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• NDP bill puts limits on collusion between PACs and political parties

  04-12-2017 23:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s government is attempting to walk the tightrope between free speech and cracking down on dark money flowing into politics.
  Political collusion between so-called political action committees (PACs) and political parties, candidates or leadership contestants will be stamped out under legislation introduced Monday.
  The new rules restrict PAC activities somewhat; no more selling party memberships, for instance, or giving their membership lists to a political party.
  It’s the third
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after Red Deer home invasion

  04-12-2017 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Deer RCMP arrested and charged a suspect with attempted murder after a 53-year-old woman was assaulted in her home Sunday morning.
  “In the early hours of Dec. 3, RCMP responded to a 911 call after a woman woke up to find a man in her Eastview home,” police said in a news release Monday. “The suspect had broken in through the back door.”
  The woman was repeatedly assaulted as she tried to get the man out of the house but was able to call 911.
  “As police arriv
  
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• Jackrabbit shot in head with crossbow bolt in Edmonton neighbourhood

  04-12-2017 23:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents of a relatively quiet north Edmonton neighbourhood were shocked over the weekend to find a neighbourhood jackrabbit had been shot through the head with a crossbow. 
  At around 11 a.m. Saturday, concerned neighbours called animal rescue organization WILDNorth after seeing an adult white-tailed jackrabbit with a yellow arrow embedded in its skull.
  At first residents thought the jackrabbit, which was seen in the yard of a home near 133 Avenue and 133 Street in the Wellington neighbour
  
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• Cappies reviews: The Ash Girl

  04-12-2017 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hannah Bazin, Jack MacDonald and Emma Olson perform in Archbishop Jordan High School’s production of The Ash Girl at Festival Place in Sherwood Park on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017.
  By Laura Blanchette
  St. Joseph High School
  “Ashes are warm. In the ashes, no one sees you”, whispers the small dusty figure, as she rises into the light of the stage.
  In their production of The Ash Girl, Archbishop Jordan Fine Arts reflected the horrors and hopes of British playwright Timberlake Wertenb
  
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• RCMP investigating suspicious death at Bigstone Cree Nation

  04-12-2017 21:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man after receiving a report from a family member who discovered a body in a residence on Bigstone Cree Nation in the afternoon on Dec. 2.
  “The deceased man was found within the residence on Saturday afternoon by a family member who had stopped by to check on him as he had not been heard from recently,” said Cpl. Hal Turnbull of the RCMP’s K Division in a news release. “Police were called to the scene where they cord
  
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• Search for Edmonton-bound plane missing in B.C. to be called off later today

  04-12-2017 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  The formal search for a single-engine plane that went missing nine days ago on a flight from Penticton, B.C., to Edmonton will be called off later today.
  The plane, carrying Dominic Neron of Spruce Grove and Ashley Bourgeault, was en route to Edmonton on Nov. 25 and last tracked on radar in the Revelstoke, B.C., area. Since then, Royal Canadian Air Force and Parks Canada aircraft have flown approximately 120 hours, searching more than 22,000 square kilometres along the most likely flig
  
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• Farmer hail claims drop in 2017 as fewer severe storms hit Alberta

  04-12-2017 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hail payments to farmers dropped 60 per cent this year compared to 2016 thanks to quieter storm activity in Alberta, the Canadian Crop Hail Association’s final report for the season says. 
  Hail payments dropped from $60 million in 2016 to $25 million in 2017 as storm frequency slipped down about 40 per cent from the five year average and the storm severity decreased by about 25 per cent. 
  Total sums insured were also down from 2016, the report says. 
  More to come.
  
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• The Top 4 reasons the Edmonton Oilers have crashed this year

  04-12-2017 18:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every Edmonton Oilers fans, blogger, sports commenter and hater has their favourite reason to explain why the team has done so much worse in 2017-18 than it did last year.
  Last year after 27 games, the Oilers had 14 wins and 13 losses, with 79 goals for and 61 goals against.
  This year they have 11 wins and 16 losses, 78 goals for and 91 goals against. 
  I’ve got four such reasons to explain what is best seen as a defensive collapse.
  In no particular order, here they are:
  1. Andrej
  
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• Political 'dark money' expected focus of new government bill

  04-12-2017 17:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stemming the tide of “dark money” flowing into Alberta politics is expected to be the focus of a new piece of government legislation coming Monday.
  Bill 32 will likely introduce rules to crack down on donations flowing through political action committees, or PACs. 
  Over the last year, Alberta has seen a proliferation of PACs — which face no donation limits or restrictions on union, corporate and out-of-province contributions, and only limited disclosure rules. Critics
  
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• The hospital on the front lines of Edmonton's opioid crisis

  04-12-2017 14:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Royal Alexandra Hospital has become one of the province’s most vital garrisons in the battle against a growing opioid epidemic, handling more substance abuse cases than any other hospital in Alberta.
  Newly released government statistics show Edmonton’s inner-city health hub has received more than 3,200 emergency visits from patients struggling with opioids and other substances of misuse since the start of 2014.
  That represents 13 per cent of all such cases in Alberta over that ti
  
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• Kathy Tuccaro went from homelessness to driving world's biggest truck

  04-12-2017 14:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kathy Tuccaro had tears in her eyes when she first stood at the foot of the Caterpillar 797F Haul Truck.
  For one, she was nervous about getting behind the wheel of one of the largest trucks in the world.
  And her mind was flooded with memories from when she was homeless, just two years earlier.  
  “I’m thinking how does this even happen?” she said. 
  Tuccaro, a heavy equipment operator in the oilsands, tells the story of how she turned her life around in her book, D
  
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• Edmonton LGBTQ community hopes apology backed by action

  04-12-2017 14:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Before gathering with others and watching a federal government apology for its persecution of LGBTQ military, RCMP and public servants in Canada, Pride Centre of Edmonton program manager Kristy Harcourt said she was cautious.
  On Nov. 28, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to Canadians who were persecuted for being gay, specifically military and civil servants who were purged from the public service between 1950 and 1992.
  Harcourt said recently she is pleased by the fact that
  
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• Nick Lees: Celebrating Alberta's pioneers of gastroenterology

  04-12-2017 14:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  There were so many gastroenterologist specialists at the Royal Alberta Museum one night last week that nearly everyone could have pulled out a scope and performed an emergency endoscopy.
  Some 300 guests were there to celebrate the work of three visionary doctors who pioneered the world-class Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Alberta.
  Gastroenterologists focus on diseases along the alimentary tract, from the mouth to the anus, as well as the liver and the pancreatic gland.
  The doc
  
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• Walking the Whyte Avenue beat with Edmonton city police

  04-12-2017 14:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Doug “the Pushup Guy” Pruden greets Sgt. Michael Elliott like an old friend. 
  “Holy smokes!” says Pruden as he happens upon the Edmonton Police Service member outside a bar at the corner of Gateway Boulevard and Whyte Avenue. “You’ve been away a long time, man.”
  “I’ve been away!” Elliott agrees, explaining that a ruptured Achilles had taken him off the beat for months.
  “I heard about that,” replies Pruden. They chat. Pr
  
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• A simpler time, when we read about hockey without shouting at one another

  04-12-2017 07:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sunday mornings in winter were the best at my house.
  We were grain farmers. Without any livestock of our own to care for, Sunday’s were the one lazy day of the week that we almost always had. The day previous would have been spent at the rink, but unless we had a tournament that spanned the weekend, Sunday morning was quiet.
  As the sun climbed hesitantly above the flat, frozen Saskatchewan horizon, the smell of breakfast would waft up the stairs. Mom was the cook in the house. But Sundays
  
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• Edmonton Somaliland community celebrates long awaited presidential election

  04-12-2017 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The much anticipated election of a new president in Somaliland had expats dancing the night away Saturday in Edmonton.
  Chair covers decked out in the red, white and green of the Somaliland flag, balloons and banners in the yellow and green of the victorious Kulmiye party, and thumping music was the backdrop for the celebration at the Portuguese Cultural Centre at 12964 52 St.
  Wearing a Kulmiye scarf and cap, Mohamad Bakal said the party is closest to what the people want.
  Somaliland, a semi-auto
  
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• Edmonton retailers cautiously optimistic for stronger Christmas sales

  04-12-2017 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton store owners say they are cautiously optimistic of an improved Christmas shopping season this year as retail sales in Alberta continue to advance upwards.
  “We are hopeful this Christmas season will be much better than the past three Christmas seasons have been. It’s been pretty brutal,” said Carol Logan, owner of Carol’s Quality Sweets at 12519 102 Ave.
  After low oil prices last year dragged the province’s economy down, local retailers said they have seen c
  
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