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• David Foster: 'The world has lost a great musician'

  26-01-2018 23:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Across the continent, David Foster, renowned Hollywood producer and 16-time Grammy award winner, is grieving.
  That’s because he lost his most important mentor, Edmonton musician Tommy Banks, who died Thursday of leukemia after a short illness.
  “The world has lost a great musician,” said Foster in a phone interview from Los Angeles. “I know he was Edmonton’s favourite son, but I hope people realize he truly was world class. In my mind, you can say Oscar Peterson and
  
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• Tommy Banks: Edmonton's favourite son loved his city well

  26-01-2018 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a red hot jazz pianist and internationally acclaimed conductor, Tommy Banks could have lived anywhere. But he loved Edmonton, and here he stayed.
  A member of Canada’s Senate for 11 years, Banks, 81, died Thursday in the palliative unit of the Grey Nuns hospital. In a statement, his family said a public service of celebration will be held at a later date.
  Since his death, tributes to his life have been coursing through social media and along traditional channels. World famous Los Angeles
  
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• Alberta RCMP charge man with threatening prime minister, premier on Tw

  26-01-2018 22:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta RCMP have charged a man with uttering threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Rachel Notley on Twitter. 
  RCMP said in a news release Friday afternoon that Orion Rutley was arrested Jan. 19 and charged with two counts of uttering threats. He is to appear in Leduc provincial court on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 10 a.m.
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• Homicide victim stabbed during attempted bus stop robbery tried to chase down attacker

  26-01-2018 22:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 28-year-old man fatally stabbed in the chest during an attempted robbery at an Edmonton bus stop chased the assailant before emergency crews arrived, say homicide detectives now pleading for tips in the slaying.
  The victim along with another 28-year-old man were waiting at the transit stop near 82 Street and 118 Avenue just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday when they were approached by the assailant who tried to rob them. In the ensuing fight, the victim suffered a stab wound to the chest before he
  
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• #FridayFeeling: It snowed, yo

  26-01-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After waking up to a wallop of winter snow Friday morning, Edmontonians took to the internet to share their feelings.
  Hey, there, #Alberta Winter, nice of you to finally show up. #yegwx #abwx #abstorm #snowinmyboots
  — Gina Blank (@ginab_yeg) January 26, 2018*wakes up*
  *looks outside*
  *searches for snow GIFs*#yegwx https://t.co/3GJ9JhVE8U
  — David Marvin (@_dmbr) January 26, 2018This Edmonton snowfall tho!#yegwx pic.twitter.com/Pe7ia8UAtX
  — EquiSportsTherapy (@EquiSportsThrpy) Ja
  
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• Massive blizzard does not stop outdoor hockey tournament for kids, not in Edmonton

  26-01-2018 21:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tournament organizer: “We ended a tie game before it was completed in overtime when all the players could not find the puck.”
  Even by Edmonton standards we are in the middle of the one nasty blizzard, but do we let it slow us down? No, we don’t, certainly not when it comes to our abiding obsession, hockey.
  Edmonton outdoor hockey tournament in middle of massive blizzard Photo credit: Stan Gantar tournament organizers
  Here are the facts of Edmonton’s fortitude: t
  
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• Parking ban declared as crews clear major roadways, bike lanes first

  26-01-2018 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A seasonal parking ban will be put in place this weekend as city crews work to clean up the mess left by heavy snowfall that began Thursday night.
  City employees said it was the season’s first official snow “event” — one that would test the city’s new bike lane network and a pilot project to de-ice major roads. 
  Crews were working to clear the city’s 11,000 kilometres of roadways — roughly twice the distance between Edmonton and Mexico, said Ja
  
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• Emergency alert ends for water shortage in Wetaskiwin

  26-01-2018 18:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crews are working to repair a water main break in Wetaskiwin that had caused a brief water shortage Friday morning.
  The province issued a critical alert shortly after 10 a.m., but revised the alert about 20 minutes later advising that the the water supply had been stabilized.The break happened on 49 Street, according to the City of Wetaskiwin’s Twitter account. Crews are working on the problem.
   
  Wetaskiwin is approximately 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.
  
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• Edmonton-born rapper Cadence Weapon goes with the flow on his latest, self-titled album

  26-01-2018 18:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been five years between albums for Cadence Weapon, a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton, practically a lifetime in the age of SoundCloud rappers posting new tracks daily.
  However, Pemberton, an Edmonton-born rapper who found critical acclaim with his brand of confessional, self-produced hip-hop, wasn’t wrestling with writer’s block in his downtime.
  “I changed focus,” Pemberton, 31, said, noting he wrote a book of poetry (Magnetic Days, 2014), did voice work for Viceland&rsq
  
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• Edmonton weather: Heavy snow leaves roads a mess

  26-01-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Driving conditions were poor Friday morning as a heavy overnight snowfall left roads covered. 
  The city had deployed 118 pieces of equipment to clear roads, bike lanes and sidewalks to clean up the mess.
  A snowfall warning remained in effect for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park, as 10 to 25 centimetres of snow had fallen since the alert was first issued Thursday. Heavy snow was expected across central Alberta Friday, from Slave Lake to the Saskatchewan border. 
  Catherine Kuehne,
  
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• Newspaper delivery delayed until 9 a.m. due to road conditions

  26-01-2018 15:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friday, January 26, 2018
  Dear Subscriber,
  Due to the poor weather this morning, home delivery of the Journal, Post and Sun will be delayed until 9am this morning. We apologize for this inconvenience.
  We have opened up access to the ePaper (a digital replica of the print edition).
  We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
  Sincerely,
  The Distribution Services Team
  
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• Edmonton has more ex-inmates per capita than Canada's other big cities

  26-01-2018 14:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton has more former federal prisoners per capita than any other big city in Canada.   
  The large population of former inmates, including parolees, has been blamed over the years for contributing to the city’s crime rate and tying up police resources. Edmonton’s been called a “dumping ground” for violent criminals from other parts of the country.
  Criminologists who study prisons and parole say the link between crime and former prisoners is more complicated.&
  
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• Skirting the wait list, Edmonton schools aim to diagnose autism on their own

  26-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Staff at both Edmonton public and Catholic school districts will soon be able to diagnose or rule out autism to help families avoid a lengthy wait at the Glenrose Autism Clinic.
  With an average wait of 18 months for a child to be diagnosed at the Glenrose, psychologists working in the city’s Catholic and public schools have either been trained or are undergoing training to identify which students are on the spectrum.
  “We wanted to better support the process by helping families get an
  
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• Opinion: Climate policies must not hinder Alberta's chemistry industry

  26-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s chemistry sector provides many benefits to the province, its communities and citizens. Chemistry is the largest manufacturing industry in the province with annual shipments of $16 billion. The sector employs 8,000 highly skilled workers at an average salary of over $90,000, and supports an additional 45,000 positions in supporting and service industries.
  What is less well known is the important role the products of chemistry play in the everyday lives of Albertans, and the role o
  
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• Friday's letters: LRT plan for busy 109 Street intersection is inane

  26-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Citizens question updated LRT plans,” Jan. 25
  I continue to be astounded by the short-sighted and inane options the city proposes for LRT.
  The suggestion LRT should run at grade through 109 Street and 104 Avenue is complete lunacy. Did the mayor not just tout that citizens want LRT “built right?” Did the city not just propose many sensible options for northwest LRT, including trenching under key intersections?
  Why do these principles not apply to a vital in
  
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• Player grades: Justice prevails as Oilers beat Flames, refs, war room

  26-01-2018 12:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flames 3, Oilers 4 (OT)
  Wake up NHL, you’ve lost the plot. You’d have a great product if you had a flipping clue how to bottle it.
  Unfortunately, the tall foreheads who run the “fourth (with a bullet) major” of North American team sports choose to sell their product by doing everything they can to suppress offence. Latest example came on Thursday night when the fastest man on two legs, Connor McDavid, created an overtime-winning goal by taking the puck hard to the net, on
  
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• Primary Care Network joins AHS in provincial building - St. Albert Gazette

  26-01-2018 08:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Primary Care Network joins AHS in provincial building
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert and Sturgeon Primary Care Network in Morinville has moved to a new location. Starting on Feb. 2 patients will receive care in the new office in Morinville Provincial Building on 107 St. in Morinville. Jane Newman, program manager for ...
  
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• Oilers snuff Flames in the shootout

  26-01-2018 07:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan speaks about the team’s shootout win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place on Jan. 25, 2018.
  
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• Tommy Banks — musician, former senator — dead at 81

  26-01-2018 06:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tommy Banks — pianist, international conductor, former senator and beloved Edmontonian — has died of leukemia. He was 81.A precocious musician as a child, Banks began his professional career at 14 in the band of jazz saxophonist Don Thompson. By the age of 18, he was music director of the Orion Musical Theatre in Edmonton, and coordinator of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. At age 32, Banks was host, pianist, conductor and arranger for the Gemini Award-winning Tommy Banks show,
  
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• Jury begins deliberating fate of man accused of killing estranged wife

  26-01-2018 05:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A jury began its deliberations Thursday in a second-degree murder trial for a man accused of killing his estranged wife. 
  Gilbert Robinson, 62, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of Aileen (Gina) Robinson. The 54-year-old died in hospital days after being found badly injured in the basement of her former marital home on April 21, 2014, a jury heard during a trial that began earlier in January.
  During closing arguments Wednesday, Crown prosecutor Domina Hussain prese
  
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• Research priorities identified to help encourage study into depression

  26-01-2018 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A team of clinicians, researchers and those who have experienced depression have released 11 questions they hope will help focus future studies on creating better outcomes for sufferers.
  “The biggest thing with depression that isn’t often talked about is it steals a person’s voice,” said Catherine deBeaudrap, who volunteered to share her experience of depression as a member on the steering committee that informed the Alberta Depression Research Priority Setting Project, s
  
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• Accuser hopes Kent Hehr's resignation triggers broader talk about harassment in politics

  26-01-2018 02:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kristin Raworth didn’t expect — or want — to topple a federal cabinet minister when she took to Twitter late Wednesday to talk about sexual harassment at the Alberta legislature a decade ago. 
  But within 24 hours, Kent Hehr, minister of sport and persons with disabilities, had resigned from cabinet, but will remain as Liberal MP for Calgary Centre. 
  When the news broke, Raworth, an Alberta civil servant, was speaking with Postmedia over the phone. 
  After a b
  
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• United Nurses of Alberta delegates support three-year deal with AHS

  26-01-2018 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Members of the United Nurses of Alberta are set to vote next month on a proposed three-year contract with Alberta Health Services after union delegates gave the deal their support Thursday.
  The ratification vote for approximately 28,000 registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses is scheduled for Feb. 15 on an agreement that includes new job security provisions but also two years of no wage hikes.
  David Harrigan, the union’s director of labour relations, said about 600 delegates fr
  
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• David Staples: 'We're all in this together,' Alberta Party leadership candidate Stephen Mandel says

  26-01-2018 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  “We’re all in this together.” 
  If there’s one thing Alberta Party leadership candidate Stephen Mandel focuses on in our interview, it’s the notion that we’ve all got to pull together to make things right in Alberta.
  In a province divided by angry political debate dominated by parties on the right and left, Mandel’s mantra may well prove to be welcome. I found it refreshing, certainly in terms of how Mandel sees the provincial government getting alon
  
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• Fuel for ships would come from $100-million plant outside land-locked Edmonton

  26-01-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Calgary company hopes to start construction later this year on a $100-million demonstration plant in the Industrial Heartland that will make low-sulphur fuel for the shipping industry.
  But Field Upgrading still needs to line up financing that could include up to $50 million in government investment before making a final decision to go ahead with its Clean Seas project, commercialization advisor Lisa Doig said Thursday.
  The Alberta government should indicate within about a month whether it will
  
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• Motorist, 70, jailed for dangerous driving in cyclist's death

  26-01-2018 01:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 70-year-old man who admitted to dangerous driving in a cyclist’s death was sentenced to two years less a day in jail Thursday.
  Philip Wasman of Ryley, Alta., was also prohibited from driving for three years after a collision that killed Allan Bruce Chappell, 61, in Strathcona County in May 2016.
  Before being sentenced, Wasman stood and expressed remorse. 
  “I want to apologize for my wrongdoing,” he said. 
  In a victim impact statement read to the court by Crown
  
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• Gypsy and Balkan music traditions thrive in multinational collective

  26-01-2018 01:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Cam Neufeld tells the story, it started simply enough over his passion for the music of the legendary Gypsy jazz guitar master Django Reinhardt (1910-1953). Reinhardt, along with his friend Stephane Grappelli, co-founded the Quintet of the Hot Club Of France in Paris in 1934, one of the first bands to ever feature guitar as a lead, improvising instrument.
  Neufeld had been playing “hot club” music of some sort for years in his own groups and others, reading about Reinhardt’s
  
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• Ten minutes or two? Driver perception outpaces reality on Jasper Avenue

  26-01-2018 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  One in four drivers reported delays of 10 minutes on their morning commute through the contentious Jasper Avenue pilot project last summer. 
  The official stopwatches? Two minutes.
  That discrepancy between perception and reality was one finding city officials released Thursday when they reported on their ongoing effort to redesign Edmonton’s premier downtown street.
  Officials suggest some drivers felt the delay more keenly because of how quickly the pilot project was implemented.
  Tempo
  
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• Wildlife: Peter von Tiesenhausen's metaphors extend into infinity at AGA show

  26-01-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Peter von Tiesenhausen walks through corridors of hanging paper into a series of scavenger’s sculptures and monumental objects of impermanence. Then he says it himself: “Death is in the air.”
  Ah, but there’s so much more here than just death. Unprodded, the Peace Country artist describes Songs for Pythagoras, his exhibition of dozens of proofs of concept taking up the gallery’s entire third floor in multiple chambers. It opens to the public Saturday. “The show
  
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• St. Albert under snowfall warning - St. Albert Gazette

  26-01-2018 01:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert under snowfall warning
  St. Albert Gazette
  The city of St. Albert is under a snowfall warning for tonight and Friday morning. Up to 20 cm of snow is expected to fall in the area by Friday morning. St. Albert, Edmonton and Sherwood Park are expected to get between 10 and 20 cm of snow that will ...and more »
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Ice on Whyte, Pro Coro, and Rubaboo Festival

  26-01-2018 01:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ice on Whyte
  Watch out, Ice Castles in Hawrelak Park, there’s a new winter kingdom forming on Whyte. Well, not actually, but Ice on Whyte does feature some extremely impressive ice carving during the competition component, which features the work of such pros as Team Sakha from the Republic of Sakha in Russia; Ice Drop from Malaysia and Nepal; and our very own Scott & Steve, from Edmonton and Calgary. Try your hand at ice sculpting in an inflatable igloo, or sip craft beer and spirits
  
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• Starman: Edmonton expat had key design roles on The Last Jedi and Star Trek Discovery

  26-01-2018 01:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Professionally raised in the city’s indie film scene, Edmonton-born Todd Cherniawsky has helped envision a galaxy far, far away, where no one has gone before.
  If those mixed taglines make your inner nerd twitch, don’t worry — they’re intentionally squished together.
  In a demanding three-year period, not only was the filmmaker one of Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s art directors, he ended up being production designer on Star Trek Discovery, working early on at the core of
  
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• Alberta-Saskatchewan trade meeting delayed pending new party leader

  26-01-2018 00:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A meeting to smooth over the testy trade relationship between Saskatchewan and Alberta is on hold.
  “Saskatchewan asked to put off the meeting until they select a new leader and shuffle their cabinet,” said a statement from Alberta Trade Minister Deron Bilous and Transportation Minister Brian Mason on Thursday. “We’ve asked them to set a date as soon as possible.”
  The two ministers had planned to meet with Saskatchewan officials on Jan. 31 in Lloydminster. 
  The
  
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• Alberta flu-related deaths rise to 55, including 16 in Edmonton

  26-01-2018 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A total of 55 Albertans have died this season after contracting influenza, including 24 in the Calgary region and 16 in the Edmonton zone.
  The latest weekly update from Alberta Health Services also shows flu-related hospitalizations across the province have climbed to more than 2,000 for the season, up from the 1,800 reported the previous week.
  Calgary continues to lead the way in accounting for more than 1,700 of the admissions, while more than 1,200 have occurred in the Edmonton region, AHS sa
  
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