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• Motorcyclist in life-threatening condition after crash on Anthony Henday Drive

  30-10-2017 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man involved in a motorcycle crash Sunday night on the Anthony Henday remained in critical condition Monday, police said.
  The Henday was closed both north and southbound of the accident, near the southbound Terwillegar exit ramp, about 9:45 p.m.
  Edmonton police found a man near the roadway in critical condition.
  The investigation was still in the preliminary stages, and no further details were available Monday, the release said.
   
  Police divert traffic on Anthony Henday Drive near Terwill
  
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• Paula Simons: Children's literacy lessons seem hard to learn

  30-10-2017 23:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  New academic research from the University of Alberta and McGill University has found — wait for it — that if you actually take the time to teach children to learn to read, they learn to read.
  Shocking, isn’t it?
  I’m sorry. That sounds a bit snarky.
  And I’m not making fun of the researchers. Their findings are critically important. I’m just frustrated that we’re still having to “prove” and explain this pretty basic fact in late 2017.
  This new
  
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• Made-in-Alberta action plan unveiled to protect 7,000 oil and gas jobs

  30-10-2017 23:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s leading oil and gas industry lobby group says a “made-in-Alberta solution” to reduce methane emissions rather than proposed federal regulations could mitigate the number of job losses in the province over the coming decade.
  Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers president and CEO Tim McMillan said even though its five-point plan released Monday would still cost the oil and gas industry $700 million over eight years, it would protect 7,000 jobs, inject $710 million
  
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• Man allegedly beaten by officers during arrest appeals to review board

  30-10-2017 23:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who alleges police used excessive force while arresting him during a 2010 drug bust is challenging a decision to clear two officers involved. 
  Kazimierz Kozina, who was being investigated for drug trafficking, claims officers repeatedly struck and kicked him while he lay on the sidewalk during a “buy-and-bust” raid on Feb. 11, 2010. The arrest fractured his orbital bone, said Kozina.
  Const. Jack Redlick and Const. Jason Kemp were charged by the police chief with 
  
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• TV show looking for Edmonton real estate stars

  30-10-2017 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton home buyers and sellers, it’s time for your closeup.
  A Kelowna company is looking for local real estate agents, as well as people who want to buy or sell homes, to appear in two TV shows it produces — Seller’s Market and See it. Love it. Buy it.
  On Seller’s Market, five agents compete for a listing each week. The winner sits out the following week’s competition.
  “I’m looking for top agents, vivacious, larger-than-life agents who are very, v
  
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• 10 things about the Edmonton Oilers new lines, power play units and d-man pairings

  30-10-2017 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Is Todd McLellan switching up the Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid combo in the right spot or not?Frustrated with the current state of the Oilers, coach Todd McLellan made a number of changes, splitting up Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on the power play but keeping them together at even strength. Darnell Nurse was also promoted to the top defensive pairing with Adam Larsson. David Staples and Bruce McCurdy of the Cult of hockey weigh in.
  The Edmonton Oilers have changed up their forward lin
  
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• Province to introduce gas-and-dash legislation aimed at protecting employees

  30-10-2017 20:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s labour minister is announcing new measures Monday that will aim to protect gas station and convenience store workers from violence, said a government news release. 
  Government House Leader Brian Mason said the first bill to be introduced during the Alberta legislature’s fall sitting would be related to pre-payment systems at gas stations.
  Mason spoke about the Gas and Convenience Store Safety Act on Friday ahead of the fall sitting, which begins Monday and co
  
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• UCP announces leadership team as fall session begins

  30-10-2017 19:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Newly minted United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has announced his party’s  leadership team, just as they prepare to head into the legislature for the beginning of the fall session Monday afternoon.
  The new appointments are Leela Aheer as deputy leader, Jason Nixon as house leader, Ric McIver as whip, Angela Pitt as deputy house leader and Prab Gill as deputy whip.
  All were vocal Kenney supporters in the leadership race except Aheer and Pitt, who publicly backed former Wildr
  
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• Province to introduce gas-and-dash legislation aiming to protect employees

  30-10-2017 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s labour minister is announcing new measures Monday that will aim to protect gas station and convenience store workers from violence, said a government news release. 
  Government House Leader Brian Mason said the first bill to be introduced during the Alberta Legislature’s fall sitting would be related to pre-payment systems at gas stations.
  Mason spoke about the Gas and Convenience Store Safety Act on Friday ahead of the fall sitting, which launches Monday and
  
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• Fall session set to begin amidst continuing musical chairs

  30-10-2017 18:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary MLA Karen McPherson says she can do better work on behalf of her constituents by being a member of the opposition, rather than her former NDP caucus. 
  McPherson left the NDP early this month to sit as an independent.
  On Monday, she stood beside Alberta Party leader Greg Clark and declared herself part of his caucus.
  She said she took her time deciding where to go after shedding her New Democrat skin, talking long and hard with her constituents. 
  In the end, she said, the best f
  
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• Child Advocate sees 'marked increase' in youth seeking help being denied

  30-10-2017 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has seen a “marked increase” in the number of youth who have asked child intervention services for help but have been denied, says a new report.
  Advocate Del Graff released two new reports Monday, investigating the suicides of two Indigenous teen boys who had received child welfare services. 
  Fifteen-year-old Jimmy, a pseudonym, had asked for help multiple times in the lead-up to his death, the report said. At the time of his death
  
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• Former Oiler Griffin Reinhart clears waivers, appears headed for AHL

  30-10-2017 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  UPDATE Mon Oct 30:
  … which doesn’t quite close the book on a subsequent move, as sometimes happens after a player clears waivers. For an example involving the Oilers, Mark Arcobello was traded for Derek Roy on the same day Roy cleared waivers, which puzzled some as Edmonton gave up an asset for a player they could have had for “free”. The main issue there being making room on the 50-man roster by sending a signed player the other way, with the added benefit that the acqu
  
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• Plan could cut Alberta methane emissions by 45 per cent by 2025: CAPP

  30-10-2017 17:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A plan to reduce methane emissions by 45 per cent in Alberta by 2025 from 2014 levels would cost the oil and gas industry $700-million over eight years, a new analysis from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) suggests.
  However, the oil and gas industry advocacy group says working collaboratively with the province on the new plan will prevent the “cumulative loss of nearly 7,000 jobs” as well as seeing “$710 million in capital reinvested in Alberta’s eco
  
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• Steady growth challenges Edmonton school districts

  30-10-2017 14:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The number of students who need help with English in Edmonton schools is at an all-time high, new enrolment data shows.
  Of the 98,914 Edmonton Public Schools pupils counted on Sept. 29, one-quarter are English-language learners, according to the school district. The proportion of students who need help with English was up slightly from last school year, and rose markedly from 2004, when just five per cent of students needed assistance with English.
  Similarly, 23.2 per cent of 42,510 pupils
  
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• Big Valley Jamboree announces its 2018 lineup

  30-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2018 Big Valley Jamboree Lineup has familiar faces and first-time performers at the country music festival.
  Half a century after their debut album, Grammy Hall-of-Famers The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will return to BVJ on Thursday night.
  Thomas Rhett will be the headliner on Friday night. The son of singer Rhett Akins has been topping the charts starting with his 2013 single “It Goes Like This” and has been repeating the success since. He recently released his third studio album Lif
  
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• Motorcyclist in life-threatening condition after collision on Anthony Henday Drive

  30-10-2017 13:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle collision on the Anthony Henday Drive near the southbound Terwillegar exit ramp around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday. Anthony Henday Drive was closed both north and southbound.
  Southwest Edmonton Police Service patrol officers were called the scene of a collision where they found a man near the road in critical condition.
  Paramedics took the man to hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to a news release from EPS
  
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• Nick Lees: Edmonton designer creates tall art for High Arctic

  30-10-2017 13:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton designer Wei Yew is believed to have created one of the world’s largest sculptures north of the Arctic Circle.
  It’s a 5½-metre maple leaf sculpture just placed outside the new $250-million Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
  “I wanted to reflect the culture of the people there with a polar iconic structure,” said Yew, who has designed everything from Calgary’s 1988 Winter Olympics arts festival to the Moriyama Royal Archi
  
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• Researchers' extra help eliminates reading gap for most young students

  30-10-2017 13:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A research project that offered extra help to struggling young readers in Edmonton schools has prompted teachers and principals to try the approach more widely.
  “We didn’t expect it to be as successful as it was,” said George Georgiou, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Alberta and lead researcher of the Edmonton part of the study.
  Done in partnership with a colleague at McGill University, Georgiou’s study started in September 2015  and screen
  
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• Access-to-cash plan for eco-home upgrades still in the works: Minister

  30-10-2017 13:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A plan to allow homeowners to finance energy efficiency upgrades through a property tax lien is still on the table, despite its absence from the new Municipal Government Act, Alberta’s municipal affairs minister said. 
  It’s a plan that could allow homeowners to buy high-efficiency furnaces and windows, solar panels or better insulation for little to no upfront cost, paying the cost through a property-specific local improvement fee on their taxes. 
  “It’s a really
  
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• Alberta ambulances being retrofitted to cut back on first-responder injuries from heavy lifting

  30-10-2017 13:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  First responders suffering injuries from loading obese patients has triggered a $20-million retrofit of stretchers for Alberta Health Services’ fleet of 350 ambulances. 
  By March, the AHS ambulance fleet will have hydraulic stretchers that can accommodate patients up to 700 pounds. Current stretchers can hold the same patient weight but paramedics must do the heavy lifting to get the patients in and out of the ambulances.
  “There hasn’t been an innovation like this that hel
  
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• Can Oscar Klefbom regain his 2017 playoffs form on defence? Yes he can

  30-10-2017 07:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s not often that Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan criticizes a player by name but it’s not often that a player has as bad a game as Oscar Klefbom did on defence Saturday night against the Washington Capitals.
  Klefbom was the main culprit on the Caps’ massive first goal in the final seconds of the first period. The Oilers were up 2-0 at that point, but Washington got life the goal. It came on a slow and uncertain stab at the puck by Klefbom in the neutral zone which kicked
  
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• Motorcyclist in life-threatening condition after collision on Anthony Henday Drive; traffic diverted

  30-10-2017 06:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle collision on the Anthony Henday Drive near the southbound Terwillegar exit ramp around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday. Anthony Henday Drive was closed both north and southbound.
  Southwest Edmonton Police Service patrol officers were called the scene of a collision where they found a man near the road in critical condition.
  Paramedics took the man to hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to a news release from EPS
  
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• Stolen tractor leads to police chase near Barrhead

  30-10-2017 04:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nothing runs like a Deere … except maybe Mounties looking to nab suspects.
  On Saturday, a Barrhead RCMP investigation that started as a suspicious person complaint turned into a police chase with a stolen John Deere tractor and ended in two arrests, RCMP said Sunday.
  Barrhead RCMP officers were called with reports of suspicious persons at a property in the Tiger Lily area around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday.
  When the officers arrived on scene, they discovered a man and woman had arrive
  
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• Fire burns down Papa's Pizza in northeast Edmonton

  30-10-2017 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating a fire that ripped through Papa’s Pizza early Sunday morning.
  Flames shot through the roof as Edmonton Fire Rescue Services showed up on scene, shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday at Papa’s Baked Pizza located at 13508 Victoria Trail, said spokeswoman Claire Harvey on Sunday.
  The fire was contained to the Papa’s Baked Pizza unit, which was completely destroyed, and was declared under control at 2:03 a.m.
  The scene was cleared by 6:04 a.m., Harvey said.
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• Next stop in Kenney's wild political ride: becoming an MLA

  30-10-2017 03:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Jason Kenney.
  It’s a concept that brings joy to the hearts of United Conservative Party supporters — and strikes dread into the souls of New Democrats.
  Kenney, of course, is not premier. He’s not even an MLA.
  But becoming an MLA is the next thing on his to-do list.
  And so far he has checked off everything on his list, right on schedule.
  In March, he became leader of the Progressive Conservatives.
  In July, he led the unification of the PCs with the Wildrose to form the U
  
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• Blankets of Love program helps mental-health patients and quilters, too

  30-10-2017 03:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton area quilters are drawing on their own experiences with mental health to provide comfort for others by donating handmade quilts to hospital psychiatric patients. In the process, they found making and donating the quilts helped them too.
  Sheila Ethier of St. Albert started the Blankets of Love Foundation for Mental Health in 1996.
  Ethier was suffering from a particularly bad bout of depression after her son was diagnosed with cancer.
  “I was the sickest I have ever been, barely func
  
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• Pedestrian killed after hit and run on highway near Peerless Lake

  30-10-2017 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Earth Creek RCMP are asking the public for help after a man was struck and killed by a vehicle near Peerless Lake in what appears to be a hit and run.
  Emergency crews were called to a serious collision with a pedestrian on Highway 686 near Peerless Lake around 12:50 a.m. Sunday.
  A 25-year-old man from Peerless Lake died at the scene, police said Sunday.
  Investigators believe the man was struck by a vehicle but there was no vehicle at the scene when police arrived.
  Anyone with information abo
  
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• New UCP leader aiming for immediate byelection in Calgary

  30-10-2017 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary MLA Dave Rodney will quit Wednesday, opening the door for Jason Kenney to pursue a seat and go face to face with Premier Rachel Notley on the floor of the legislature.
  It’s an important move for Kenney, elected leader of the United Conservative Party Saturday. 
  With Alberta grinding ever-closer to the 2019 provincial election, Kenney told media Sunday afternoon the leader of the Opposition needs to be in the house.
  Rodney currently holds Calgary-Lougheed, a solidly conservativ
  
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• Consider options before deciding who produces cannabis: U.S. researcher

  30-10-2017 02:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A professor who has studied cannabis legalization for much of the last decade will be in Edmonton on Monday to speak at a research forum hosted by Alberta Health Services.
  Jonathan Caulkins is a professor of operations research and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. His keynote speech will focus on policy surrounding cannabis producers.
  Since Canada is on the path to becoming one of the first countries to fully legalize recreational cannabis, Caulkins said it is important
  
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• MLA Karen McPherson joining the Alberta Party

  30-10-2017 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former NDP MLA Karen McPherson, who quit the governing party’s caucus to sit as an independent, has joined the Alberta Party. 
  McPherson, the member for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, left the governing NDP while citing the increasing polarization of Alberta politics. 
  According to a document obtained Sunday by Postmedia, McPherson feels she can better serve her constituents by joining the centrist Alberta Party.
  The news is set to be officially released Monday.
  In a draft news r
  
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