and toilets, food service and parking.
  In addition,
  
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• Opinion: We must make our schools inclusive spaces

  07-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  This past summer saw record attendance at pride festivals across Canada, yet this was juxtaposed with more visible and vocal attacks against the LGBTQ community with rainbow crosswalks vandalized and pride flags slashed and burned, including at a local high school in Edmonton. 
  While Canadian society is growing more inclusive, there is still much reluctance and resistance when it comes to supporting LGBTQ youth in schools. Trans students are still frequently denied access to bathrooms in ac
  
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• Mending fences and facing critics: How Alberta's NDP spent the summer

  07-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s NDP government started the summer acknowledging it had work to do countering feelings of rural alienation bubbling up across the province.
  With cabinet set to meet face-to-face in Edmonton for the first time this week since July 11, Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson says many ministers did prioritize visits to rural communities, crisscrossing to small towns where the NDP is perceived as a city-centred party.
  “A lot of people up north and down south feel forgotten,&r
  
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• Terry Jones: Rafael dos Anjos, Neil Magny aim to make undercard bout UFC 215's star showdown

  07-09-2017 08:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  He could have been Connor McGregor.
  Timing is everything in life and in the UFC Octagon.
  On Wednesday, Rafael dos Anjos showed up at Rogers Place for the first day of build-up to Saturday’s UFC 215 card. The Brazilian with a set of cauliflower ears to compete with anybody in boxing history is here as a support-show opponent not even involved in one of the two title fights on the pay-per-view event featuring flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
  A yea
  
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• UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson still looking for respect

  07-09-2017 08:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  If Demetrious Johnson was about 50 pounds heavier, he would be the guy cashing eight-figure paycheques and breaking pay-per-view records with crossover fights against retired boxers.
  With 10 consecutive title defences, and looking to make it a UFC-record 11 Saturday night at Rogers Place against third-ranked Ray Borg, his resume is as good as any mixed martial artist in company history.
  Same goes for his skill set. Johnson is as complete a fighter as there is, dominant on the ground or on his fe
  
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• Edmonton Oilers fans itching to declare Yam City for Kailer Yamamoto

  07-09-2017 08:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey Franson, Bear, Jones, Paigin, Simpson podcast2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects
  No. 1: F Kailer Yamamoto
  Previously: drafted 23rd overall in 2017
  How about this for a three year plan for the Edmonton Oilers. Jesse Puljujarvi makes the team this year, Kailer Yamamoto in 2018-19 and Tyler Benson in 2019-20, three new wingers for team on the top three lines? 
  It’s a distinct possibility, with some Oilers observers going so far as to suggest Yamamoto has a shot at making the Oi
  
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• RCMP investigate after three pedestrians struck in two separate collisions

  07-09-2017 07:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three pedestrians were struck in two separate traffic collisions Wednesday night.
  Sherwood Park RCMP were at the scene of a serious collision involving a pedestrian before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, and asked the public to avoid Highway 216 northbound between Baseline Road and Highway 16 for hours as their investigation continued.
  Two hours later, Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to the scene of a collision where one vehicle struck two pedestrians in Fort McMurray.
  According to investigators, a vehi
  
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• Residents brace for a fight over Holyrood Gardens development

  07-09-2017 05:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  City planners got an earful Wednesday night from a number of Holyrood residents angry at the scale and speed of a proposal to redevelop the western edge of their community into a high-density housing complex.
  The controversial Holyrood Gardens project, which calls for 1,200 units in a five-block strip along the Valley Line LRT, is scheduled to go to city council for a rezoning decision next Monday.
  On Wednesday, the city held an open house to show how the community’s views had been used to
  
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• Guilty plea in shelter scam nets actual donation for shelters

  07-09-2017 04:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman who ran a door-to-door scam pretending to collect money for local women’s shelters has been ordered to pay restitution to women’s shelters.
  Mia Christine Kuiken pleaded guilty in Court of Queen’s Bench Tuesday to one count of fraud under $5,000 in connection to a number of offences committed between April and November 2014. 
  When she was arrested in December 2014, police said investigators believed Kuiken had been going door to door for several months, asking for d
  
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• Trucker training hub at Edmonton airport will be first in Western Canada

  07-09-2017 04:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Motor Transit Association officially broke ground Wednesday on a new 20,000-square-foot training facility.
  The facility, the first of its kind in Western Canada, will allow the commercial driver industry association to have one location for complete driver training. It is expected to include a two-hectare test track as well as a driving simulator.
  Projected to open in the fall of 2018, the AMTA facility will be located in the northeast section of Edmonton International Airport betwee
  
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• Man dies after head on collision near St. Paul

  07-09-2017 04:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 67-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle collision west of St. Paul Wednesday morning.
  St. Paul RCMP rushed to the scene on Highway 29 and Range Road 102 west of St. Paul around 8 a.m. after a eastbound SUV struck a westbound car head on.
  The 29-year-old male driver of the SUV, from Vilna, suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was transported by STARS to hospital in Edmonton, police said.
  A 67-year-old man from Lac Sante, who was travelling alone in the car, was pronounced dead
  
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• Paula Simons: Build bridges, not walls, says Canada's chief justice

  07-09-2017 03:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Beverley McLachlin never once said Donald Trump’s name.
  But then, Canada’s famously discreet chief justice didn’t have to.
  McLachlin was at the University of Alberta on Wednesday to deliver the department of philosophy’s annual public lecture. 
  Ostensibly, the lecture was about landmark moments in Canada’s 150-year constitutional history.
  But McLachlin, who steps down as chief justice of Canada’s Supreme Court this December, delivered an implicit rebuttal
  
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• Education Minister David Eggen would rather amend School Act than finally proclaim Education Act

  07-09-2017 03:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Education Minister David Eggen said Wednesday he’d rather amend existing legislation than adopt the unproclaimed Education Act, which has been waiting in the wings for five years.
  “After a thorough review, we’ve decided to consider amendments to the School Act,” Eggen told school trustees assembled in Red Deer on Wednesday for the first of six consultation sessions scheduled this month with school boards across Alberta.
  Since he took office in 2015, school trustees have t
  
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• Regional players should contribute to better airport bus: Mayor Don Iveson

  07-09-2017 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The ticket system on Edmonton’s airport bus is so antiquated international tourists are stuck trying to get change from fellow passengers just to get into the city, say critics.
  It runs as little as once an hour, and the first departure is too late for early flights, said Izak Roux, head of the Edmonton Transit System’s advisory board, pleading for at least basic upgrades at council’s urban planning committee Wednesday.
  But city council members said they need to see who else is
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos bring back all-star receiver Derel Walker

  07-09-2017 01:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The good news for the Edmonton Eskimos is they’ve signed receiver Derel Walker back into their ranks.
  The bad news: that position is probably the one where they need the least amount of help right now. And the six-foot-two, 188-pound Texas A&M product didn’t put on any weight or learn how to play on the defensive side of scrimmage during his time with the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  “It was already the best receiver corps in the league, if you ask
  
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• Milan Lucic knows he has to be better 5-on-5 for the Edmonton Oilers this coming season

  07-09-2017 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether Milan Lucic wears a visor this coming National Hockey League season for the first time or not, he can clearly see what he has to work on: producing offence at even-strength not just on the power play.
  Of the Edmonton Oilers winger’s 23 goals last season, only 11 came in five-on-five play lover 82 games, a switch from his days in Boston and Los Angeles, where he was a handful even-strength. Of his 50 points, 25 came with the man advantage, too. And in the playoffs, it didn’t c
  
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• Edmonton police hunt for suspects after gas station shooting

  07-09-2017 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are asking the public for help identifying two male suspects allegedly involved in a shooting at a northeast Edmonton gas station last week.
  Police were called to a weapons complaint at a gas station near 118 Avenue and 35 Street on Aug. 30 around 1:20 a.m. after a cyclist was shot.
  Investigators believe an argument broke out after the cyclist struck the front bumper of a car. A male in the vehicle then shot the cyclist.
  The cyclist was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering no
  
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• Council Briefs for September 5th

  07-09-2017 01:11
  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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• Council gets an earful over permitting delays and infill restrictions

  07-09-2017 00:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council members got an earful Wednesday as developers outlined just how difficult it is to build the brownstones and apartments it says it wants in mature areas. 
  Extra charges, restrictions and long delays mean some row house projects even on main roads can’t be built, said developer Mick Graham, president of the Infill Development Association of Edmonton. Even building skinny homes is more difficult, he said. Two homes in the suburbs can be built and sold before a home in a mat
  
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• First recommendations from post-secondary tuition review due in fall

  07-09-2017 00:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A first round of recommendations from the province’s top-to-bottom review of education funding is expected by the fall, Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday.
  Launched late last year, the post-secondary review is looking at everything from tuition, mandatory non-instructional fees, student aid, international student tuition as well as potential funding models for the province’s 26 publicly-funded advanced education institutions. 
  “We certainly hope to have a good sense
  
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• Drugs, cash and Mercedes-Benz SUV seized in Grand Prairie drug bust

  07-09-2017 00:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drugs with a street value of almost $250,000 along with a Mercedes-Benz SUV have been seized by Grande Prairie’s organized crime and gang police unit, the largest drug bust in the city since 2014, police said Wednesday.
  Alberta Law Enforcement Teams (ALERT) officers with help from Grande Prairie RCMP raided four homes Friday and seized 1.3 kg of powder and crack cocaine, 573 grams of methamphetamine and 1,476 fentanyl pills.
  A small quantity of marijuana was also seized alon
  
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• Embattled MLA Derek Fildebrandt denies involvement in hit-and-run

  07-09-2017 00:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Embattled MLA Derek Fildebrandt appeared in traffic court Wednesday after a former neighbour accused him of a hit-and-run that damaged her van in June 2016.
  In court, the Strathmore-Brooks MLA denied having anything to do with the collision, saying he was likely in an early morning meeting at the Federal Building.
  On an average day at the time, Fildebrandt said he would have been present at the “agenda and priorities meeting” by 7:30 a.m. while working for the Wildrose Party.
  His law
  
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• Two years on, no word yet on opening date for Walterdale Bridge

  07-09-2017 00:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city still won’t say when the long-delayed new Walterdale Bridge will finally open to traffic.
  Adam Laughlin, Edmonton’s deputy city manager of integrated infrastructure, told reporters in June that, based on the contractor’s schedule, the main portion of the bridge would start carrying vehicles in September, barring major weather delays.
  He didn’t provide an exact date, saying early in the project contractors and the city didn’t set realistic expectations.
  A ci
  
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• Pedestrian killed after being struck by truck near Leduc

  07-09-2017 00:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old man is dead after being struck by a truck near Leduc, say RCMP.
  The man was declared dead at the scene of the 12:50 a.m. Tuesday collision northbound on the QEII highway, said Leduc RCMP in a Wednesday news release. 
  RCMP were investigating contributing factors leading to the fatality. The victim’s name is not being released. 
  
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• Woman found dead after Grande Prairie apartment fire

  07-09-2017 00:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman was found dead after a Wednesday morning apartment fire in Grande Prairie, say RCMP.
  The woman was found after Grande Prairie Emergency Services responded to the 7:03 a.m. fire call at an apartment in the Montrose Apartment complex on the east side of the city. The woman was later confirmed deceased, said Grande Prairie RCMP in a release.
  The investigation was ongoing Wednesday and an autopsy was scheduled in Edmonton to determine the cause of death.
  The name of the woman was not being r
  
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