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• Reports of deaths and injuries of children in care increasing: advocate

  17-10-2017 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is seeing more reports of deaths or serious injuries to children in care.
  The number of reports have more than tripled in 2016-17 from 2012-13, when the province’s child and youth advocate began tracking the status of children in care. 
  “Each report is of a child’s tragedy, tragic circumstances,” child and youth advocate Del Graff told the Journal Tuesday. 
  “It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that when we talk about reports, we’re talk
  
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• Charges laid after wild police chase through central Alberta

  17-10-2017 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges have been laid after suspects in a stolen truck led Mounties on a wild chase through Sundre, Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake on Friday, police said Tuesday.
  Sundre RCMP first heard complaints of an erratic driver on Friday that rammed a bystander’s car before one of three suspects struck the man as he exited his vehicle.
  The stolen vehicle was spotted again in Rocky Mountain House by mid-afternoon, but evaded police.
  At around 4:25 p.m. officers deployed a spike belt in an att
  
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• Former PC Sandra Jansen sworn in to NDP cabinet as Minister of Infrastructure

  17-10-2017 23:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley appointed Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen as Minister of Infrastructure at a swearing in ceremony at Government House on Tuesday.
  The former PC MLA took over the infrastructure portfolio from Brian Mason, MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. Mason remains Minister of Transportation and Government House Leader.
  “Alberta’s economy is looking up, but there is more work to do – especially in Calgary, where too many skilled people are still looking for work
  
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• Live: Premier Rachel Notley announces cabinet shuffle

  17-10-2017 22:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley is set to shuffle her cabinet Tuesday, with a swearing-in ceremony scheduled at Government House. 
  This will be Notley’s second cabinet shuffle of 2017. A small cabinet shuffle in January led to the creation of the children’s services ministry, led by Danielle Larivee. The ministry split off from the human services ministry, leaving Irfan Sabir head of the renamed community and social services department.
  Shaye Anderson was appointed the new
  
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• No-calculator math test reveals weak mental math among Alberta students

  17-10-2017 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Grade 6 students did poorly on a new no-calculator portion of provincial mathematics exams, Alberta’s education minister said Tuesday.
  Last fall, concerned about children’s grasp of math fundamentals, Minister David Eggen introduced a new 15-minute, 15-question section to the math exam written by all sixth graders across the province.
  “And there it was. Boom. Big place for room for improvement for basic skills,” Eggen said Tuesday after the education ministry released its
  
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• Haroun, Schell, Pequin join public and Catholic boards - St. Albert Gazette

  17-10-2017 21:34 via stalbertgazette.com
  Haroun, Schell, Pequin join public and Catholic boards
  St. Albert Gazette
  St. Albert and Sturgeon residents stuck by their incumbents in Monday's trustee elections, but did pick three new faces to fill some empty seats. In addition to voting for mayors and councillors, thousands of St. Albert and Sturgeon-area residents cast ...
  
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• Reports of deaths, injuries of kids in care increasing

  17-10-2017 21:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is seeing more reports of death or serious injury to children in care. 
  Between April 1 and Sept. 30 this year, the Child and Youth Advocate office received 49 reports of death or serious injury — a number that concerns advocate Del Graff. 
  When a child or youth is injured or dies in care, or within two years of receiving services, the case goes to Graff’s office. 
  In 2012-13, 20 files came across his desk. The next year, that increased to 35. 
  In 2016-17,
  
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• New report has good news for Edmonton office vacancies

  17-10-2017 21:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton office vacancy rates have dropped for the first time in five years as the region is poised for Canada’s second-fastest economic growth in 2017, a new report from real estate firm CBRE says.
  Vacancies were down to 19.7 per cent in summer 2017 from 19.9 per cent in the previous three months, according to the company’s office and industrial stats report released Tuesday.
  That’s the first decline since the summer of 2012, when the office vacancy for Edmonton shrank to 9.3
  
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• Health ministers set for meetings in Edmonton on Indigenous health, opioids

  17-10-2017 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Indigenous health, opioids and medical assistance in dying will be the major topics on the agenda later this week as Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman hosts her counterparts from around the country.
  Two days of meetings are set for Thursday and Friday at the Federal Building on the legislature grounds. New federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is scheduled to join the provincial and territorial ministers on the final day.
  Hoffman characterized the get-together as a “business
  
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• U.S. NAFTA dairy demands unacceptable: Alberta agriculture minister

  17-10-2017 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s agriculture and forestry minister says the latest demands made by the United States during NAFTA negotiations are unacceptable for the dairy industry.
  “It’s just another shot across the bow they’ve done with other sectors as well, putting something on the table we cannot accept,” said Oneil Carlier on Tuesday. “Absolutely there are concerns.”
  He was responding to reports that American negotiators want an end to the supply management system
  
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• $3.13-million Edmonton penthouse, priciest in city, comes with Bentley

  17-10-2017 21:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  As if the mega-rich needed any more of a reason to move into the most expensive penthouse for sale in Edmonton, the owner will also get a brand new $250,000-plus Bentley Continental GT to sweeten the deal.
  The 2,558-square-foot, two-storey penthouse — on the market for $3.13 million — is being touted as the “most exclusive condo available in Ice District.”Located in Ultima Condominiums, 10238 103 St., the condo features six-metre (20-foot) high ceilings, three decks, thre
  
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• Laurent Brossoit gets the start as Edmonton Oilers look to turn things around vs. Hurricanes

  17-10-2017 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 5: Hurricanes at Oilers
  The spotlight will be squarely on backup goaltender Laurent Brossoit tonight when his Edmonton Oilers take to home ice to face the Carolina Hurricanes. 
  Hard to call Game 5 of an 82-game campaign “crucial”, but after three straight regulation losses by increasing margins, the Oilers should be desperate to turn things around on their own ice before heading out on a tough three-game roadie to Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 
  It certainly
  
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• City of St. Albert Announces Unofficial 2017 Election Results

  17-10-2017 20:28
  Official Results Will Be Announced October 20 The City of St. Albert announces the following candidates have been declared elected.... Read Post
  
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• Premier Rachel Notley announces cabinet shuffle

  17-10-2017 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley is set to shuffle her cabinet Tuesday, with a swearing-in ceremony scheduled at Government House. 
  This will be Notley’s second cabinet shuffle of 2017. A small cabinet shuffle in January led to the creation of the children’s services ministry, led by Danielle Larivee. The ministry split off from the human services ministry, leaving Irfan Sabir head of the renamed community and social services department.
  Shaye Anderson was appointed the new
  
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• Official Opening of the Amenities Building at Larry Olexiuk Field and Public Art Unveiling

  17-10-2017 19:26
  Come out to celebrate with members of St. Albert’s arts and recreation community The City of St. Albert has completed... Read Post
  
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• New report shows good news for Edmonton office vacancies

  17-10-2017 18:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton has seen the first drop in office vacancy rates in five years as local economic conditions continue to improve, a new report from real estate firm CBRE Canada says.
  Vacancies were down to 19.7 per cent in summer 2017 from 19.9 per cent in the previous three months, according to the company’s office and industrial stats report released Tuesday.
  That’s the first decline since the summer of 2012, when the office vacancy for Edmonton shrank to 9.3 per cent from 9.9 per cent.
  The
  
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• New Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Chief Justice appointed by Trudeau

  17-10-2017 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new chief justice has been appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday morning that Justice Mary Moreau will take over the post from outgoing chief Justice Neil Wittmann.
  Wittman resigned on May 1, after 17 years on the bench.
  Moreau will be the first woman in Alberta to hold the chief justice position for the Court of Queen’s Bench. She has presided over French and bilingual trials in Alberta, and is the former president
  
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• The upsets, close calls of Edmonton's council races

  17-10-2017 17:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Did a series of squeaker wins finally catch up with Dave Loken? And just how close was Tony Caterina to the same fate?
  “If (challenger Kris Andreychuk) would have had another three days, another day, it would have been there,” said election watcher Chris Henderson, a key architect of Mayor Don Iveson’s similar upset win 10 years ago.
  “Andreychuk looked and felt as close to that 2007 race as anything I’d ever seen. The momentum was going their way. They put everythin
  
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• NDP government seriously off balance when it comes to prov budgets

  17-10-2017 15:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Imagine for a moment a federal bureaucrat in 1943 making projections about the state of the Canadian economy in 2017.
  That’d be some pretty bold prediction-making considering how 74 years ago “jet” was a word used with water, not airplanes, “computer” usually referred to a person, not a machine, and Alberta had yet to discover a major oil deposit with Leduc No. 1.
  A lot can happen in seven decades.
  So, you have to wonder a bit about the long-term projections in the
  
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• Oilers Game Day: Needing a bounce-back effort vs. Hurricanes

  17-10-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Carolina Hurricanes at Edmonton Oilers: 7 p.m., Rogers Place. TV: Sportsnet, radio: 630 CHED
  Five Keys To The Game
  1. Needing saves from big guy
  Cam Talbot badly needs a bounce-back effort after giving up 11 goals in 73 shots over the past three starts.
  Talbot isn’t the only NHL goalie struggling — see Carey Price, Devan Dubnyk — but with the Oilers scoring only eight times in four games, they need their horse to look like the guy who played 73 games last season and was their s
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Planned tax on worker discounts was petty

  17-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Once again, the Trudeau Liberals have been caught planning a tax hike on the working Canadians who are already feeling the pinch.
  It’s bad enough that the Liberals have raised taxes on the average family by over $800 per year, while their plan to raise taxes on local businesses is putting jobs on the line in communities across Canada.
  Now, Canadians have learned that the Trudeau Liberals had planned a new tax on employee discounts.
  That’s right: they wanted to make local business own
  
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• Paula Simons: Edmonton voters put councillors on notice

  17-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It wasn’t the kind of history, I’m sure, that Dave Loken wanted to make.
  The conventional wisdom is that it’s next to impossible to unseat an incumbent city councillor.
  In the last 20 years, only one sitting councillor has been defeated: Mike Nickel, who lost his seat to a young upstart named Don Iveson.
  But Monday night, a new upstart named Jon Dziadyk, an urban planner, who’s also a reservist lieutenant with Royal Canadian Navy Intelligence, knocked off Loken, who&rsquo
  
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• Opinion: Social studies curriculum revision is secret and other myths

  17-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  We are two professors currently involved in the Alberta Education social studies curriculum-revision process. One of us (Dr. Gibson) is a member of the Curriculum Writing Group (CWG) and one of us (Dr. Peck) is a member of the Teacher and Educator Focus Group.
  The CWG is responsible for drafting the subject introduction, scope and sequence, and student learning outcomes whereas the focus group reviews, confirms, and provides feedback to the CWG and Alberta Education on the curriculum drafts.
  For
  
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• Editorial: A fresh start for council

  17-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Elections should be to politicians what New Year’s Day is for the rest of us: an occasion to reflect on the past, to resolve to do what is best and for some — to seek redemption.
  For those elected to council for the first time, it’s the dawn of a challenging new job. 
  For returning incumbents, it’s an opportunity to make a fresh start. Council returnees should be cautious in regarding their victories as a whole-hearted endorsement of the previous term.
  If letters to
  
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• Jones: Oilers' Talbot confident he will shake early season funk

  17-10-2017 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  So what have they been pouring into the water bottles of the top National Hockey League goaltenders so far this season?
  It’s not just Cam Talbot of the Edmonton Oilers, who has been struggling so far this season. He has some high-class company.
  “I noticed that. I’m not the only one,” said Talbot. “I’m going through that right now. There’s Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens and so many other players going through it right now, too.
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• Ward 7: Incumbent Tony Caterina re-elected in tight race with challenger

  17-10-2017 09:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was a close race in Ward 7 for incumbent Tony Caterina, who retained his seat with about 150 votes over newcomer Kris Andreychuk.
  “I can tell you that Tony took it by 150 votes,” Andreychuk said. “I’m OK with it. We ran an extremely positive campaign.”
  Caterina said he received a congratulatory call from Andreychuk around 10 p.m. Monday.
  “I’m extremely happy about it obviously,” Caterina said. “But the results are so slow, I haven’t
  
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• Ward 8: South-side voters re-elect Ben Henderson, but with smaller margin of victory

  17-10-2017 09:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tight race in Ward 8 ended with another victory Monday for incumbent Ben Henderson, who edged past a pair of upstart challengers to secure his fourth term on city council.
  Henderson secured 36 per cent of the vote, enough to get by strong campaigns from community organizer Kirsten Goa, social studies teacher James Kosowan and three other nominees.
  Henderson, 59, said he knew he was in for a much tougher fight this election than the 2013 race, which he won with almost 75 per cent of the vote.
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• Press Gallery: A Special 2017 Municipal Election Results edition

  17-10-2017 09:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  In this special edition of the podcast, David Staples, Paula Simons, Janet French and Elise Stolte join host Emma Graney for a quick and dirty look at Edmonton’s municipal election results as the final tally rolled in late Monday night. 
  From the mayoral race to school board and some upsets on the ground, the team looks at what Monday night’s results mean for Edmonton city council — and whether the new councillors will be able to play nicely together. 
  
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• Cathy Heron wins decisive victory - St. Albert Gazette

  17-10-2017 08:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert Gazette
  Cathy Heron wins decisive victory
  St. Albert Gazette
  Cathy Heron will be the next mayor of St. Albert after capturing 49 per cent of the vote, defeating challengers Cam MacKay and Malcolm Parker. Heron will have new councillors Natalie Joly, Jacquie Hansen, Ray Watkins and Ken MacKay by her side for the ...
  
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• Unofficial results show 31.5 per cent voter turnout for civic election

  17-10-2017 08:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  As votes are being tallied at polling stations across the city, candidates are gathering with supporters to await results for the 2017 municipal election.
  The first results began rolling in at about 8:45 p.m.
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  Join columnist Paula Simons for election coverage on Facebook LiveView live civic election results here
  All results are expected to be announced by 11 p.m.
  In addition to the election of a new mayor, council and school board trustees, political watchers are keeping an eye on total v
  
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• New mayors in Strathcona County, St. Albert and other northern ... - Edmonton Journal

  17-10-2017 08:32 via edmontonjournal.com
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  New mayors in Strathcona County, St. Albert and other northern ...
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  St. Albert, Strathcona County, the City of Leduc, Beaumont and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are among the Alberta cities and towns welcoming ...and more »
  
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• New mayors in Strathcona County, St. Albert and other northern Alberta cities - Edmonton Journal

  17-10-2017 08:32 via edmontonjournal.com
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  New mayors in Strathcona County, St. Albert and other northern Alberta cities
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  Strathcona County mayor-elect Rod Frank watched the civic election results as they came in at his campaign headquarters on Oct. 16, 2017. Ben Proulx / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. St. Albert, Strathcona County, the City of Leduc, Beaumont and ...and more »
  
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• New mayors in Strathcona County, St. Albert and other northern Alberta cities

  17-10-2017 08:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert, Strathcona County, the City of Leduc, Beaumont and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are among the Alberta cities and towns welcoming new mayors after Monday’s municipal elections.
  Strathcona County voted out incumbent mayor Roxanne Carr in favour of Rod Frank, a lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in the 2015 federal election.  
  “People are still hurting from the recession, so we have an 
  
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• Don Iveson re-elected but with bridges to build in northeast Edmonton

  17-10-2017 08:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s north side sent a clear message of discontent to city hall Monday – with early results showing that incumbent Dave Loken was sent packing from Ward 3 and a new northeast Ward 4 candidate promising to put its communities first.
  It appears military reserve officer Jon Dziadyk in Ward 3 and Indigenous artist Aaron Paquette in Ward 4 will join Mayor Don Iveson on council. He was re-elected with a huge majority for his second term.
  Two conservative-leaning candidates will repre
  
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• Flynn turfed in county - St. Albert Gazette

  17-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Flynn turfed in county
  St. Albert Gazette
  Sturgeon County voters gave Tom Flynn and many of his supporters the boot Monday – an outcome he blamed on negative campaigning by his opponents. With all polls reporting, the Sturgeon County election website showed that Alanna Hnatiw had become ...
  
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• Ward 8: South-side voters stick with Ben Henderson

  17-10-2017 07:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tight race in Ward 8 ended with another victory Monday for incumbent Ben Henderson, who edged past a pair of upstart challengers to secure his fourth term on city council.
  Henderson secured 36 per cent of the vote, enough to get by strong campaigns from community organizer Kirsten Goa, social studies teacher James Kosowan and three other nominees.
  Henderson, 59, said he knew he was in for a much tougher fight this election than the 2013 race, which he won with almost 75 per cent of the vote.
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• Ward 1: Andrew Knack waltzes to re-election with 67 per cent of vote

  17-10-2017 07:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  There was little drama in the Ward 1 city council race Monday night, as voters overwhelmingly supported incumbent Andrew Knack’s bid for a second term at city hall.
  The incumbent ended the night with a huge margin of victory over challengers Randy Allen, Reuben Avellana and Dave Olivier in the west end riding, garnering 67 per cent of the vote.
  An acclamation for Knack seemed to be a real possibility prior to the campaign, until Allen, Avellana and Olivier put their names forward on nomina
  
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• Balanko, Boutestein, Dafoe, Giffin, Hall, Richardson elected to ... - St. Albert Gazette

  17-10-2017 07:48 via stalbertgazette.com
  Balanko, Boutestein, Dafoe, Giffin, Hall, Richardson elected to ...
  St. Albert Gazette
  The unofficial results showed that Rebecca Balanko, Nicole Boutestein, Stephen Dafoe, Lawrence Giffin, Sarah Hall, and Scott Richardson had been elected to ...and more »
  
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• Balanko, Boutestein, Dafoe, Giffin, Hall, Richardson elected to Morinville council - St. Albert Gazette

  17-10-2017 07:48 via stalbertgazette.com
  Balanko, Boutestein, Dafoe, Giffin, Hall, Richardson elected to Morinville council
  St. Albert Gazette
  The unofficial results showed that Rebecca Balanko, Nicole Boutestein, Stephen Dafoe, Lawrence Giffin, Sarah Hall, and Scott Richardson had been elected to council. Mayor-elect Barry Turner, who was acclaimed, said he was very pleased with this ...and more »
  
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• David Staples: Don Iveson is popular, but his agenda — not so much

  17-10-2017 07:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Don Iveson has never been more popular in the city of Edmonton. But his agenda for progressive change? There’s far more doubt on that count.
  With all polls reporting, the mayoral incumbent had won 72 per cent of the vote, up 10 per cent from the 62 per cent he received in the 2013. 
  The increase comes as no surprise. There wasn’t one credible alternative among his 12 challengers.
  But Iveson had a chance to get a stranglehold on city council if ward races broke just right fo
  
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• Ward 3: North-side voters replace Loken with newcomer Dziadyk

  17-10-2017 07:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  North-side voters denied incumbent councillor Dave Loken a third term, choosing urban planner Jon Dziadyk to represent the ward instead.
  Dziadyk won with 29.1 per cent of the vote after all 19 polls reported. Loken finished with 26 per cent of the vote.
  “I’m excited. I’m happy. I’m not overly surprised, but I’m humbled. The people have spoken,” Dziadyk said Monday night. “I’m ready for the job. It’s clear that on the north side, people feel l
  
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• Ward 6: Voters still keen for Scott McKeen in downtown, core neighbourhoods

  17-10-2017 06:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ward 6 Coun. Scott McKeen held onto his seat in Monday night’s election.
  Over the phone on Monday night, McKeen thanked contenders Tish Prouse for “working his tail off” and Bill Knight who “had teams going through the neighbourhoods really hard.” McKeen stated he had won all polling stations except Glenora. This is McKeen’s second term, having been first elected in 2013.
  “I’m relieved more than any other feeling,” McKeen said.
  McKeen, f
  
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• Ward 7: Tight race for incumbent Caterina with two-thirds of results reported

  17-10-2017 06:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was a tight race in Ward 7 for incumbent Tony Caterina and newcomer Kris Andreychuk.
  As of 9:40 p.m., 14 stations of 21 reported that Andreychuk held a hair’s breadth lead over Caterina. 
  By press time Andreychuk had 3,227 votes, 33 per cent, over Caterina’s 3,101 votes for with 31.81 per cent.
  The main issue in the northeast Ward 7 was the possible redevelopment of Northlands Park.
  The future of the 64-hectare site will continue to be a hot-button topic for Caterina and
  
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• Ward 12: Southeast voters back Moe Banga for another term

  17-10-2017 06:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Southeast Edmonton voters decided to send Mohinder “Moe” Banga back to city hall for a full term, as he soundly defeated four other candidates seeking the Ward 12 seat.
  The incumbent had nearly 42 per cent of the votes with eight out of 20 polls reporting, while runner-up Jo-Anne Wright had nearly 26 per cent of the vote.
  “Everyone one in Ward 12 was very qualified and they ran such fantastic campaigns,” Banga said Monday night as the results came in.
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• Live: Incumbents hold big leads in Wards 1, 2, 11 and 12

  17-10-2017 06:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  As votes are being tallied at polling stations across the city, candidates are gathering with supporters to await results for the 2017 municipal election.
  The first results began rolling in at about 8:45 p.m.
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  Join columnist Paula Simons for election coverage on Facebook LiveView live civic election results here
  All results are expected to be announced by 11 p.m.
  In addition to the election of a new mayor, council and school board trustees, political watchers are keeping an eye on total v
  
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• Ward 5: Sarah Hamilton likely new face in west Edmonton

  17-10-2017 06:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rookie candidate Sarah Hamilton appeared Monday night to be headed for City Hall to fill the void left by vacating one-term Ward 5 councillor Michael Oshry.
  At press time, with 12 of 19 polls reporting in the hotly contested ward in the city’s southwest, Hamilton, with 4,660 votes (36.19 per cent), was leading David Xiao, with 2,505 votes (19.45 per cent).
  Dawn Newton with 1,693 votes (13.15 per cent) was in third and Miranda Jimmy with 1,472 votes (11.43 per cent) was close in fourth.
  Ham
  
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• Upset in west Edmonton public school trustee race

  17-10-2017 06:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A public school board upset appeared likely in west Edmonton Monday night as psychologist Shelagh Dunn was leading incumbent school trustee Orville Chubb.
  With 24 of 41 polls reporting in Ward C at press time, Dunn led with 45.4 per cent of the vote. Chubb had 18.6 per cent of ballots cast in his favour.
  “I think people connected with a positive campaign. I talked a lot about inclusion and human rights and about connecting to communities,” Dunn said.
  Meanwhile, long-serving Edmonton
  
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• Ward 4: Aaron Paquette in the lead as a dozen vie for northeast ward

  17-10-2017 06:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aaron Paquette was coming out on top Monday night in the race to become Edmonton’s new Ward 4 city councillor in the city’s busiest council race. 
  Paquette was leading the northeast ward with 25 per cent votes, with six of 21 stations reporting, ahead of second-place candidate Rocco Caterina who was at 16.49 per cent.  
  Paquette — an Indigenous artist, author and educator — had 1,128 votes compared to Caterina’s 744 as of 9:30 p.m.
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• Ward 2: North Edmonton voters stick with Bev Esslinger

  17-10-2017 06:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bev Esslinger will represent Ward 2 for a second term.
  The incumbent had secured victory with more than 50 per cent of the votes by press time, 3,100 votes ahead of her nearest rival, Ali Haymour.
  Esslinger said she was proud of the strong campaign she ran. “I’m really positive about moving forward,” she said. 
  She was first elected to council in 2013 following two terms on the Edmonton Public School Board.
  Her win in 2013 made her the only woman on city council.
  Since the
  
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• Ward 11: Southeast voters re-elect Mike Nickel

  17-10-2017 06:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  History has repeated itself in Ward 11 as incumbent Mike Nickel defended his place on council in the southeast Edmonton ward with nearly half of the votes after impressing voters as a fiscally responsible voice on city council.
  Reached Monday night, Nickel said he was “completely honoured to represent Ward 11 for another term.”
  Nickel was first elected to city council in 2004 for Ward 5, running on a campaign based on getting better value for citizens’ tax dollars.
  While h
  
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