St. Albert news

• Review: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra serves classical comfort food Saturday night

  14-01-2018 22:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bill Eddins, now the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus, is back in town to conduct a number of concerts with the orchestra, and on Saturday night (Jan. 13) he kicked off with what was very much an in-house ESO event.
  The three soloists were all ESO players: Associate Concertmaster Eric Buchmann, Principal Horn Allene Hackleman, and Assistant Principal Horn Megan Evans. The concert also featured the premiere of a new concerto commissioned by the ESO from trombonist (and
  
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• How Elise Stolte's use of social media is transforming the city hall beat

  14-01-2018 20:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Amplified, plugged in — Elise Stolte’s use of social media is setting a new bar for what it means for a beat reporter to be digitally engaged with the community she covers. 
  The five articles included in her NNA submission show the final result. But here are examples of the conversations that help inform that work. 
  Harassment at the city
  After months of research, Stolte broke the story about serious harassment issues within the city’s workforce and immediately starte
  
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• N.W.T. Métis Nation want greater rights in Wood Buffalo National Park

  14-01-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Greater access and improved land use rights in Wood Buffalo National Park by members of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation will continue to be a central focal point of negotiations this year between the federal government and the government of the Northwest Territories, president Garry Bailey said. 
  Métis were forced out of the national park after it was formed in 1923 and they have been fighting ever since to regain their traditional land use rights, including harvesting, a
  
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• Africa Centre Executive Director investigated for sexual harassment

  14-01-2018 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  The executive director of the Africa Centre has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of abuse and sexual harassment by four separate women. Through his lawyer, Tesfaye Ayalew is denying the allegations.
  Speaking on behalf of the board of directors, chairman John Gaye said in an interview that the Africa Centre was made aware of the allegations when the centre’s accountant resigned. The Africa Centre is a social service organization that supports African immigrants and
  
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• Stricter rules force closure of Alberta payday lending stores

  14-01-2018 15:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Payday loan licences have dropped by more than one-quarter since the NDP government enacted stricter rules for lenders in 2016 and more brick-and-mortar stores could be shuttering over the next 12 months, warns the president of the industry association.
  Prior to Bill 15, also known as the Act to End Predatory Lending, payday loan companies had about 230 licensed stores in Alberta.
  But as of two weeks ago, that number had dropped to 165, Canadian Consumer Finance Association president and CEO Ton
  
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• Player grades: Nurse makes house call as Edmonton Oilers celebrate McDavid's birthday in style

  14-01-2018 13:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)
  A reported 6,000 Edmonton Oilers fans made the trip to Las Vegas to celebrate Connor McDavid’s 21st birthday in style. McDavid and his teammates made their first ever visit to T-Mobile Arena a memorable one when they came from behind to knock off the conference-leading (!!) Golden Knights, 3-2 in overtime. Darnell Nurse was the scoring hero, scoring the game-winner for the second night in a row to send the Oilers to their mandated mid-season break on a bit o
  
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• Highway 2 northbound closed near Morningside due to two-vehicle collision

  14-01-2018 05:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Traffic on Highway 2 is being re-routed near Morningside as RCMP investigate a two-vehicle collision.
  Ponoka RCMP and emergency personnel are on scene and northbound traffic on Highway 2 is being re-routed to Highway 2A towards Ponoka, according to a news release.
  Traffic is expected to be delayed in the area for several hours, according to a news release sent around 8:30 p.m. 
  Morningside is approximately 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.
  
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• Man receives life-threatening injuries in high-speed crash on 97 Street

  14-01-2018 01:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after a serious crash at the intersection of 132 Avenue and 97 Street early Saturday morning.
  The two-vehicle collision happened around 1 a.m. after a speeding vehicle crashed into the back of another vehicle stopped at a red light, said a news release from police on Saturday.
  “Major collision investigation unit investigators have determined that speed was a major factor in the collision. Alcohol has been ruled out but it is yet to be dete
  
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• Eleven-year-old girl scores 50th goal after recovering from syndrome

  14-01-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eleven-year-old Riley Scorgie celebrated her 50th goal of the season Friday during the first game of Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week, but what spectators didn’t know is just a few months ago she could barely stand on her skates.
  In early October, Riley was diagnosed with Guillan-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder that causes a person’s own immune system to attack their nerves causing weakness, numbness and sometimes paralysis.
  “I couldn’t walk properly, I’d fall do
  
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• Law students take the stage to raise funds for Edmonton women's shelter

  14-01-2018 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  University of Alberta law students are trading lawsuits for whimsical costumes in an annual show that will raise thousands of dollars for a local charity. 
  “We do social commentary on the entire experience of being a law student and a lawyer,” said Law Show executive director Beth Warcholak on Saturday.
  The production Monsters LLP, inspired by the 2001 animated comedy Monsters Inc., follows last year’s show dubbed Alice in Wonderlaw, and previously Ferris Beullaw&rsqu
  
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• Made-in Alberta protocols changes ways dogs sniff out fentanyl

  14-01-2018 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta RCMP is leading the way when it comes to new police service dog drug detection protocols.
  Previously, sticking their nose in drugs was a police dog’s business, but now the canines sit beside suspected drugs when they are found, said K Division Deputy Commissioner Todd Shean in a year-end interview.
  “Now the dogs are sitting back … so if they detect it — versus putting the dogs in harm’s way — they sit,” Shearn said.
  The new training was started
  
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