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• Edmonton Oilers re-jig lines, powerplay units yet again as extent of Nugent-Hopkins' rib injury becomes known

  19-01-2018 22:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Things are never so bad they can’t be made worse.”
  Humphrey Bogart has been gone a long time, but his words still resonate. It’s certainly a life lesson that followers of the salary-cap-era Edmonton Oilers have learned and relearned far too many times in the (sigh) Decade-Plus of Darkness. We did get that glorious one-year reprieve, but this year we are back in that sorry territory along the ragged border between Facepalm and Headdesk. 
  Yes I’m frustrated. Wha
  
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• Northlands president and CEO resigns

  19-01-2018 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  The president and CEO of Northlands has resigned.
  Tim Reid, who took over the position on Sept. 15, 2014, resigned on Friday. Evraz Place Live announced on Twitter that Reid was appointed president and CEO of the Regina company on Twitter. His first day will be March 5. 
  “Northlands needed a leader we knew could navigate the uncertainty. In just over three years, Tim took Northlands through a historic transformation that has carved out a new path for our future.” said Geoff Ober
  
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• 'Fly in, fly out market' for Quebec escorts still strong, say Edmonton city police

  19-01-2018 21:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Demand for escorts in Edmonton has held strong despite the slumping oil economy, said city police as the latest john-arrest numbers were unveiled Friday. 
  “In 2017, a majority of the 200 interactions our detectives had with escorts were from Quebec,” said Staff Sgt. Dale Johnson of the human trafficking and exploitation unit. “It’s a fly in, fly out market. While the slowdown of the oil industry may have temporarily impacted the economy, there is still a healthy
  
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• Jordan Peterson book launch to be hosted at Hyatt Place Downtown

  19-01-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Author Jordan Peterson has been granted an alternate book launch venue in Edmonton after the Citadel Theatre refused to host him.
  Hyatt Place Downtown has confirmed Peterson’s book launch will be hosted at the hotel on Feb. 11. 
  The University of Toronto psychology professor found himself on the public radar in 2016 after saying he would refuse to use some transgender students’ proper pronouns. He is currently on tour with his new book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Cha
  
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• 12 hawks, owls killed in fire at Strathcona County bird rescue shelter

  19-01-2018 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local bird and rescue rehabilitation centre is looking to rebuild after a Wednesday fire killed a dozen hawks and owls.
  Karl Grantmyre, executive director of the Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey, located at Range Road 222 near Sherwood Park, said the fire levelled a 100-metre long hawk house used to shelter orphaned and injured raptors.
  The fire started just before noon on Wednesday, Grantmyre said, and the building went up in flames quickly.
  “There was electricity in it &hellip
  
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• Edmonton woman dead after three-vehicle crash near Slave Lake

  19-01-2018 20:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman is dead after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 2 Thursday evening.
  A small car lost control while travelling east around 7:30 p.m. The car was stopped on the road when it was hit by a semi tractor trailer headed east. A third vehicle, an SUV, was then struck by the vehicles involved in the initial crash.
  The woman driving the small car, the only person in the vehicle, was taken to hospital in critical condition, but she died just before midnight.
  The crash happened about 2
  
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• Raptors killed in fire at Strathcona County bird rescue shelter

  19-01-2018 19:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local bird and rescue rehabilitation centre is looking to rebuild after a Wednesday fire gutted a structure used to shelter orphaned and injured raptors, killing a number of the birds.
  The Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey, located at Range Road 222 near Sherwood Park, shared the devastating news on its Facebook page  Thursday.
  The fire started in the hawk house, according to the post, a building where birds are cared for through the winter, and appeared to ignite in the elec
  
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• Stabbing victim confirmed as city's second homicide of 2018

  19-01-2018 19:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 28-year-old man who died in hospital Wednesday after a Monday stabbing is the city’s second homicide victim of the year, say police.  
  The victim, identified by investigators as Jarvis Katz, was transported to hospital after police were called to a home near 118 Avenue and 80 Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
  He died in hospital Wednesday morning and a Thursday autopsy determined the cause of death was a stab wound, said police in a Friday news release. 
  Homicide detectives
  
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• There is no choice for Edmonton Oilers between Patrick Maroon and Milan Lucic

  19-01-2018 17:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  All week Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now has been hitting on an interesting theme about which of the Edmonton’s Oilers big, burly wingers, Milan Lucic or Patrick Maroon, is better, and whether or not the Oilers can sign up Maroon, an unrestricted free agent in July. 
  But, in fact, there’s no choice between Maroon and Lucic,
  Maroon has been the better player for the Oilers, and it’s not that close. There’s no real choice between them as hockey players.
  But Lucic is the big
  
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• $4 million to target 'radicalization' in Alberta announced by federal government

  19-01-2018 17:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal government is targeting radicalization in Alberta with $4 million in new funding announced Friday morning. 
  .@SohiAmarjeet announcing $4 million in funding for community groups and police to “address radicalization to violence in Alberta.” More details: pic.twitter.com/NJFQnoaOuR
  — Jonny Wakefield (@jonnywakefield) January 19, 2018This program was apparently discussed prior to the Sept. 30 attack in Edmonton (though every speaker so far has mentioned in). The f
  
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• 'It's like sound warfare': People in Mill Woods are complaining of a loud hum

  19-01-2018 17:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is apparently a loud hum that can be heard in Mill Woods and people are wondering what it is.
  One person, who says he lives on Mill Woods Road South and 62 Street, tweeted that the noise is waking him up.
  I'm on Mill Woods Road South and 62 street. I hear it sometimes 10 pm to 4 am. Some nights midnight to 3 am.
  It's like sound warfare or something I swear. It wakes me up.
  — Peter Skinner (@PeterRSkinner) January 18, 2018A thread on the Edmonton Subreddit has been opened on the persi
  
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• Edmonton police steroid-trafficking trial to hear final arguments

  19-01-2018 16:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A trial of an Edmonton police officer accused of trafficking steroids will wrap up Friday with closing arguments expected to be heard in Court of Queen’s Bench.
  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 (ASIRT).
  The week-long trial has heard from nine witnesses, including six current Edmonton Police
  
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• Icy roads may be a factor in serious-injury crash near Slave Lake

  19-01-2018 14:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 2 on Thursday evening.
  Three vehicles crashed on Highway 2, 26 kilometres southeast of Slave Lake around 7:15 p.m., RCMP said in a news release.
  Freezing rain made for icy roads at the time of the collision, RCMP said.
  Traffic in the area was being re-routed as Slave Lake RCMP and the RCMP Collision Analyst were still at the scene as of 10:45 p.m. on Thursday.
   
  
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• Another melty mild day ahead, but snow tonight and tomorrow

  19-01-2018 14:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good morning Edmonton. It will be another mild day with temperatures well above zero.
  Today is forecast to be mainly cloudy with a high of 3 C.
  Tonight’s low is -4 C, with an 30 per cent chance of snow.
  The weather has been unseasonably warm, with temperatures Thursday reaching 8 C at around 2 p.m.
  Saturday, the mild weather will continue with a high of 1 C and a 30 per cent chance of snow.
  What month is this?
  
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• Women set to march on Alberta Legislature in Edmonton

  19-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Our work isn’t finished,” said Paula Kirman, one of the organizers of the March On Edmonton rally planned for the Alberta legislature Saturday afternoon.
  Following the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, women around the globe joined in rallies in solidarity with a massive women’s march on Washington, D.C., to advocate for women’s rights.
  “We were absolutely overwhelmed when 4,000 people showed up at the legislature,” said Kirman, who helped or
  
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• Government commits to full review of $853-million disability program

  19-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The provincial government is launching a full review of an $853-million program that helps some of the most vulnerable Albertans.
  It’s welcome news for beneficiaries of the persons with developmental disabilities (PDD) program, their families and advocates, who have long pushed for the system to be scrutinized.
  Detailed figures of PDD wait lists have only been kept since 2015. They have steadily increased, despite a $55-million bump in funding.
  In December, 376 people were waiting on servi
  
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• Friday's letters: Ombudsman makes Canada a leader in responsible mining

  19-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Home to over 70 per cent of worldwide mining operations, Canada’s new human rights ombudsperson will have a rippling effect on communities harmed by Canadian mining across the globe.
  For over 10 years, civil society and industry allies have been pressing the federal government to create a transparent and independent accountability office to dig up the truth about harms linked to mining companies headquartered in Canada. Since 2014, over 100,000 Canadians have added their voice to this call
  
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• Editorial: Liquor-store limit should go

  19-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council is in an awkward spot. If it changes the rule that now bans any new liquor store from opening within 500 metres of an existing store, it will surely be accused of pandering to Daryl Katz, owner of the Edmonton Oilers and perpetual lightning rod for civic controversy.
  But better bad optics than a flawed bylaw. With or without Katz’s liquor store, it’s time for city council to scrap this problematic rule that imposes over-reaching, artificial limits on competition and may
  
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• Correctional Service fires two more staff at Edmonton Institution

  19-01-2018 05:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Correctional Service of Canada has fired two more workers at a maximum security prison in Edmonton following an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment, intimidation and bullying.
  The move follows the termination of four other staff from Edmonton Institution on Jan. 9, including two managers.
  Commissioner Don Head said the firings were based on disciplinary hearings that determined there was inappropriate staff conduct.
  “These types of behaviour are simply not tolerated
  
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• Driver charged in fatal hit-and-run testifies he thought he hit a curb

  19-01-2018 04:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A driver on trial for an alleged hit-and-run that left a young woman dead told court he thought he’d struck a curb or a pothole when he drove away from the scene. 
  David Gershon Bookhalter, 63, is charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident knowing bodily harm was caused and failure to stop at the scene of an accident knowing death was caused in connection to a collision with a motorcycle on May 11, 2015.
  Court heard Thursday that Bookhalter admits the collision caused th
  
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• 'Egregious and disturbing': Crown calls for up to 20 years for Edmonton strangling death

  19-01-2018 03:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who admitted to strangling his girlfriend cast his eyes down as the woman’s family held up photos of her in an Edmonton courtroom Thursday.
  Court heard sentencing submissions for Ryan Thomas Matchee’s manslaughter conviction in the death of Lena Steinhauer, whom he killed in an Edmonton rooming house on Feb. 9, 2015.
  Crown prosecutor Carole Godfrey argued Matchee should be sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison for his “egregious and disturbing” actions against Stein
  
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• Wide sidewalks, more pedestrian spaces planned for Jasper Avenue

  19-01-2018 03:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shawn Wells read the posters closely and traced the maps with his fingers.
  “I’m not happy,” he said Thursday.
  Wells, who works a lot downtown, was one of the visitors at Jasper Avenue’s New Vision open house, hosted at CKUA Radio, 9808 Jasper Ave.
  He said he did not like the idea of narrowing streets and taking away parking.
  “My big thing is that changes like this are punishments to motorists,” he said.
  City officials envision Jasper Avenue between 96 and 100
  
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• 'Oppressive and intimidating': Ex-city police officer says she faced harassment

  19-01-2018 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nadine Swist loved being a police officer, until the night she responded to a family violence call and a suspect threw her from a speeding vehicle.
  The trauma and injuries from that night, May 21, 2000, left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, she said, something she still struggles with. But instead of finding support at work, she said she was met with a tough-it-out attitude.
  On Thursday, the former constable told the Edmonton Police Commission that the service shrugs off officers with po
  
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• David Staples: Dark day as Citadel Theatre snubs controversial author

  19-01-2018 02:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  We should welcome home controversial professor Jordan Peterson, not snub him as the Citadel Theatre has done.
  While many take issues with Peterson’s ideas, there’s no denying he’s a highly learned, articulate and deep thinker who has earned a huge international audience for his promotion and protection of conservative and classical liberal values.
  Peterson, 55, is a clinical psychologist, former Harvard associate professor and current University of Toronto professor. In his pra
  
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• Good news: Alberta's economy growing, deficit isn't such a worry, economist says

  19-01-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Increased exports and strong job creation mean the economy should grow faster in Alberta than in almost any other province this year, RBC chief economist Craig Wright said Thursday.
  He described the 2.3 per cent increase he expects in gross domestic product, exceeded only by the gains in Saskatchewan, as a “bounce” following years of recession, rather than part of Alberta’s traditional boom-bust cycle.
  “We don’t have the big energy investment that we had in the prev
  
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• Drug expert testifies at Edmonton police steroid-trafficking trial

  19-01-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crown prosecutors called their final two witnesses Thursday — including an RCMP drug expert — in the trial of an Edmonton police officer accused of trafficking steroids 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 (ASIRT).
  Twenty-two-year veteran Mountie Sgt. Robert Wo
  
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• Naloxone kit holders asked to check contents for missing vials

  19-01-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Naloxone kits should contain two to three vials of antidote, but some incomplete kits were issued, Alberta Health Services warned Thursday.
  Some kits distributed through clinics and pharmacies were missing vials, said a public service announcement.
  Naloxone temporarily reverses the effects of overdose of opioids such as fentanyl and should be followed up with emergency care.
  How the third-party distributor sent out kits without naloxone is currently under investigation and AHS is trying to find
  
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• Flu-related deaths climb to 46 across Alberta

  19-01-2018 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The number of flu cases across the province continues to rise, with Alberta Health Services reporting 46 related deaths and more than 1,800 hospitalizations Thursday.
  In less than one month, influenza-related deaths more than doubled provincewide. As of Dec. 16, there were 19 deaths and 867 hospitalizations recorded.
  Upwards of 6,300 cases of flu have been confirmed so far this season in Alberta.
  Calgary was the hardest hit area, with 20 influenza-related deaths and 845 hospitalizations. Edmonto
  
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• 'We hunted as a pack': Edmonton Amazon HQ bid still worthwhile even though city didn't make the shortlist, economic development head says

  19-01-2018 00:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  While Edmonton didn’t land on Amazon’s short list 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 only Canadian
  
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• Violent offender released from custody in Edmonton

  19-01-2018 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are warning the public after a violent offender was released from custody.
  Logan Sweezey, 26, will be staying in Edmonton and is to adhere to a series of court-ordered conditions, police said Thursday.
  Sweezey must keep a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily, and must not purchase, possess or consume alcohol or be in any establishment where the primary business is selling alcohol.
  Sweezey cannot possess any weapons including knives, unless it is being used to consume a meal, and h
  
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