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• Fraser officially in Alberta Party leadership race, Mandel up next

  09-01-2018 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel is set to pursue the Alberta Party’s top job Wednesday, the second former Progressive Conservative to join the province’s latest political leadership race.
  Mandel will announce his bid Wednesday in Edmonton at the Boyle Street Community League. 
  Mandel served as mayor from 2004 to 2013. He later ran for office under the Progressive Conservative banner, winning a 2014 byelection but losing his seat in the 2015 provincial election. 
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• Weather: Snowfall warning remains for central Alberta

  09-01-2018 23:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A snowfall warning remained in effect Tuesday afternoon for much of central Alberta, with 10 to 15 cm of snow expected in parts of the province.
  While Edmonton saw a dusting of snow, most of the white stuff was expected to fall just north of the city.
  The snow is expected to taper off Tuesday evening as the storm system moves into Saskatchewan, the Environment Canada warning said.
  Tuesday morning’s commute was relatively quiet with commuters reporting one hit and run collision, two injury
  
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• Fraser officially in Alberta Party leadership race, Mandel to come

  09-01-2018 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel is set to toss his hat into the Alberta Party leadership race, as Calgary MLA Rick Fraser officially announced his leadership run Tuesday morning.
  Mandel will announce his bid Wedenday in Edmonton at the Boyle Street Community League.
  Mandel served as mayor from 2004 to 2013.
  He later ran for office under the Progressive Conservative banner, winning a 2014 byelection but losing his seat in the 2015 provincial election. 
  Mandel is the second former PC run
  
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• Friends surprise Fort McMurray man who helped wildfire efforts with rebuilt truck

  09-01-2018 21:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a Walmart parking lot, the family and friends of Marty Frost surprised the Fort McMurray man with a reunion that left him speechless.
  Around a dozen trucks coming from a Western Canadian Powerstrokes (WCP) meet up – with Frost in tow – piled into the back section of the parking lot and waited. As Frost’s own rebuilt lifted silver F350 pulled up, it was clear the ruse was a success.
  Off work since undergoing his third hernia surgery in early 2016, Frost could not afford the r
  
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• Suspect in fatal cyclist crash located, jailed

  09-01-2018 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta man who failed to show up on the first day of his trial for dangerous driving causing death was “just sitting at home,” his lawyer told court Tuesday.
  Philip Wasman, of Ryley, Alta., faces charges of dangerous driving, refusal to provide a breath sample and impaired driving in the 2016 death of cyclist Allan Bruce Chappell.
  A 14-day trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but when Wasman didn’t show up, a warrant was issued for his arrest. 
  He was taken into custod
  
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• Rod Butters to be chef in residence at NAIT in March

  09-01-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The acclaimed Kelowna chef, Rod Butters, has been named NAIT’s 10th chef-in-residence, and will spend five days with culinary arts students in March.
  Butters, a renowned promoter of local and regional cuisine, will share his expertise with NAIT culinary students as Hokanson Chef-in-Residence from March 12 to 16, according to a news release from NAIT.
  Butters, who owns three restaurants in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley and is opening a fourth, has worked at hotels and restaurants in Vancouv
  
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• Gold Medal Plates adds frothy new element to national competition

  09-01-2018 20:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Gold Medal Plates, the national culinary fundraiser for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic team, is bringing a new element to this year’s February finals that will see Canadian craft beers honoured.
  Gold Medal Pints, an invitational beer competition highlighting the very best in Canadian lagers and ales, debuted at this year’s GMP competitions in cities across Canada. Local beers in each community were hand selected to be poured at the 2017 competitions, and those beers were also en
  
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• Gun call near southwest Edmonton hotel nets charges for four

  09-01-2018 19:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two men and two women are facing multiple weapons-related charges after a Saturday gun call near a southwest Edmonton hotel.
  Officers responded to a weapons complaint in the parking lot of a hotel near the Whitemud Freeway and Gateway Boulevard about 4:25 p.m. Saturday, said police in a Tuesday news release.
  It was reported to police that a male occupant of a black Ford Escape approached two occupants of a white Suzuki Grand Vitara, smashing the passenger-side window with a firearm, before shoot
  
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• Four staff fired from Edmonton Institution after harassment, intimidation investigations

  09-01-2018 19:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four employees have been fired from the Edmonton Institution as part of an investigation into allegations of harassment, bullying and intimidation at the maximum security prison.
  Staff and inmates brought complaints of inappropriate conduct at the Edmonton Institution directly to the Commissioner of Corrections Don Head triggering an investigation.
  The four firings come after a number of employees were suspended in September while an investigative team looked into the allegations and determined
  
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• Elderly man dead after Lamont gas station altercation

  09-01-2018 18:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help finding a witness to an altercation at a Lamont, Alta. gas station that killed an elderly man.
  Police said Monday that on Saturday at around 3:15 p.m. there was some kind of “altercation” at an Esso gas station in Lamont where an elderly man was injured.
  The man has since died from his injuries.
  Police believe a woman with a child may have seen what happened.
  Investigators describe the potential witness as a white woman in her lat
  
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• Blood patient's $3-million donation pumps life into hematology unit at University hospital

  09-01-2018 18:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A $3-million dollar donation from a blood patient at the University of Alberta Hospital is giving new life to the hematology unit. 
  Marshall Eliuk — an entrepreneur from the Peace River area — donated the millions with the goal to fund more research and innovation, and to improve patient care within the hematology program.
  Diagnosed in 1999 with a severe form of aplastic anemia, a rare and serious blood disease, Eliuk’s treatment program lasted nine months and required fre
  
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• Edmonton Transit to increase price of tickets, passes in February

  09-01-2018 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some Edmonton Transit Service pass and ticket users will see the price for their ride jump in February.
  While regular cash fares will remain unchanged, riders can expect to pay more for monthly passes, day passes and ticket packs.
  The approximately three-per cent price increase was approved in the last three-year budget cycle passed by city council.
  Day passes, adult or Disabled Adult Transit Service (DATS) ticket ten-packs, youth and senior ticket ten-packs and cash fare for Route 747 will all
  
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• Mandel running for Alberta Party leadership

  09-01-2018 17:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel is tossing his hat into the Alberta Party leadership race.
  Mandel will announce his bid tomorrow in the capital city at the Boyle Street Community League.
  Mandel served as mayor from 2004 to 2013.
  He later ran for office under the Progressive Conservative banner, winning a 2014 byelection but losing his seat in the 2015 provincial election. 
  Mandel is the second former PC running for Alberta Party leadership. Rick Fraser, the member for Calgary South Eas
  
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• Graham Thomson: If rumours about Alberta Party leadership are true, it's bad news for NDP

  09-01-2018 16:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well, this is getting interesting.
  After an embarrassingly plodding start, the competition for leadership of the Alberta Party is about to become an actual race.
  This week, we are expecting the arrival of two experienced candidates: Independent MLA Rick Fraser and former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel.
  Sources in and around the Alberta Party say Fraser will announce his candidacy Tuesday. Mandel is expected to announce Wednesday.
  Fraser has even filed his name as a leadership candidate with Elect
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Minimum income lets business off the hook

  09-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Why minimum wages are harmful,” Andrew Coyne, Jan. 6
  Mr. Coyne raises a valid point on the negative impact of the minimum wage hike — that businesses will have to act like businesses. The protection of a business’s bottom line is the primary concern for anyone invested in a company. 
  However, the solution offered by Mr. Coyne, a government-enforced income that is offset by taxes, does not account for the limitations of government funds. The main proble
  
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• Opinion: Low renewable energy prices shouldn't have been shocking

  09-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The recent renewable energy procurement in Alberta has garnered much well-earned hype. It delivered wind power at prices that are a record low for Canada at an average price of $37/megawatt hour – cheaper than natural gas. It will deliver reliable power to Albertans, protect from future electricity price increases, and bring investment and revenue to rural communities where projects will be developed.
  But shock at the price — with the crowd at the announcement literally gasping at th
  
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• Editorial: Fix streetlights faster

  09-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Of all the duties that a city owes its citizens, perhaps none is so basic as its responsibility to keep them safe from harm where possible.
  It’s a function Edmonton usually exercises with earnest zeal: ticketing homeowners who don’t clear icy walks, slowing traffic around schools and playgrounds, erecting metal detectors outside council chambers and planning to drain City Hall pool to protect waders from the risk of drowning — the list goes on.
  It’s perplexing that this p
  
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• Aging church creates space for 16 large immigrant families in North Glenora

  09-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a wish come true that Hsar Keelar never had the audacity to dream of — a spacious, sun-filled rental unit in a quiet neighbourhood large enough for a family of seven plus grandparents.
  But that’s exactly the gift she’s been given. 
  “The unit is amazing; I’ve never dreamed of living in this kind of house,” Keelar, a refugee who fled war in Burma (Myanmar) in 2005, said Monday.
  She’s one of the first tenants to move into a housing project i
  
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• Advocates hope food policy will cook up growth for Alberta agriculture

  09-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province is trying to create the perfect recipe for the promotion of the local food industry.  
  It’s asking Albertans to weigh in via written consultations that end Jan. 19.
  “Local food has become a very important sector in agriculture, so we are looking at what we can do to further support and grow this industry,” Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier says.
  Legislative provisions under consideration include establishing a definition of local food (i.e., “
  
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• How the Anaheim series helped screw up the Edmonton Oilers in 2017-18

  09-01-2018 07:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  When we look at the Edmonton Oilers and their failure of 2017-18, it’s evident that the seeds of that failure were planted partly by both the failure and success the Oilers had against the Anaheim Ducks in the 2017 playoffs. 
  Edmonton — a team that had not made the playoffs in the decade and had been monumentally bad in that time period — took the powerful Ducks to seven games. In doing so, Edmonton came within one game of making the NHL’s Final Four. Perhaps if the
  
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• Edmonton Remand Centre inmates stage hunger strike

  09-01-2018 06:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre were on a hunger strike Monday because they want to spend less time in their cells and more time in the common area of their unit, officials say.
  About 55 inmates refused to eat their provided meals Sunday, Dan Laville, spokesman for Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, said in a statement Monday.
  “They still had access to food from other sources such as canteen purchases,” Laville said. “Since then and after ongoing dialog
  
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• Graham Thomson: If rumours about Alberta Party leadership is true, it's bad news for NDP

  09-01-2018 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well, this is getting interesting.
  After an embarrassingly plodding start, the competition for leadership of the Alberta Party is about to become an actual race.
  This week, we are expecting the arrival of two experienced candidates: Independent MLA Rick Fraser and former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel.
  Sources in and around the Alberta Party say Fraser will announce his candidacy Tuesday. Mandel is expected to announce Wednesday.
  Fraser has even filed his name as a leadership candidate with Elect
  
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• Paula Simons: Time to put lab decision under the microscope

  09-01-2018 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was rather odd timing for a rather major announcement.
  Four days before Christmas, while many of us were a bit distracted, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services (AHS) unveiled plans for a”superlab” to handle medical tests for Edmonton and northern Alberta. The Edmonton Clinical Laboratory Hub will be able to do everything from high-volume blood tests to sophisticated genetic testing. In partnership with the University of Alberta, the lab will also be an academic centre t
  
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• Shipping container fraudster jailed for bilking mother-in-law's business

  09-01-2018 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman who created a shadow company to fraudulently sell shipping containers out from under her mother-in-law’s business was handed a 15-month jail sentence Monday.
  Adelheid Ruth Baxter, also known as Heidi Baxter, admitted to profiting just over $153,000 by selling sea containers owned by her family’s company Stankay Holdings between April 2013 and February 2014.
  According to an agreed statement of facts entered with the court, Baxter, 57, was separated from her husband but still e
  
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• 102 Avenue closed downtown until 2020 for Valley Line LRT construction

  09-01-2018 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vehicle traffic on 102 Avenue between 96 and 103 streets will be blocked until 2020 as work on the Valley Line LRT began in the area Monday.
  Northbound and southbound cross streets will still be open to traffic — including 97 Street, 99 Street south of 102 Avenue, 100 Street, 101 Street, 102 Street south of 102 Avenue and 103 Street — according to an advisory issued by TransEd. However, disruptions along these streets could occur during construction.
  The company has co
  
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• Judge issues arrest warrant after no-show by driver charged in cyclist death

  09-01-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta man charged with dangerous driving in the 2016 death of a cyclist didn’t show up for the start of his 14-day trial Monday.
  Philip Wasman, 70, of Ryley, Alta., is charged with dangerous driving, refusal to provide a breath sample and impaired driving in the death of Allan Bruce Chappell, who was killed while cycling in Strathcona County on May 20, 2016.
  At the time, RCMP said it appeared Chappell, 61, was trying to cross Highway 14, near Highway 216, when he was struck by an east
  
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