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• Yellowhead County couple wins Alberta record $60 million Lotto Max

  03-10-2017 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Yellowhead County couple has won Alberta’s biggest-ever lottery prize of $60 million on Lotto Max.
  The winners will receive their prize Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission head office in St. Albert. 
  
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• Edmonton housing starts grow 29% over last year

  03-10-2017 22:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  New Edmonton-area home construction soared in the first eight months of the year, according to data from the Realtors Association of Edmonton. 
  Single-family housing starts in the region from January to August were up by 29 per cent from the same period last year, to 3,350 units, the association says in a Tuesday news release.
  That puts the region on pace to start almost 5,000 single-family homes in 2017, more homes than last year but fewer than 2015.
  However, prices didn’t keep pace
  
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• Jasper woman killed in Las Vegas mass shooting 'loved by everyone'

  03-10-2017 21:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 28-year-old Jasper woman who was one of 59 people killed in a Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday was celebrating a recent promotion, planning to return to Edmonton and begin her training as manager. 
  “She was excited about going (to Vegas),” said Trevor Hunter, regional manager at Moxie’s Grill and Bar. “She loved her job, we’re really a family.”
  Calla Medig worked at the restaurant’s West Edmonton Mall location for two years, where she easily made fr
  
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• Justin Trudeau recognizes 'heroism' of Edmonton police officers

  03-10-2017 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The prime minister opened the First Ministers’ Meeting Tuesday by acknowledging the weekend attack in Edmonton and the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Justin Trudeau recognized the “heroism” of the Edmonton police officers.
  
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• Suspect in weekend attack appears in provincial court early Tuesday

  03-10-2017 19:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  The suspect in a weekend attack described as an ‘act of terrorism’ by city police appeared in Edmonton provincial court Tuesday morning. 
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, is accused of going on a rampage through the city that injured four pedestrians and Edmonton police Const. Mike Chernyk.
  Appearing via CCTV from the Edmonton Remand Centre, Sharif stood quietly and listened as a defence lawyer who agreed to represent him just for today discussed when the case should next be hear
  
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• Jasper woman third Canadian killed in Las Vegas mass shooting

  03-10-2017 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Jasper woman has been identified as the third Canadian killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday.
  Friends on social media are sharing condolence messages for Calla Medig, who is among the 59 people who were killed after a gunman mowed down the crowd at a country music festival from a 32nd-floor vantage point, shortly after singer Jason Aldean took the outdoor stage. 
  “One of the most amazing people I have ever met was taken too early today,” wrote Cassandra DuChene, on
  
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• Hot Tub Closure at Fountain Park Recreation Centre Extended

  03-10-2017 17:43
  Extended up to the end of October Please be advised that the hot tub at Fountain Park Recreation Centre will... Read Post
  
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• Ask anything: Mayoral candidates gear up for three-hour debate

  03-10-2017 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton voters will get their first chance to grill the city’s 13 mayoral candidates Tuesday night at the first of two three-hour evening forums.
  The event is at Harry Ainlay Composite High School at 4350 111 Street. It runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with an intermission halfway.
  Unlike community league forums, where organizers often poll the community ahead of time to select the most popular questions, the city’s official forums have an open mic. Moderators will take questions f
  
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• Suspect in weekend attack expected in provincial court early Tuesday

  03-10-2017 15:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The suspect in a weekend attack described as an ‘act of terrorism’ by city police is expected to appear in Edmonton provincial court Tuesday morning. 
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, is accused of going on a rampage through the city that injured four pedestrians and Edmonton police Const. Mike Chernyk. The attacks began around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, when a vehicle struck Chernyk while he worked at a traffic checkpoint outside Commonwealth Stadium. The vehicle’s driver then st
  
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• It's secret! Edmonton Elections seeks to reassure youth, new Canadians about voting

  03-10-2017 15:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Elections launched a new outreach effort to reduce anxiety around voting for new Canadians, youth and seniors in the municipal election, hoping to improve on Edmonton’s 35 per cent voter turnout.
  Edmonton Elections outreach liaison Mayja Embleton has been building contacts within immigrant communities, identifying ambassadors and running workshops for groups from a dozen to more than 100 potential voters.
  Since November, she’s also been visiting schools, and staffing a booth
  
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• Ward 7: Problem properties dominate discussion at all-candidates forum

  03-10-2017 14:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northlands’ future redevelopment may be a looming juggernaut for the city, but those attending Monday night’s Ward 7 candidate forum were more concerned about things a little closer to home.
  With fears that the 64-hectare site could go dark in the new year, it was expected the topic would dominate the questions and answers portion of the forum, and even though most candidates addressed it in their opening comments, questions about Northlands were replaced with queries about public sa
  
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• The Weeknd drops hit after hit at packed Rogers Place

  03-10-2017 14:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calling occupants of interplanetary crafts: The Weeknd has a good deal for you.
  Granted, he’s using it for the remainder of his Starboy: Legend of the Fall tour, but the Toronto native would probably part with his spacecraft for a fair price. It looks a little like an Imperial Class Star Destroyer, or perhaps a heavily stylized Klingon Bird of Prey, but its purpose is far more peaceful. Much like the Funkadelic Mothership, it’s intended to bring the party to multiple North American c
  
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• Ward 2: Blatchford development key for northwest Edmonton

  03-10-2017 14:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rising from bleak, dirt surroundings, Edmonton’s old airport tower stands sentinel over a development slated to transform about 215 hectares of Ward 2 sandwiched between Kingsway and the Yellowhead.  
  It’s the last remaining structure on the site, and city officials hope to preserve it as an architectural nod to the land’s former use as a gateway to the north. 
  Heavy equipment has toiled at the site all summer, installing underground utilities and readying it for
  
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• Police searching for two escaped female prisoners

  03-10-2017 14:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are appealing to the public to help find two female prisoners who escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women Monday evening.
  At around 8:40 p.m. Monday, prison officials reported the two women had jumped the east fence and escaped the prison, located at 11151 178 St., according to a Tuesday morning news release.
  Officers from the Edmonton police west division, along with assistance from the EPS Canine Unit, responded to the scene but were unable to find the escaped women.
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• Tuesday's letters: Stay strong, Edmonton

  03-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  So Edmonton lost its innocence and was violated by one very sick and twisted lone wolf.
  Immediately, social media was swamped with twisted conspiracy theories and condemnation of Islam and it sickened me to my core. This is the crap that Donald Trump is doing in the United States to divide his country along racial and religious lines and we cannot allow it to happen here.
  Terrorism won’t be tolerated by Canadians or the citizens of our fine city and neither will blanket hate-filled rhetori
  
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• 'Orange Hub' highlights arts issues in Edmonton's election

  03-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s easy for arts and culture issues to get buried under a mountain of electoral jockeying about LRT expansion, snow clearing and bike lanes. 
  But as council hopefuls compete for votes, focusing mainly on the nuts and bolts of taxes, transportation and neighbourhood development, the City of Edmonton formally acquired a large west-end facility to be transformed into an arts and culture centre.
  The city took possession of the MacEwan West campus — recently christened “The O
  
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• Editorial: EPS actions averted greater tragedy

  03-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man previously investigated for espousing extremist views turned a family sedan and a moving van into weapons on Edmonton streets Saturday night.
  By injuring five people, including a police constable, the driver behind the wheel brought close to home the same horror experienced by innocents in Nice, London, Stockholm, Paris and Charlottesville where terrorists have, in just over a year, plowed vehicles into crowds with tragic results.
  As shocking and senseless as the rampage in Edmonton was, i
  
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• Puljujarvi? Bear? Jones? Who will be the 2 or 3 or 4 Condors AHLers who eventually make it in NHL?

  03-10-2017 08:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  ‘To make it to the American Hockey League you have to be one helluva player, but it’s still a steep, steep, steep climb to the National Hockey League.
  The Edmonton Oilers farm team in Bakersfield is packed with worthy prospects, but likely only two or three of them are going to have productive NHL careers where they play more than 200 games.
  At least that’s what the history of the Oilers farm system suggests from the last two decades of play. 
  Twelve players from 1997 to 2
  
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• Ward 8 candidate forum: Development controversies ignite passions

  03-10-2017 06:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A perceived power imbalance between developers and communities proved to be one of the major issues Monday night at a civic election forum in Ward 8.
  In general, the standing-room only crowd of more than 200 people witnessed a fairly low-key discussion, in which the six challengers threw a few light jabs at the current council, but avoided any heated exchanges.  
  In general, candidates agreed on policy, but each made their own case on who could accomplish it best.
  The most passionate moment
  
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• Ward 7: Northlands could dominate discussion at all-candidate forum

  03-10-2017 05:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northlands’ future redevelopment may be a looming juggernaut for the city, but those attending Monday night’s Ward 7 candidate forum were more concerned about things a little closer to home.
  With fears that the 64-hectare site could go dark in the new year, it was expected the topic would dominate the questions and answers portion of the forum, and even though most candidates addressed it in their opening comments, questions about Northlands were replaced with queries about public sa
  
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• New details released in police shooting of suspect in Lloydminster

  03-10-2017 04:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Investigators allege a man shot by Lloydminster RCMP last Wednesday was fleeing in a stolen truck before he crashed into a car and tried to escape by carjacking another motorist at the side of the road.
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) — tasked with investigating incidents involving Alberta police that result in serious injury or death or allegations of police misconduct — said Mounties first recognized a man driving a black truck who was believed to be involve
  
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• 'That system abandoned me': Child intervention panel hears from Paul First Nation

  03-10-2017 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Please. Hear us.”
  The plea Leona Rabbit made to Alberta’s child intervention panel Monday at Paul First Nation was simple.
  Panel members nodded, struck by the story of her experience growing up in the child intervention system.
  Two years old when she was removed from her family’s care, Rabbit bounced from one foster home to another.
  She was eight when she first attempted suicide. She considers herself the product of a failed system. 
  “That system abandoned me,
  
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• Jones: Oilers' McDavid hungry for more as new NHL season dawns

  03-10-2017 02:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  So you wonder, as this National Hockey League season goes into the gate, if the Edmonton Oilers can handle the pressure of being considered a Stanley Cup contender for the first time in almost three decades?
  You worry about the 103-point team that played 14 games in the Stanley Cup playoffs heading into this season with a target on their backs one year after ending a record-equaling 10 straight seasons out of the playoffs?
  Accept the challenge, says Connor McDavid.
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  Yamamoto grabs Oilers'
  
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• Canada's pomp and ceremony over America's guns and violence

  03-10-2017 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  There was something oddly reassuring Monday morning when our national television networks decided to eschew the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas shootings in favour of the much more mundane swearing-in of our new Governor General.
  While the international media, such as the BBC, not surprisingly focused on rehashing the dreadful events in the United States, we were treated to the pomp and circumstance welcoming former astronaut Julie Payette as our latest federal representative of the Queen.
  T
  
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• Kailer Yamamoto grabs Edmonton Oilers' opening-night roster spot

  03-10-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Todd McLellan made it perfectly clear one question into the media scrum Monday: He didn’t give Kailer Yamamoto a spot on the Edmonton Oilers … the kid took it.
  Won it fair and square.
  “Evidence, the games that he played,” said the head coach, when asked what swayed his decision to put a 5-foot-8, 155-pound 19-year-old on the team. “When we were in the planning stages after the draft, I didn’t have him pencilled in, but he came in here and opened up our eyes.
  
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• Paula Simons: Denounce all who bring terror to public places

  03-10-2017 01:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Sept. 22, a man stole a heavy-duty flatbed truck near Maidstone, Sask., and sped off. Mounties broke off their pursuit, fearing it might put the public in danger. The truck tore down the highway until it smashed into a minivan. Inside the van were four Edmonton women on a trip to visit family friends.
  Eva Fatu Tumbay, 37; Glorious David, 35; and Jeannette Wright, 53, were killed. Janet Wright Gaye, 32, was airlifted to hospital in Edmonton with severe injuries.
  A Lloydminster man, Brando
  
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• 'Just an amazing person': Alberta mother of four killed in Las Vegas mass shooting

  03-10-2017 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta woman who travelled to Las Vegas with her fiancé to revel in a country music festival was among the more than 50 concert-goers killed Sunday when a gunman mowed down the crowd from a 32nd-floor vantage point. 
  Jessica Klymchuk was one of two Canadians confirmed dead. At least 59 people died and more than 515 were injured, shortly after singer Jason Aldean took the outdoor stage. 
  Klymchuk, a mother of four from northern Alberta, was remembered
  
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• Ward 8 candidate forum: Development process a red flag for challengers

  03-10-2017 01:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The six candidates vying for a city council seat in Ward 8 are set to square off Monday night in a forum at McNally Composite High School, 8840 105 Ave., starting at 7 p.m.
  High-rise developments, infill housing and the city’s consultation process are among the big issues in the ward, which includes the University of Alberta, Old Strathcona and several older neighbourhoods that run along the south side of the river.
  River valley development and the new Valley Line LRT — along wi
  
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