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• Man charged with sexual assaults against boys

  01-12-2017 23:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police arrested and charged a 52-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting two male youths, said a news release Friday.
  Between July and November, the man allegedly engaged in sexual acts with two boys, aged 13 and 14, in a private area of an Edmonton business, police said.
  He reportedly befriended the two youths and gained their trust before the alleged incidents occurred.
  Investigators believe the man may have also had similar contact with other
  
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• Call me a crazy Edmonton Oilers fan, but I don't see this team out of it just yet

  01-12-2017 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have 10 wins and 16 losses in their first 26 games.
  Any chance they can get 16 wins and 10 losses in their next 26? 
  If they play with the hustle, desire and focus that they did coming back twice against the Toronto Maple Leafs (before ultimately losing through a heartbreaking miscue by Kris Russell) maybe there’s a chance. 
  Not a big chance. But a chance.Call me a crazy Oilers fan, but I haven’t given up on the season.
  I do, however, have no shortage of
  
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• Man arrested and charged with sexual assaults against boys

  01-12-2017 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police arrested and charged a 52-year-old Edmonton man for allegedly sexually assaulting two male youths, said a news release on Friday.
  Between July and November, the man allegedly engaged in sexual acts with two boys, aged 13 and 14, in a private area of an Edmonton business, police said.
  He reportedly befriended the two youths and gained their trust before the alleged incidents occurred.
  Investigators believe the man may have also had similar contac
  
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• Police seeking information on vandals who painted profanities on Catholic school

  01-12-2017 22:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are looking for information from the public after St. Angela Catholic Elementary School at 13430 132A St. was vandalized last week, said a news release on Friday.
  The school was “significantly vandalized” on Nov. 23 and Nov. 24, police said.
  “We are looking to the public to help us identify the suspect(s) responsible for this act of vandalism,” said Const. Lee Schell. “Damages are expected to equate to well over $5,000.”
  Officers said they foun
  
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• Charges pending against Alberta teen who struck elderly woman with bat

  01-12-2017 21:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-year-old man from Grimshaw is facing charges after he is suspected of entering an elderly woman’s house and hitting her with a baseball bat, said a news release from Slave Lake RCMP.
  On Friday, at around 3:30 a.m., police responded to a call in Slave Lake, said Sgt. Marlene Brown.
  “A male suspect entered a residence and was confronted by the elderly homeowner,” Brown said. “A struggle ensued resulting in the elderly victim being struck multiple times with a base
  
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• Judges sentences 21-year-old to seven years for 'senseless' killing

  01-12-2017 21:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  The parents of a 19-year-old stabbed to death in the river valley found no comfort in the prison sentence handed to their son’s killer on Friday.
  Provincial court Judge Elizabeth Johnson handed Connor James Miller, 21, a seven-year prison sentence after he admitted to manslaughter in the 2016 death of Christopher Fawcett.
  With credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Miller has six years and four months left to serve. Johnson also ordered Miller submit a DNA sample to a federal databas
  
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• Charges pending against teenager for allegedly hitting elderly woman with baseball bat

  01-12-2017 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-year-old man from Grimshaw is facing charges after he is suspected of entering an elderly woman’s house and hitting her with a baseball bat, said a news release from Slave Lake RCMP.
  On Friday, at around 3:30 a.m., police responded to a call in Slave Lake, said Sgt. Marlene Brown.
  “A male suspect entered a residence and was confronted by the elderly homeowner,” Brown said. “A struggle ensued resulting in the elderly victim being struck multiple times with a base
  
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• Peace River volunteers on front lines of Europe's refugee crisis

  01-12-2017 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Skala Skamineas, Lesvos, Greece — The image of six refugees plucked off the rocky shores of the Greek island of Lesvos sticks with search-and-rescue volunteer Robin Differenz.
  The group had just crossed the Aegean Sea in an inflatable boat, departing from Turkey in the dead of a July night, hoping to reach Europe.
  “There was a pregnant young woman among them,” said Differenz, a Peace River resident and volunteer firefighter for the County of Northern Lights in northwestern
  
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• Windermere condo arsonist sentenced to two years behind bars

  01-12-2017 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A contractor who pleaded guilty to arson for a fire that destroyed a Windermere condo development was handed a two-year jail sentence on Friday.
  Eric Gould, 31, was the framing contractor for the four-storey condo development being built in the Windermere neighbourhood, near 10 Avenue and 173 Street, by developer Cove Properties.
  According to an agreed statement of facts entered when he pleaded guilty in June, Gould and Jeremy Thibert, a framer who worked for and lived with Gould, went to the pr
  
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• Metro Line LRT involved in 49 safety-related events since it opened: report

  01-12-2017 19:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  There have been 49 safety-related events involving the trouble-plagued Metro Line LRT signal system since the line opened more than two years ago, a new city report shows.
  The incidents included cars being briefly routed on the wrong track or toward oncoming trains, and crossing gates and lights that didn’t activate as required or that went up before a train reached the intersection.
  But staff or other equipment intervened as planned. No one was hurt and only four times was there incr
  
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• Windermere condo arsonist hit with two years behind bars

  01-12-2017 19:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A contractor who pleaded guilty to arson for a fire that destroyed a Windermere condo development was handed a two year jail sentence on Friday.
  Eric Gould, 31, was the framing contractor for the four-storey condo development being built in the Windermere neighbourhood, near 10 Avenue and 173 Street, by developer Cove Properties.
  According to an agreed statement of facts entered when he pleaded guilty in June, Gould and Jeremy Thibert, a framer who worked for and lived with Gould, went to the pr
  
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• Iiro Pakarinen out, Nathan Walker in as Edmonton Oilers hit the waiver wire in search of solutions

  01-12-2017 19:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the morning following one of the most crushing defeats in recent memory, the Edmonton Oilers have found an interesting solution: cut ties with a guy who didn’t even suit up in the game, and bring in an undersized Australian with 7 games of NHL experience.
  Say what? But here are the paired transactions, issued consecutively on the Oilers Twitter feed minutes after 10:00 this morning:
  Walker is a 23-year-old forward listed at a compact 5’9, 186 pounds. He has an unusual hockey backg
  
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• Alexander Prior wants Edmontonians to take as much pride in symphony as Oilers

  01-12-2017 18:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  There was an entertaining moment in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s concert Nov. 24 when its new chief conductor came out to the podium, talked to the audience about the first piece, and turned to his stand to pick up his baton.
  It wasn’t there. He looked under his score. It wasn’t there. He ran his hand around the stand. It wasn’t there. He turned back to the audience, and, telling them he wouldn’t be long, strode out of the auditorium and into the wings.
  In a mo
  
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• Widow of worker killed in cemetery accident 'didn't get to say goodbye'

  01-12-2017 14:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  On a sunny afternoon in her warm living room, Sandra Romanyk sits in her usual spot at the dining table. She always took a chair on her husband’s right.
  From where he sat, Jerry Romanyk’s view encompassed his wife and their expansive Leduc County property.
  On Thursday, as sun twinkled on ice and snow, and horses neighed in the backyard, Sandra Romanyk reminisced about her husband. He would have turned 55 on Dec. 9.
  Jerry Romanyk died Oct. 26 when he was crushed beneath a paving machi
  
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• Friday's letters: Another tearful photo-op for Trudeau

  01-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After watching our prime minister shed tears yet another time, it is evident his acting classes when he was a drama teacher are paying huge dividends as he continues to pander to every group in history, along with current refugees who seem to have been victims of injustice — in his eyes.
  Perhaps the next step is to disclaim any wars and historic events that occurred or perhaps go back and reward everyone who was a victim of war. There is no rhyme nor reason for him to be doing so except fo
  
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• Editorial: Banning bots may not be enough

  01-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government’s latest bill is sure to prove popular among a segment of the population that is both large in number and vocal in its discontent.
  The highest-profile section of the legislation is for anyone who has ever hunkered over a computer with fingers poised over the keyboard waiting to buy online tickets for a popular concert the exact moment they go on sale, only to pull their hair out seconds later as their fruitless mouse clicks yield only sold-out notifications.
  Bill 31,
  
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• Player grades: Disaster strikes early and late as Oilers fall to Leafs in improbable fashion

  01-12-2017 10:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maple Leafs 6, Oilers 4
  Hard to put that one into perspective. A wildly exciting game between the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs ebbed and flowed for 59 minutes before being decided in the worst possible fashion — an own goal by the Oilers that broke a 4-4 tie very late in regulation and gifted the Leafs a 6-4 victory. The perpetrator? Veteran defenceman Kris Russell, who had perhaps his finest game as an Oiler before blowing it up with an inexplicable blunder at the worst possibl
  
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• St. Albert greenhouse icon getting into cannabis-growing business - Edmonton Journal

  01-12-2017 09:48 via edmontonjournal.com
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  St. Albert greenhouse icon getting into cannabis-growing business
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  Jim Hole is sharing his 35 years of experience in agriculture and horticulture with Atlas Growers. David Bloom / Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. Jim Hole is getting into the commercial cannabis game and he couldn't be happier. In fact, the St ...
  
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• Sportsnet's Doug MacLean blasts Todd McLellan for playing fourth line late in loss to Toronto Maple Leafs

  01-12-2017 06:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  MacLean has a point here, but perhaps not a major one
  This in from Sportsnet commentator Doug MacLean, his take on Oilers coach Todd McLellan playing the fourth line of Mark Letestu, Jujhar Khaira and Zack Kassian late in the game: “I’m a little frustrated at the end of the game with a minute and a half left they come with their fourth line. And I know the fourth line played well but you’ve got Connor McDavid on the bench in a 4-4 game and you go with your fourth line? I don&rs
  
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• Fertility advocates rally to restore services at Royal Alexandra Hospital clinic

  01-12-2017 04:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Couples struggling to make a baby will soon be struggling with extra costs and delays for treatment unless the province reverses plans to shut down services at Alberta’s only public fertility clinic, a legislature rally heard Thursday.
  “Cost should not be a barrier to starting a family,” said Dajana Fabjanovich, one of the organizers of the event that attracted close to 150 people.
  “Albertans are fiercely protective of their families and so I can understand why people hav
  
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• Cannabis bills pass debate after Communist China interlude

  01-12-2017 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Debate on Alberta’s two bills outlining how legal cannabis will be dealt with took an unexpected trip to Asia this week.
  During discussion on Bill 26, which regulates the sale of cannabis, Lacombe-Ponoka United Conservative MLA Ronald Orr called Ottawa’s directive to legalize weed July 1 “economic piracy” that will come with an “astronomical” human and social cost. 
  Orr has worked in rehabilitation centres, and told the house Wednesday he believes legal p
  
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• Suncor delays random drug and alcohol testing until court ruling

  01-12-2017 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Suncor is delaying plans to start random drug and alcohol testing at oilsands operations until a judge decides whether to approve an injunction blocking the scheme.
  Unifor Local 707A, which represents about 3,000 Suncor workers around Fort McMurray, wants random testing for about 4,600 safety-sensitive and critical management positions put on hold while it continues a five-year fight to stop the program.
  There’s no evidence Suncor’s safety problems related to alcohol and drugs are ge
  
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• David Staples: Top 10 reasons why Edmonton will have public beaches on river

  01-12-2017 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is no shortage of obstacles being thrown up against building public beaches along the North Saskatchewan River, but the city is nonetheless investigating such a plan.
  My prediction is we will have several such beaches in a few years.
  Here are the Top 10 reasons why:
  1. Other places have figured out a way to get river beaches, so why not us? Ottawa has four of them. They’ve been around since the 1950s, says Dan Chenier, general manager of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Service
  
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• Patients face longer waits in Edmonton emergency departments

  01-12-2017 01:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Patients arriving at Edmonton-area emergency rooms are seeing worsening delays for an initial doctor’s assessment and to be admitted to a bed, as the capital region’s hospitals continue to lag the rest of the province.
  The findings were revealed in newly published data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information that tracks the annual performance of provinces, health regions and individual facilities on a number of fronts.
  The new statistics, unveiled Thursday, include the tot
  
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• Toronto developer Brad Lamb cancels long-planned Edmonton condo project

  01-12-2017 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Toronto developer Brad Lamb has cancelled plans to build a major downtown Edmonton condo project.
  The 37-storey Jasper House Condominiums On The Park (on 106 Street north of Jasper Avenue) was supposed to start construction by fall, but a statement from the Lamb Development Corp. said it couldn’t meet critical dates in the purchase and sale agreements.
  “The unfortunate economic circumstances that unfolded in Alberta over the last three years negatively affected our sales project
  
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• St. Albert greenhouse icon getting into cannabis-growing business

  01-12-2017 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jim Hole is getting into the commercial cannabis game and he couldn’t be happier.
  In fact, the St. Albert greenhouse owner who has dedicated a lifetime to horticulture can’t remember the last time he was this excited about growing a plant.
  This week, Hole’s Greenhouses and Atlas Growers, an Alberta-based medicinal and recreational cannabis producer, joined forces to create a partnership that they hope will produce the very best commercial quality harvest of legal marijuana in t
  
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• Notes from the Dome: PAC rules and privacy concerns

  01-12-2017 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Liberals have introduced a private member’s bill to crack down on political action committees. 
  House leader David Swann introduced Bill 214 on Thursday.
  If passed, it would define PACs, and require they register with Elections Alberta and follow the same financial disclosure rules as other political entities. It would also impose spending and contribution limits and ban out-of-province donations, and includes anti-collusion measures. 
  Liberal Leader David Khan stood
  
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• Edmontonians hold average non-mortgage debt of $25,149: report

  01-12-2017 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hard times may have caused Albertans to take on more debt, but an industry expert warns potential increases to interest rates could make servicing that debt more difficult to afford.
  “Consumers need to understand that interest rates could go up, and if interest rates go up then a higher proportion of your disposable income is going to need to be allocated to servicing that debt. It’s incumbent on consumers to make sure they can handle that,” said Matt Fabian, director of resear
  
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