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• Healthy fecal transplants show promise in treating bacterial diarrhea

  28-11-2017 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta-led clinical trial has shown healthy poop transplants can be used to treat a specific cause of sloppy stool, whether taken orally or by an enema.
  A trial led by researchers at the University of Alberta has shown fecal microbiota transplants — where fecal bacteria from a healthy donor is transplanted into another patient — is effective at treating clostridium difficile infections whether the transplant is delivered by colonoscopy or by swallowing a capsule.
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• Joe Ceci says 'recession behind us', wants unions to agree to wage freeze

  28-11-2017 21:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  The public sector needs to pitch in and reject raises in current contract negotiations if Alberta’s economy is going to continue its path to recovery, the finance minister says.
  Joe Ceci released second quarter fiscal results Tuesday, and it was the rosiest picture the province has presented in years. 
  The economy is projected to grow four per cent in 2017, up from the 2.6 per cent forecast at budget. Since mid-2016, 70,000 full-time jobs have been added, the bulk of which are in
  
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• Peter Chiarelli likens Edmonton Oilers' woes to "death by a thousand cuts" but is vague about solutions

  28-11-2017 21:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 25: Coyotes at Oilers
  As his team returned from a five-game road trip to face the Arizona Coyotes tonight, Edmonton Oilers’ General Manager Peter Chiarelli finally faced the music media this morning in his first local avail since before this disappointing season started eight weeks ago. He faced a barrage of mostly-good questions and responded in a manner that is sure to satisfy roughly 0% of his critics. But respond he did.
  Chiarelli’s primary theme was “death by a th
  
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• City eyes Oakmont school site - St. Albert Gazette

  28-11-2017 21:18 via stalbertgazette.com
  City eyes Oakmont school site
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  St. Albert's only remaining city-owned school site could be repurposed if the school divisions don't come up with a plan for it. City councillors agreed Monday to have staff look at the possibility of transferring the Oakmont school site for another ...
  
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• Grande Prairie man facing child porn charges

  28-11-2017 19:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 34-year-old Grande Prairie man is facing a string of child pornography related charges after a year-long police investigation. 
  Information from the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre led Grande Prairie RCMP along with the province’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) to launch the investigation before officers searched a home in the northern city.
  The man arrested last week has since been freed on bail with strict conditions that include: 
  · no contact
  
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• Edmonton apartment vacancies dropping along with rents, survey indicates

  28-11-2017 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Average Edmonton-area apartment rent and vacancies have dropped in the past year as housing demand and the number of units both increased, a new report shows.
  The region’s overall vacancy rate in October was seven per cent, down from 7.1 per cent in October 2016, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. annual rental market survey released Tuesday.
  Vacancies for bachelor suites were slightly higher than average (7.3 per cent), while places with at least three bedrooms had far few
  
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• Healthy poo transplants show promise in treating bacterial diarrhea

  28-11-2017 18:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta-led clinical trial has shown healthy poop transplants can be used to treat a specific cause of sloppy stool, whether taken orally or by an enema.
  A trial led by researchers at the University of Alberta has shown fecal microbiota transplants — where fecal bacteria from a healthy donor is transplanted into another patient — is effective at treating clostridium difficile infections whether the transplant is delivered by colonoscopy or by swallowing a capsule.
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• Council Briefs for November 27th

  28-11-2017 18:10
  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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• Top Edmonton chefs stir the pot for the Bissell Centre

  28-11-2017 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
   Chef Brayden Kozak of Wishbone and Three Boars fame is throwing open his downtown restaurant as some of Edmonton’s top culinary talents join forces to raise funds. Proceeds from the Too Many Cooks ticket sales and silent auction go directly to the Bissell Centre.
   
  The event is on Sunday, Dec. 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wishbone is at 10542 Jasper Ave. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.
   
  Some of the best bartenders are also on site, creating drink pairings to com
  
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• 'On its way up': NDP to give fiscal update in Legislature

  28-11-2017 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s economic position is set to become clear Tuesday when Finance Minister Joe Ceci delivers second quarter financial results.
  On his way into cabinet Monday, Ceci told Postmedia that the economy was on its way up.
  Thanks to depressed oil and natural gas prices, Alberta had been lolling in the deepest recession the province had seen in decades. A tentative recovery began earlier this year.
  In August, Ceci told Albertans there were glimpses of blue skies ahead as jobs continued t
  
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• Photo Enforcement Locations - December 2017

  28-11-2017 16:45
  The City of St. Albert is sharing its photo enforcement Site of the Day locations for December 2017.   Enforcement... Read Post
  
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• The most amazing thing about Connor McDavid? Even with the flu, he's finding a way to score

  28-11-2017 15:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The most amazing thing about Connor McDavid this year?
  Even ravaged by a flu and stuck in nasty slump in terms of his even strength play, he’s been able to keep on scoring points. 
  In his first 12 games, McDavid had five goals and 11 assists for 16 points. In his second 12, he’s had four goals and 10 assists for 14 points. 
  Those numbers make McDavid look like about the same player in both parts of this young season.
  But in his last 12 games, McDavid has been in a major slu
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Police in schools a valuable resource

  28-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “City boards affirm support for officers in schools,” Nov. 24
  I want to express how impressed I am with officials at Edmonton school boards for understanding and supporting the decision to keep the SRO (school resource officers) in our schools.
  They play a vital role for youth today. They are not mean “watchdogs” for bad kids; they are mentors, teachers, friends, teammates, volunteers for school events, coffee buddies, counsellors, and above all, a positive connection
  
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• Opinion: Don't downplay consequences of child pornography

  28-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I am saddened, and filled with a deep sense of disquiet by the unbelievable and shocking attempt by Paula Simons to downplay the seriousness of David Belke’s crimes against children in her Nov. 21 column.
  Knowing what we do about the sexual exploitation of children, how can we possibly not understand the consequences for children of nude images collected without informed consent, say something like “(only) a dozen images were considered pornographic,” and be willing to question
  
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• Editorial: Public transit to airport a must-have

  28-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s one thing for Edmonton to call itself a big city. It’s quite another to act like one.
  And providing citizens and visitors convenient, safe and affordable public transit to and from the airport is acting like a big city. Think of major centres around the world and how easy they make it for travellers arriving at or heading to the local airport.
  In London, one can take the Tube to Heathrow; In San Francisco, many air passengers take BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit); In Vancouver, the
  
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• Booze, drugs involved in 73 oilsands safety incidents since 2013, Suncor says

  28-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Suncor faces “profound problems” with drugs and alcohol at its oilsands operations, including accidents, injuries and death, according to documents filed to support the company’s push for increased testing.
  The energy giant wants to start random drug and alcohol testing Friday in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), more than five years after Unifor local 707A won an injunction putting the proposed program on hold until an arbitration board’s decision.
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• 102 Avenue bike lanes problematic for some Edmonton drivers

  28-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It seems some Edmonton drivers are still coming to terms with the the city’s newest bike lanes.
  The opening of the permanent bike lane in the Oliver neighbourhood has seen 102 Avenue go from two-way traffic to one lane between 111 and 121 streets.
  However, there have been plenty of reports of vehicles mistakenly being driven the wrong way down the bike lanes, often forcing cyclists onto the road.
  The city last week launched an education campaign, with crews out door-knocking at the houses
  
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• Forum discusses merging public, Catholic school systems

  28-11-2017 06:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  It will likely take Alberta a decade to be comfortable with the idea of amalgamating the province’s public and Catholic school systems, a former education minister says.
  Three panelists gathered at the University of Alberta on Monday night to make the case for an Alberta referendum on separate, publicly funded education, including former Progressive Conservative education minister David King. About 75 people came to listen.
  It was not a debate — no panelists argued the public and Cat
  
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• Family, friends identify two people missing after plane disappears en route to Edmonton

  28-11-2017 04:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Family and friends have identified a man and woman said to be onboard a plane that disappeared Saturday en route to Edmonton from Penticton, B.C.
  Tammy Neron identified the missing couple as her brother, Dominic Neron, and his girlfriend, Ashley Bourgeault, a mother of three, in an impassioned Facebook post hoping that searchers would find them alive.
  Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokeswoman Lt. Melissa Kia said three helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft were focusing their search in an area
  
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• Alberta students great collaborative problem solvers, international test finds

  28-11-2017 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertan and Canadian students are among the best in the world at collaborating with their classmates, according to newly released results of an international test.
  Second to British Columbia, Alberta 15-year olds were near tops in the country in decision-making when attempting to collaborate on a project in a group, according to results of the Programme for International Student Assessment’s (PISA) first look at these skills.
  “Innovation is now rarely the product of individuals work
  
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• NDP rebalances WCB to make it more 'W' friendly

  28-11-2017 03:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government isn’t just putting the “W” back into the Workers’ Compensation Board, it’s putting the “C” in, as well.
  The WCB is about to be subjected to a massive overhaul aimed at reforming and transforming what is arguably the most stingy and distrusted of governmental agencies.
  What will emerge from this metamorphosis is an organization that is, according to Labour Minister Christina Gray, “compassionate, accessible, fair and easy to n
  
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• Edmontonians among 22 people arrested in Lloydminster drug bust

  28-11-2017 03:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lloydminster RCMP have charged 22 people with 85 different charges after seizing an array of illegal drugs, stolen items and guns from two properties.
  Lloydminster RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams began investigating an illegal drug operation in mid-November, executing search warrants at two Lloydminster properties on Thursday, one near 47 Avenue and 43 Street and another near 56 Avenue and 43 Street.
  Officers seized guns, drugs and $35,000 worth of stolen goods and arrested s
  
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• Council sends Holyrood Gardens back to drawing board

  28-11-2017 03:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s new council sent the contentious Holyrood Gardens project back to the drawing board Monday, saying the towers just don’t fit beside one- and two-storey homes.
  The group voted 8-5 on a referral motion to redesign the project, forcing it to comply with existing city guidelines on the width of the towers and recommended transitions between tall buildings and existing low-density neighbourhoods.
  “I do not want to kill this project,” said area Coun. Ben Henderson.
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• Paula Simons: Psychiatric assessment backlog puts health care, justice systems at risk

  28-11-2017 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jeremy Newborn committed one of the most public crimes in Edmonton history. On Dec. 28, 2012, he beat John Hollar on an LRT car in front of horrified witnesses. Hollar died of his injuries. Newborn was found guilty of second-degree murder in May 2016.
  But Newborn has not yet been sentenced. His lawyer has launched a Charter challenge of the mandatory minimum life sentence in this case, arguing that Newborn, whose IQ is well below average, lacked the intellectual capacity to form the intent to ki
  
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• 'It's a nightmare': Parents of slain Edmonton man attend bail hearing for accused killer

  28-11-2017 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The parents of an Edmonton man killed in 2015 say waiting for the court case for the U.S. citizen accused of murdering their son has been a “nightmare.”
  “You never dream that this would happen to your child,” Angeline Demkiw said Monday outside the Edmonton courtroom where a bail hearing was being held for Jason Steadman, charged with first-degree murder and arson in connection to the death of her son, Dwayne Demkiw, 42.
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  The mother and her husband, Eug
  
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• Opioid deaths continue to climb, latest provincial data shows

  28-11-2017 02:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fentanyl-related overdoses killed 400 Albertans in the first nine months of the year, according to new statistics on the opioid crisis that also revealed a disturbing rise in the emergence of highly toxic carfentanil.
  The numbers, released Monday in Alberta Health’s latest quarterly report, show the province has avoided any major spikes in fentanyl fatalities this year, but has also failed to stop the death toll from climbing.
  At the current pace, Alberta is set to record close to 550 fent
  
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• What's growing in rural Alberta? Rural crime, say residents visiting legislature

  28-11-2017 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mabel Hamilton used to talk to her neighbours about the weather. Now, conversations are all about local crime. 
  Her Innisfail-area home has been robbed twice over the past year, and two trucks stolen. Her dogs were able to thwart another pair of attempted robberies, scaring off the culprits as they tried to break in.
  Hamilton and her husband are ranchers. They’ve been home each time.
  “To be that bold — that’s the part that amazes me. We’re in the barn and they&
  
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• Alberta youth advocate increases number of reviews into serious injuries, deaths

  28-11-2017 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s child and youth advocate is increasing the number of investigative reviews into serious injuries and deaths of children who have received welfare services. 
  Between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017, Del Graff’s office conducted seven reviews, including a special report that examined Indigenous youth suicide and a review into the death of four-year-old Serenity. The case of the little girl who died from a traumatic brain injury sparked public debate and prompted the cr
  
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• Edmonton sport community clashes over conflicting bids to host 2020 events

  28-11-2017 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s triathlon and track communities have both secured marquee events for the summer of 2020.
  Now some organizers are worried government funds and volunteer support are not strong enough to host them both. That means the city might have to back out of the world U20 track finals unless city politicians can quickly secure provincial and federal funding dollars.
  “I’ll start acting on it immediately,” said Mayor Don Iveson after council’s community services commit
  
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• Council backs away from plan to force body rub clients to show ID

  28-11-2017 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  City hall will not force clients of Edmonton’s body rub centres to show identification before going into a room with a woman.
  The measure was proposed to protect female workers, who advocates said are being choked, bitten and slapped during their time with male clients.
  But when city officials surveyed women working in the centres, 92 per cent said that would make their lives more dangerous. It would drive men from the centres to informal settings with unlicensed women and sex-traffic
  
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