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• EPA file complaint after union member stifled at police briefing

  18-01-2018 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The president of the Edmonton Police Association was ordered not to talk to officers about an upcoming election, a complaint filed with the Alberta Labour Relations Board alleges.
  “We’ve got a right to talk to our members,” union president Sgt. Michael Elliot said on Wednesday.
  According to Elliot, on Nov. 22 he was attending a parade in Downtown Division — where officers are briefed at the beginning of their shift — to discuss union business with members.
  “We
  
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• Edmonton Oilers recall Iiro Pakarinen, put Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve

  18-01-2018 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have recalled forward Iiro Pakarinen from Bakersfield of the AHL and placed centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve.
  My takeNo news yet on the extent of RNH’s injury. He took a stiff blow in the Vegas game, but Oilers coach Todd McLellan had indicated then he expected RNH to be back in the line-up after team’s midseason break. Evidently, that’s not to be.
  This isn’t the Oilers year when it comes to nagging or major injury. As my colleague Bruce M
  
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• Edmonton Amazon HQ bid still worthwhile even though city didn't make the shortlist, economic development head says

  18-01-2018 22:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  While Edmonton didn’t make Amazon’s short list of locations for a second North American headquarters, it still benefited from making a bid, the city’s head of economic development says.
  “This was a proposal that brought our whole community together in very short order,” Brad Ferguson, president of the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC), said Thursday.
  “We hunted as a pack and were able to give a very credible proposal to them.”
  Toronto is the onl
  
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• Missed curfew in Barrhead results in seizure of drugs, cash and gun

  18-01-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A missed curfew in Barrhead, Alta., resulted in the seizure of drugs, cash and a stolen semi-automatic shotgun.
  Barrhead RCMP arrested a man last Friday after he allegedly breached his curfew conditions the night before.
  While arresting the man, officers saw drugs, drug paraphernalia and a gun inside the residence.
  After obtaining a search warrant, investigators seized cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, a stolen semi-automatic shotgun and cash.
  “This seizure, arrest and charges are a sig
  
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• Four charged after alleged Maskwacis home invasion

  18-01-2018 21:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four people are facing charges after three others were stabbed in an alleged home invasion in Maskwacis last week.
  RCMP responded to a call on the Samson First Nation at 12:22 a.m. last Friday. Police believe four armed suspects entered a home on the reserve and threatened the occupants with guns and knives, said an RCMP news release Thursday.
  Three of the residents were treated in hospital for stab wounds. 
  Two of the suspects were arrested at the scene, RCMP said. The other two, who
  
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• UCP outpaces NDP in fundraising in last quarter of 2017

  18-01-2018 21:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  The United Conservative Party slipped past the NDP in the latest round of party fundraising. 
  In the final quarter of 2017, the official opposition pulled in $339,991, compared with the NDP’s $335,627.
  The Alberta Party was in third place, tripling donations from the previous quarter to raise $91,017.
  The numbers were released Thursday by Elections Alberta, but they do leave out a chunk of cash. Legislation prevents reporting anything brought in after the Calgary-Lougheed byelection w
  
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• Notes from the dome: Same-day security licences and Sylvan Lake waterfront plans move ahead

  18-01-2018 21:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Security guards and private investigators are among those who will be able to get same-day licences thanks to new provincial rules. 
  Registry agents are now able to give out temporary security licences, but there are exceptions, said a government news release Thursday. The rules don’t apply to those with a criminal record or for those in Canada on a work or study permit. 
  The licensing rules apply to about 25,000 security guards, loss prevention workers, security alarm responders
  
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• City of St. Albert Recreation Winter Activity Guide 2018

  18-01-2018 21:00
  Winter just got a lot more fun! Does the snow and cold have you hiding inside? Why not embrace the... Read Post
  
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• Saxophonist and songwriter pick up musical ideas around the globe

  18-01-2018 20:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Keith O’Rourke was born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary. But his music suggests the tenor saxophonist is at home around the world.
  You can get a sense of that Saturday when O’Rourke brings his band to mark the release of his debut album, Sketches From The Road. It’s brimming with a warm, curious spirit, exploratory melodies and some introspective moments, drawing from a wide source of inspirations.
  “I like to try and tell a story in music,” he said, “and I h
  
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• Indigenous and Ukrainian cultures meet in April Shumka show, Ancestors and Elders

  18-01-2018 19:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  A bold new production by Shumka will pair Indigenous and Ukrainian cultures in a program making its world premiere at the Jubilee Auditorium April 27 and 28.
  According to Shumka’s website, the multiple disciplinary show titled Ancestors and Elders “is a project borne from a desire to connect the Ukrainian settler experience to that of the indigenous people of Treaty 6 territory. In a production to feature a cast of Shumka Dancers and multidisciplinary Indigenous artists, our goal is
  
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• Petrolia residents eat their greens as new vegan restaurant opens

  18-01-2018 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  What started as a family experiment has turned into a family business for the Robinsons.
  Daughter Michelle Robinson, a chef, has been the driving force behind Good Stock (11409 40 Ave.), a new vegan and vegetarian restaurant located in Petrolia. But it took the combined effort of parents Deborah Robinson and Brian Robinson, and younger brother Alex Robinson, to get the business off the ground. Open since June, the 50-seat restaurant also does a thriving takeout business in everything from fresh
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Paul Mecurio, The Sash Maker, and Brent Butt

  18-01-2018 18:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Paul Mecurio
  The worlds of investment banking and comedy don’t often collide, but they have in the case of Paul Mecurio. The former banker and corporate lawyer made a sudden right turn on the career path a number of years back when Jay Leno hired him to write for his late night show, after which he made the leap to performing for Jon Stewart, followed by his current gig with Stephen Colbert. A constant presence on the full alphabet of TV stations (CNN, NBC, CBS, MSNBC and more), Mercurio h
  
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• Final witnesses to testify in EPS steroid-trafficking trial

  18-01-2018 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The final two witnesses are expected to testify Thursday at the trial of an Edmonton police officer accused of trafficking steroids to other officers between 2007 and 2013.
  Det. Greg Lewis, 36, faces three charges of trafficking in a controlled substance after being arrested in March 2016 following a two-year investigation by the province’s police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
  On Wednesday, court heard from three police officers who said they had bought a variety of
  
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• More police officers testify to buying steroids from EPS colleague

  18-01-2018 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  More Edmonton police officers testified to buying anabolic steroids from Det. Greg Lewis a steroid-trafficking trial heard Wednesday.
  Lewis, 36, faces three charges of trafficking in a controlled substance after being arrested in March 2016 following a two-year investigation by the province’s police watchdog, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
  Court heard that Const. Kevin Yaremchuk placed one order for liquid steroids Testosterone Cypionate and Deca Durabolin in 2009 and another
  
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• Testing new tools for concussions

  18-01-2018 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
   A rsesearcher at the University of Alberta is developing a new suite of tests that he believes can better diagnose issues in balance and co-ordination suffered by youth healing from sports related concussions that could be missed with current tests. 
  Thaer Manaseer, a PhD student with the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta, believes the tests can better diagnose issues in balance and co-ordination suffered by youth healing from sports-related concussions t
  
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• Don't wash your car: Temperatures are going to soar to 6 C today

  18-01-2018 15:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is going to be a mucky day out, so best keep your good shoes at home.
  Temperatures are forecast to reach a high of 6 C today. Tonight’s low is 0 C.
  The mild weather is expected to last for several days, with highs of 3 C on Friday, -1 C on Saturday and -4 C on Sunday.
  
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• Sorry Edmonton. Toronto only Canadian city on Amazon HQ shortlist.

  18-01-2018 15:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Toronto is the only Canadian city on Amazon Inc.’s short list of 20 candidates for a second North American headquarters. 
  Edmonton had bid on the new headquarters.
  The e-commerce giant received 238 applications for the opportunity and says narrowing it down to 20 was very tough.
  The other 19 locations it will consider are all in the U.S. and include New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Nashville.
  Amazon says it plans to choose the location later this year aft
  
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• Industry experts question council's focus on LRT-related infill

  18-01-2018 14:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s best opportunity to create new walkable, mixed-use districts isn’t around LRT stations, but around malls, according to an industry report.
  Intelligence House and Colliers International identified six malls that have spent the most money upgrading since 2009: Londonderry, Kingsway, Southgate, Northgate/North Town, Capilano and Westmount. The report was commissioned by the City of Edmonton and released in December.
  Of course, an existing mall on a new LRT line is the very be
  
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• U-Haul donates $6,300 to Edmonton Police Foundation following truck attack

  18-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After a U-Haul was used in an attack that injured four pedestrians on Jasper Avenue on Oct. 1, the company is making a donation to the Edmonton Police Foundation.
  The $6,302 gift was prompted by local U-Haul employees, according to a statement from the company Wednesday.
  “This gift originated with our local team and their families who felt compelled to chip in as a gesture of appreciation for everything the constable and the Edmonton police officers did — and do — on a regular
  
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• Thursday's letters: Naked but no longer afraid of nude swims

  18-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Nude swim arguments barely make any sense,” Opinion, Jan. 13
  I felt compelled to express insight into my positive experience as I attended the latest Cottontail Corner family nude swim Saturday.
  On my way to the Hardisty Leisure Centre, I felt very nervous as I had never attended such an event. After 10 minutes around other attendees, both children and adults, I felt well-received and wondered why I brought my swimsuit after all.
  The writer states that we as a society do not fla
  
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• Opinion: War on drugs has become war on patients coping with pain

  18-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta is happy lately, at least according to the medical regulator’s new registrar. Dr. Scott McLeod wrote in these pages last week that doctors contributed to Alberta’s “opioid crisis” by over-prescribing, and now they’re going to help fix it.  “We need to prescribe opioids more appropriately,” he wrote, “and that means less. Already, prescriptions for Albertans in pain are way down, and t
  
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• Man shot, police canvass west-end neighbourhood

  18-01-2018 06:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who was shot after a fight outside a vehicle in west Edmonton on Wednesday night is recovering in hospital.
  Police were called after the man was shot while standing outside a vehicle near 109 Avenue and 155 Street around 8:20 p.m., according to a news release Wednesday.
  The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where he was undergoing treatment as of 10 p.m. No one else was believed to be injured.
  Yellow police tape and a police vehicle blocked the street as officer
  
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• Experts seek public's help finding meteor fragments after mystery fireball

  18-01-2018 04:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The sky — and Twitter — lit up after a sighting of a fireball Wednesday over Edmonton.
  Was it a bird? A plane? More likely, it was a meteor.
  Researchers were asking anyone with a security camera or dash camera footage, or anyone who may have witnessed it, to come forward so they can find the fragments.
  Reports suggest the meteor broke up around 5:22 p.m. and that it may be north of Lac La Biche, but researchers will need additional information, Frank Florian, director of planeta
  
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• Edmonton could lift moratorium on combative sports in February

  18-01-2018 04:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council will consider lifting its one-year moratorium on combative sports, possibly ditching it as early as Feb. 28.
  “We think that if the all-clear is there, if fighter safety is improved materially … we can lift the moratorium and be back in business,” Mayor Don Iveson said Wednesday.
  The community and public services committee voted Wednesday to send to full council a motion that would allow the city to lift the moratorium after getting a report Feb. 21 on progress imp
  
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• Mysterious fireball lights up Edmonton sky: reports

  18-01-2018 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The sky — and Twitter — lit up after a sighting of a fireball in the Edmonton sky Wednesday.
  Was it a bird? A plane? More likely, it was a meteor.
  A spokesperson for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said crews were called out for reports of a fireball, but did not find a fire and were unable to identify the cause of the sightings, which started about 5:20 p.m.
  In September 2017, the American Meteor Society received 90 reports of a “fireball event” in south central Briti
  
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• Research probes new tests to find deficits in post-concussion balance

  18-01-2018 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Researchers at the University of Alberta are looking for participants to help test new methods of assessing balance issues that can linger after a concussion.
  Thaer Manaseer, a PhD student with the faculty of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Alberta, is developing a new suite of tests that he believes can better diagnose issues in balance and co-ordination suffered by youth healing from sports-related concussions that could be missed with current tests.
  “We believe they may not
  
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• St. Albert construction site theft valued over $60000 - CTV News

  18-01-2018 02:19 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
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  St. Albert construction site theft valued over $60000
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  St. Albert RCMP are investigating a substantial theft of equipment valued in excess of $ 60,000 from a construction site in St. Albert. Sometime between the evening of January 16th, and the early morning hours of January 17th, a large blue utility ...and more »
  
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• Kids score ice time at new learn-to-skate program launched by city, Oilers community foundation

  18-01-2018 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dozens of Grade 2 kids shuffled around the ice Wednesday at the Downtown Community Arena, the first batch of new skaters getting trained as part of a $1-million agreement between the city and the Edmonton Oilers.
  They were taking part in the launch of CanSkate@School, a program that aims to teach “high needs” kids in inner-city elementary schools how to skate. Grade 2 classes from 12 schools were expected to take the program each season, which is fully funded out of a $1-million cont
  
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• Paula Simons: Alberta seniors lose lengthy legal fight over long-term care costs

  18-01-2018 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A group of Alberta seniors has lost a lengthy legal fight with the province over long-term care fees.
  The Klein government was within its rights to raise accommodation charges for long-term care residents in 2003, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice June Ross ruled late Tuesday. 
  “This is very troubling and very sad,” said Ruth Adria of Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, one of the parties that launched the class-action lawsuit in 2005. “This will just make things worse
  
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• Revisiting Edmonton Oilers' roster: Youth must be served, even as it sometimes GETS served

  18-01-2018 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good news has been thin on the ground for fans of the Edmonton Oilers this season. The club is currently on its mid-season mini-vacation while rival clubs make up games in hand and put even more distance between the Oilers and the playoff cut line. That margin currently stands at a full 10 points or 12 “games” using a baseball-style system that accounts for games in hand.
  Putting aside standings points for a moment and look at that ugly -21 in the right-most column. At present there
  
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• Homicide unit probes death after stabbing victim dies in hospital

  18-01-2018 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives were investigating Wednesday after a stabbing victim died in hospital.
  Police were called to a home near 118 Avenue and 80 Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
  The victim, identified by investigators as Jarvis Katz, was taken to hospital, where he died Wednesday morning, police said in a news release. 
  An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday. 
  Investigators were asking anyone with information about the case to contact police at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Ano
  
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• Husky survives shooting after being mistaken for a wolf

  18-01-2018 00:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A husky shot by a hunter who mistook it for a wolf is expected to survive, police say.
  The dog was off leash with its hiking owner in a rural area near Entrance, Alta., on the afternoon of Jan. 13 when it was shot, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday. 
  The hunter co-operated with investigators from Hinton, police said. He was hunting lawfully in the area. No charges have been laid.
  The dog received veterinary care and was expected to survive.
  An online fundraising campaign identifies the
  
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• Homicide unit probing death after Monday stabbing

  18-01-2018 00:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating after a 28-year-old man stabbed Monday died in hospital Wednesday morning.
  Police were called to the stabbing at a home near 118 Avenue and 80 Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
  The victim, identified by investigators as Jarvis Katz, was transported to hospital where he died Wednesday morning, said police in a news release. 
  An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday morning. 
  Investigators are asking anyone with information about the case to contact polic
  
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• 'The east coast is just not here anymore': Atlantic Trap and Gill restaurant to shut down

  18-01-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After 18 years, the Edmonton location of Atlantic Trap and Gill will be closing its doors.
  The bar, themed heavily towards an east coast aesthetic and menu, was the only bar of its kind in the city to cater to an Atlantic Canadian clientele, said co-owner and manager of the location, Tanya Thorne.
  “A couple people tried having an east-coast vibe … It’s pretty tacky in here; nobody’s got the same vibe as we do,” said Thorne, who bought into the company after years o
  
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