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• Child intervention panel reconvenes to discuss obstacles

  11-09-2017 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s child intervention panel has reconvened after a summer hiatus to discuss shortcomings in the province’s child welfare system, including the lack of coordination between agencies and ministries.
  The panel — launched in the wake of controversy following the death of four-year-old Serenity in government care — hasn’t met since July. It aims to examine systemic issues and recommend ways to improve child intervention. 
  On Monday, panel member Peter Choate,
  
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• Charges laid after motorist hits, kills pedestrians in Fort McMurray

  11-09-2017 21:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges have been laid against a 48-year-old man after a collision that killed two pedestrians in Fort McMurray last week, say RCMP. 
  The man has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death, RCMP said in a news release Monday. He has been released on bail and is set to appear in Fort McMurray Provincial Court Sept. 20. 
  The collision happened on Real Martin Drive on Sept. 6 at 8:30 p.m. A 52-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man, both of them Fort McMurray residents,
  
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• Man accused of killing Montreal woman appears in Edmonton court

  11-09-2017 21:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A suspect arrested in Vancouver after the Edmonton killing of a Montreal woman has been transferred back to Alberta and made a brief court appearance on Monday.
  Gregory Christopher Tessman, 49, is in custody at the Edmonton Remand Centre, but appeared in provincial court via CCTV Monday morning.
  The case was adjourned until Sept. 18 so that Tessman can acquire a defence lawyer. 
  Valerie Maurice was found dead on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.
  Tessman is charged with second-degree murder in the de
  
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• Experts worry flawed city bid system is costing Edmonton big bucks

  11-09-2017 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  City officials have been rushing major projects to tender and can’t prove the process is fair or getting good value for the money, says a city audit debated Monday. 
  The grim audit contains eight recommendations – including that evaluators with a known conflict of interest are not allowed to participate in awarding the contract.
  “Eight recommendations in an audit report, that is high,” said city auditor David Wiun, explaining the audit that deals with one of the most
  
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• Stuart Skinner is youngest of nine children, starting his Edmonton Oilers journey

  11-09-2017 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Stuart Skinner is the youngest of nine kids, the baby of four brothers and five sisters.
  All with names dad Sam and mom Sue decided should start with the letter S.
  “My dad said if he we had another kid, we’d call him Stop,” joked Stuart.
  Maybe that was his mother saying that.
  “Yeah, I think that was Sue’s idea,”  laughed Sam, who is currently is doing international mediation for financial entities and has moved all over with h
  
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• U of A, MacEwan and NAIT share in increased mental health funding

  11-09-2017 20:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  The provincial government laid out Monday how local colleges and universities will share in expanded mental health funding, which includes $2.6 million for northern Alberta campuses. 
  In June, the advanced education ministry committed $25.8 million over the next three years to protect and improve mental health resources for colleges and universities. It builds on grants started in 2013 to expand campus staff, programs and support for treating mental health issues.
  “We need to make sur
  
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• Man shot dead by police in parking lot Saturday had firearms ban

  11-09-2017 19:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 30-year-old man shot dead by city police Saturday evening in a busy Westmount parking lot was under a 10-year firearms ban and had an October trial date for a string of charges including two counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public. 
  Matt Dumas was fatally shot in the parking lot near Groat Road and 113 Avenue when officers attempting to arrest him around 8:15 p.m. on outstanding warrants boxed in the Mercedes he was driving after he rammed into a police vehicle in an atte
  
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• Evansburg RCMP civilian guard charged with sexual assault

  11-09-2017 18:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 69-year-old civilian guard for the Evansburg RCMP detachment has been charged with sexual assault and breach of trust while on duty. 
  The charges stem from allegations of an offence reported to have occurred on Tues., Sept. 5, while the civilian guard was on duty at the Evansburg detachment, about 88 km west of Edmonton.
  Evansburg RCMP on Friday arrested and charged John Hansen of Sangudo. 
  Hansen was to make his first court appearance in Evansburg Provincial Court Monday. 
  
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• Honest Dumplings and Prairie Pigeon pop-up at Culina Muttart Sept. 14

  11-09-2017 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is a lot happening at Culina Muttart these days. Chef Cindy Lazarenko is the new manager and she’s making some changes to the cosy cafe.
  The restaurant will add some new, retail space to showcase local products and some special cookbooks by local authors. The decor is getting a little refresh, with new, locally made tables crafted by Chris Glabush and Geoff Lilge. There is a new fall menu on the horizon, and a new wine list featuring wines from Color de Vino.
  Another change is that t
  
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• Prairie on the Plate at Northern Chicken Sept. 26

  11-09-2017 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  September is National Chicken Month, and in celebration of that sparkling fact, Prairie on the Plate, sponsored by Taste Alberta, is hosting a chicken dinner at Northern Chicken.
  It’s on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. The $50, five-course meal features sweet potato and peanut soup, chicken liver pate, fried Brussels sprouts, pulled chicken, plus honey garlic and thyme-fried chicken with confit fingerlings. A cinnamon and pear pie will be served for dessert.
  Chefs Matt Phillips and A
  
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• Eskimos question unpenalized head hit that took QB off the field

  11-09-2017 17:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was like adding injury to insult.
  How can a Canadian Football League injury spotter see a helmet-to-helmet hit and pull a player out of the game to undergo concussion protocol without an accompanying penalty flag from the on-field officials?
  The Edmonton Eskimos were left asking the same thing Saturday, following a 25-22 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day rematch at Commonwealth Stadium.
  “How are you going to take me out of the game for a hit to the head and there’s
  
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• Two killed in separate motorcycle collisions Sunday night

  11-09-2017 15:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two people were killed in separate motorcycle crashes in Edmonton Sunday night.
  The first happened on Groat Road around 9 p.m. near the bottom of Victoria Park Road hill, killing a woman riding as a passenger.
  Two hours later, a 29-year-old man was killed while riding on Parsons Road in southeast Edmonton.
  According to a news release, police arrived at the scene of the first crash and found a seriously injured 30-year-old male motorcycle driver. His passenger, a woman whose age has not been rele
  
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• Friends remember Westmount shooting victim as a 'nice, decent guy'

  11-09-2017 15:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man fatally shot by police Saturday in the Westmount McDonald’s parking lot had been in a downward spiral since his fraternal twin Mitch Dumas died by suicide in 2011, said a high school friend from Drayton Valley Sunday.
  Matt Dumas, 30. Photo supplied
  Brittany Larson remembers Matt Dumas, 30, as a “nice, decent guy” who was funny and fun to be around. Larson said he was always laughing until Mitch Dumas died. Shortly after, Matt Dumas left Drayton Valley and found himself in
  
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• It’s time for MacEwan to come together: A sneak peek of the new downtown Allard Hall

  11-09-2017 14:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The newest architectural gem in the Edmonton skyline is MacEwan University’s Allard Hall, and the university has a lot to celebrate with its grand opening this month.
  With the relocation of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications to City Centre Campus, MacEwan’s university community has come together in downtown Edmonton. For the first time, all of MacEwan’s students will get to experience the energy and vitality of the university’s performing, arts management and vis
  
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• Fundraiser brings in heavy equipment to fight diabetes

  11-09-2017 14:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation brought out the heavy machinery in its efforts to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes at the Meet a Machine event in Edmonton on Sunday.
  More than a dozen pieces of heavy equipment were parked in the overflow lot of West Edmonton Mall, allowing children the chance to climb in the driver’s seat and explore everything from drag racing cars to motorcycles and combines.
  “We have a bunch of different kinds of vehicles that kids can all climb on and ho
  
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• Lees: The Butterfly Project helps women build self-esteem, optimism

  11-09-2017 14:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman who was sexually assaulted in her teens and went on to become a sex trade worker is speaking out about her experiences to help motivate others to return to mainstream life.
  “I’ve had many harsh experiences, including being trafficked to China, and I’ve struggled with what I want people to know,” said Jennifer Kovachik.
  “I am a super private person, but I believe it’s important to share my story and encourage others trying to make a change to know they
  
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• Thorhild County councillors granted another judicial review of removal

  11-09-2017 14:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judicial review for three Thorhild County councillors dismissed in March 2016 is scheduled for 12 days before the county’s municipal election in which at least two of the councillors in question are running for re-election. 
  Reeve Wayne Croswell and councillors Dan Buryn and Larry Sisson were dismissed by Danielle Larivee, then the minister of municipal affairs, following an inspection report which raised concerns of conflict of interest and biased decision-making. 
  The municip
  
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• Alberta's two largest city police departments diverge on body cameras

  11-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s two largest city police departments are split on whether to equip front line officers with body-worn video cameras.
  Last week, Calgary police officials announced plans to acquire 250 additional cameras for front line officers — despite recalling an earlier run of faulty devices and suing a former supplier. 
  The Edmonton Police Service, on the other hand, is still in wait-and-see mode after a 2014 pilot project cautioned against going all-in on body cameras.  
  The
  
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• St. Albert mixed-use development approved by council - Western Investor (subscription)

  11-09-2017 12:29
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  St. Albert city council has granted Landrex the go-ahead on a new mixed-use development on Erin Ridge North. The development would be composed of approximately 140,000 square feet of commercial floor space and 120 residential units located either ...and more »
  
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• Fatal motorcycle collision under investigation on Victoria Park Road at Groat Road

  11-09-2017 06:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead following a motorcycle collision on Sunday night.
  Edmonton Police Service officers were at the scene of a motorcycle collision around 9 p.m. on Victoria Park Road near the Groat Road southbound exit.
  A body was covered beneath a sheet as emergency personnel closed off the streets to investigate the cause of the crash.
  
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• Irma: latest from locals on the ground

  11-09-2017 05:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  As hurricane Irma swept over Florida — 640 kilometres wide, bringing winds of more than 200 km/h and leaving a broad path of destruction in its wake — former Edmonton residents contacted Sunday fear the worst is yet to come.
  “It’s the anxiety of not knowing,” said former Edmontonian Kim Mireau, who fled with her family to Perry, Georgia, from her home in Winter Springs, Florida. “Hopefully, when we come back we still have a house to come back to.”
  While
  
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• Son of Oilers assistant coach gets video job in Bakersfield

  11-09-2017 05:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  PENTICTON — Edmonton Oilers assistant coach Jim Johnson’s boy Derik quit his hockey playing last month at 27 and will be the video coach in Bakersfield.
  Derik played for the BCHL Epenticton Vees, then went to University of Minnesota Duluth like his dad and played defence like the old man, too. He played in the ECHL for a couple of years and was thinking of playing in Toledo this season for about $600 a week but put his gear away.
  “I loved playing … I was planning on
  
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• Oil Kings have important decision with overage spots

  11-09-2017 04:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oil Kings have plenty of decisions to make heading into the Western Hockey League regular season, but none may be as vital as declaring their three overage players.
  They currently have four in training camp.
  With another young lineup, the Oil Kings need to get the most out of their 20-year-old veterans to be competitive this season.
  “Your 20 year olds need to be important guys for you, they need to be your most veteran players and set a tone for you,” said Oil Kings head
  
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• Arrest attempt ends with suspect fatally shot by Edmonton police

  11-09-2017 03:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man fatally shot by police Saturday in the Westmount McDonald’s parking lot had been in a downward spiral since his fraternal twin Mitch Dumas died by suicide in 2011, said a high school friend from Drayton Valley Sunday.
  Brittany Larson remembers Matt Dumas, 30, as a “nice, decent guy” who was funny and fun to be around. Larson said he was always laughing until Mitch Dumas died. Shortly after, Matt Dumas left Drayton Valley and found himself in trouble.
  Larson said Dumas had
  
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• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won't play with McDavid, but set for promising line with Jokinen and Puljujarvi

  11-09-2017 03:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers coach Todd McLellan sets out plans for promising third line of RNH, JP and JJ
  This in from Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan, his confirmation about the Oilers lines and defence pairings heading into training camp, and his take on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ role as a third line centre. 
  Earlier this week, Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli set out the opening line-up in an interview with TSN’s Bob McKenzie. In his own interview with ace commentator Bob Stauffer of the Oilers, McLellan
  
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• Curtis Stock: Kananaskis returns after devastating flood

  11-09-2017 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five days after getting married and about to embark on a short honeymoon, the knock on Darren Robinson’s door came at 5:30 a.m., June 20, 2013.
  At precisely that moment the life of the general manager of Kananaskis Country Golf Course’s was about to drastically change because on the other side of the door, wearing a dour grimace, was Kananaskis golf superintendent Calvin McNeely.
  “We’ve got a problem,” said McNeely in what would be a huge understatement.
  Hardly sayi
  
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• Edmonton bagpipe band initiates new member to octogenarian club

  11-09-2017 02:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Clan MacNaughton Pipe Band celebrated its 45th anniversary Sunday afternoon by initiating its newest octogenarian into an elite club of pipers.
  The band, founded in 1972, participates in events and ceremonies and is a non-competitive social group of experienced pipers.
  Harold Palmer, the pipe major for the band who turned 80 in August, was inducted as the fifth member of the Octogenarian Bagpipe Players Club.
  Palmer joined fellow octogenarians Ken McDonald, Henry Stewart Russell, Real Gagne
  
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• FC Edmonton unbeaten streak comes to a resounding end

  11-09-2017 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  All good things eventually come to an end, but FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller was counting on his team putting up a better fight.
  FC Edmonton had their five-game undefeated streak snapped in an ugly 3-0 loss to North Carolina FC on Sunday at Clarke Stadium.
  Nazmi Albadawi, Renan Gorne and Steven Miller scored for North Carolina in the second game of a home-and-home series with Edmonton. The two teams played to a 1-1 tie last weekend in North Carolina.
  “From start to finish, it was mil
  
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• Eskimos question unpelalized head hit that took Reilly off the field

  11-09-2017 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was like adding injury to insult.
  How can a Canadian Football League injury spotter see a helmet-to-helmet hit and pull a player out of the game to undergo concussion protocol without an accompanying penalty flag from the on-field officials?
  The Edmonton Eskimos were left asking the same thing Saturday, following a 25-22 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day rematch at Commonwealth Stadium.
  “How are you going to take me out of the game for a hit to the head and there’s
  
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• Stuart Skinner is youngest of nine kids and starting his Edmonton Oilers journey

  11-09-2017 02:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  PENTICTON — Stuart Skinner is the youngest of nine kids, the baby of four brothers and five sisters.
  All with names dad Sam and mom Sue decided should start with the letter S.
  “My dad said if he we had another kid, we’d call him Stop,” joked Stuart.
  Maybe that was his mother saying that.
  “Yeah, I think that was Sue’s idea,”  laughed Sam, who is currently is doing international mediation for financial entities and has moved all over with his you
  
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• Historic 143-year-old Garneau Tree to be removed for safety reasons

  11-09-2017 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tree to be removed on the University of Alberta campus has received a fair bit of attention because of its historical significance and its 143-year age — about three times the normal life expectancy.
  The tree, known as Garneau’s Tree, is a Manitoba maple planted in the 1870s by early Edmonton settlers Laurent and Eleanor Garneau behind their home. 
  Laurent Garneau was one of Louis Riel’s soldiers during the Red River Rebellion and was a prominent figure in the Alberta M&
  
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