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• United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney sworn in as MLA

  29-01-2018 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney was sworn in as an MLA Monday afternoon, making him an official member of the legislative assembly.
  Kenney was elected to the Calgary-Lougheed riding on Dec. 14, capturing more than 70 per cent of the 11,000 ballots.  
  On Monday, he thanked former UCP MLA Dave Rodney, who stepped down to pave the way for the byelection.
  It marked the fourth major win for Kenney in the past several months — his victory in the Progressive Conservat
  
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• Drayton Valley woman charged with 'dancing pornographically' in Cambodia

  29-01-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 20-year-old woman from Drayton Valley is one of 10 foreigners in Cambodia charged with producing pornographic photos after posting pictures of themselves dancing at a party near the famed Angkor Wat temple.
  Eden Kazoleas, 20, of Drayton Valley was arrested with another Canadian, 25-year-old Jessica Drolet, alongside eight men of various nationalities who were being detained in the northwestern town of Siem Reap in Cambodia, according to the Cambodian National Police.
  Cambodian prosecutor Samri
  
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• Reduce or reuse? Edmonton aims for both in new downtown energy scheme

  29-01-2018 21:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  An expert citizen’s panel just saved the city from what could have been a major misstep in its efforts to reduce energy use in downtown buildings. 
  The first versions of a complex franchise agreement with Calgary’s Enmax to run a new heating system downtown had the city agreeing to buy all 27 megawatts of new heat energy, even if it upgraded buildings and no longer needed the heat.
  Now Edmonton plans to first look at retrofitting its 10 downtown buildings before it commits
  
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• LIVE: Knee-deep City Hall pool subject of debate at committee Monday

  29-01-2018 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s knee-deep wading pool at City Hall will be in the spotlight Monday as councillors debate alternatives to a redesign. 
  City officials want to drop the water levels to ankle-deep, or 15 cm, in order to conform to Alberta Health and building code regulations. But some families and councillors worry that will risk ruining one of Edmonton’s most popular downtown attractions.
  Officials say the only way to keep a deeper water level is to erect a permanent two-metre high fenc
  
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• Edmonton vigil to mark one year since Quebec City mosque killings

  29-01-2018 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians will gather outside the Alberta legislature at 5:30 p.m. Monday to commemorate the first anniversary of  the fatal Quebec mosque shooting, event organizers said.
  On Jan. 29, 2017, a gunman entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six people and injuring 19. The vigil will be held to honour the survivors and the lives of Ibrahima Barry, Azzedine Soufiane, Abdoubaker Thabti, Abdelkrim Hassane, Mamadou Tanou Barry and Khaled Belkacemi.
  Political figures and fait
  
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• Health minister announces $1.2 million for children's mental health

  29-01-2018 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A three-year, $1.2-million government grant will give abused children easier access to health-care workers at an Edmonton child protection centre.
  Bringing a psychologist, mental health therapist and family counsellor to the Zebra Child Protection Centre in downtown Edmonton will help some children share their traumatic tales just once, and hopefully help prevent retraumatizing them, said newly hired centre psychologist Marcia Gordeyko at a news conference Monday.
  Horror fiction author Stephen K
  
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• Photo Enforcement Sites - February 2018

  29-01-2018 20:53
  The City of St. Albert is sharing its photo enforcement Site of the Day locations for February 2018. Enforcement is... Read Post
  
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• Teen charged with arson after Leslieville Elks Hall destroyed by fire

  29-01-2018 20:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 17-year-old boy has been charged with arson after the Leslieville Elks Hall southwest of Edmonton was burned to the ground in December.
  Flames were leaping from the back of the Elks Hall by the time fire crews arrived after being called to the scene just after 7 p.m. on Dec. 29. There were no injuries as a result of the fire, but the building was completely destroyed.
  “It’s devastating to the poor little community,” said Steve Debienne, regional fire chief for the Clearw
  
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• How the Edmonton Oilers can make the most of Milan Lucic

  29-01-2018 19:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the Edmonton Oilers ask Looch to do less, they’ll likely get a lot more out of him
  There was much hope in some Edmonton Oilers circles that in his second season with the team unrestricted free agent signing Milan Lucic would take a major step up. The argument, often made by Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now, was that it could take some time for a veteran to fit into a new team. After all, had not Andrej Sekera, another veteran unrestricted free agent signing, done so much better in his second
  
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• Red Deer man charged with multiple child sexual exploitation offences

  29-01-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have charged a 54-year-old Red Deer man with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation after an investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).
  ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit began investigating in January 2017 when the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre was notified about a social media user uploading child pornography. 
  A man was arrested by ICE officers on Jan. 17. A search of a Red Deer home led to the seizu
  
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• Red Deer man charged with multiple child sexual exploitation ofences

  29-01-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have charged a 54-year-old Red Deer man with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation after an investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).
  ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit began investigating in January 2017 when the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre was notified about a social media user uploading child pornography. 
  A man was arrested by ICE officers on Jan. 17. A search of a Red Deer home led to the seizu
  
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• Sexting couples have worse relationships, use more porn: U of A study

  29-01-2018 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Using sexting to spice up your sex life may damage the quality of your relationship, according to new research led by the University of Alberta.
  The study found while those who regularly send racy messages and photographs to their partner report greater sexual satisfaction, they also have more conflict and feel less secure in their relationship, says  Adam Galovan, a family scientist in the University of Alberta’s Department of Hum an Ecology.
  “These folks want to get to the end
  
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• Jason Kenney to be sworn in as MLA

  29-01-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney will be sworn as an MLA Monday afternoon.
  Kenney was elected to the Calgary-Lougheed riding on Dec. 14 of last year. 
  The swearing in will be done by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell.
  The byelection marked the fourth major win for Kenney in the past several months — his victory in the Progressive Conservative leadership in March, a successful vote to unite the PC and Wildrose parties this summer, and his triumph in the UCP leadership race in Oc
  
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• Sarah Hoffman announces $1.2 million for children's mental health

  29-01-2018 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta health minister Sarah Hoffman announced a $1.2 million grant to support children’s mental health at the Zebra Child Protection Centre.
  The funding over three years will pay for a psychologist and expanded services for abused kids.
  The Zebra Centre is a child protection organization that helps kids who have experienced sexual or physical abuse.
  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced a new $1.2M grant over 3 years for the Zebra Centre. Will pay for a new psychologist, and expansion
  
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• ATB Financial head Dave Mowat stepping down

  29-01-2018 17:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dave Mowat announced Monday he’s stepping down as president and chief executive of ATB Financial.
  Mowat, 62, who has spent 11 years running the provincially owned financial institution, plans to retire from his position June 30, the company said in a news release.
  He indicated he feels a decade is the right amount of time to be chief executive at a major company such as ATB, which in 2016-17 had net income of $151 million, up from $108 million the previous year.
  ATB’s total assets ha
  
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• Ice Carving Festival has international flavour

  29-01-2018 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Boardwalk Ice on Whyte festival has attracted 16 international ice carvers working in pairs to create spectacular temporary works of art in a white tent along a busy thoroughfare in Edmonton.
  The artist teams use up to 15 blocks of clear ice, each weighing 135 kg, and for a day-and-a-half work to create intricate frozen artwork.
  Carving ice is frozen from the bottom up in a Clinebell machine, which forces the impurities in the water to rise to the top which can then can be cut off the i
  
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• Edmonton police not naming man stabbed to death in random attack

  29-01-2018 15:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city police are not releasing the name of a man who was randomly stabbed in a fatal attack on a city street last week in what a defence lawyer says appears to be a more stringent application of the department’s new policies around naming homicide victims.    
  The 28-year-old man was stabbed after an attempted robbery at a bus stop near 118 Avenue and 82 Street around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. He later died in hospital.  
  Homicide detectives said the assai
  
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• Alberta's 'best-kept secret': Beef producers chase halal market

  29-01-2018 15:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  More Alberta beef producers are chasing halal certification as Canada’s Muslim population continues its rapid growth.
  Conservative estimates put the global Muslim population at around 1.8 billion. By 2030, that number is expected to hit 2.2 billion — about one-quarter of the Earth’s population. Canada’s Muslim population hit one million in 2011, and is expected to triple to three million by 2030.
  The Canadian halal market is worth $1 billion annually, and climbing.
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• Aussie on Ice week three: You get a puck and you get a puck, you ALL get pucks

  29-01-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here’s the third instalment of my 12-week series on learning how to play hockey and to go from never having skated to hopefully playing in a mixed non-contact game as part of the Discover Hockey program. If you are new to the series, you can click here to visit my previous ramblings. Thursday night, week three of the Discover Hockey program, was what many had been waiting for with childlike enthusiasm — because Thursday was the first time we saw a puck.
  Head coach Jeff
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's cold and windy, with a risk of freezing rain tonight

  29-01-2018 14:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Monday morning brings frosty weather to Edmonton, as city plows continue clearing roads clogged from Friday’s snowstorm. At 5 a.m., it was -15 C.
  A seasonal parking ban remains in effect. 
  Today: High of -6 C, a wind chill of -25, and a 30 per cent chance of snow.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of snow and a risk of freezing rain this evening and after midnight. Low of -13 C.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of snow and a high of -9 C. Tomorrow night
  
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• Update on opioid overdose crisis to go before council committee

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Peace officers and municipal enforcement officers are the next City of Edmonton employees in line for life-saving naloxone kits, a new report on the city’s opioid crisis states.  
  The quarterly update on Edmonton’s response to the rise in overdoses will go before city council’s citizen services committee Wednesday.
  The city trained a group of 286 employees to use the life-saving nasal spray beginning last November, the report states. That month, the city sourced a ven
  
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• Police inspected rundown apartments & motels — here's what they found

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Used syringes in stairwells. People living in laundry rooms and common areas. Weapons left lying in hallways. Neglected children. 
  Those are a few of the sights city police encountered while inspecting some of Edmonton’s roughest apartments and motels in 2017.  Officers visited 27 properties across the city last year, a recent report to the Edmonton Police Commission shows.
  Created in 2014, the Project Watch team works with city employees, fire inspectors, Alberta Health Services
  
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• Ontario gas plant scandal investigator retained in deleted email probe

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An investigator who played a key role in the Ontario government gas plant probe has been retained to scrutinize 800,000 emails deleted by the Alberta government and political staffers.
  According to documents obtained by Postmedia, Alberta’s privacy commissioner has enlisted the help of two investigators at Wortzmans, a Toronto-based firm specializing in e-Discovery and information governance. 
  Company founder Susan Wortzman and data engineering and analytics director Chuck Rothma
  
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• Mandatory public service training in Indigenous culture a step in the right direction, says elder

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A mandatory government program to teach public servants about Indigenous culture is a long overdue step in the right direction, says a Métis elder.
  “My hopes are high at this point, but time will tell if the results are going to be positive,” said Elmer Ghostkeeper Thursday, speaking from Lac La Biche in northeastern Alberta. “It should have happened before the (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) made the recommendations.”
  In 2015, the commiss
  
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• Lendrum rezoning pilot project aims to avoid 'dog-and-pony show'

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A plan to replace a cluster of walk-up apartments with a pair of six-storey towers in Lendrum had all the makings for a protracted battle between the developer and the community.
  But residents in the south Edmonton neighbourhood won several concessions after the housing authority behind the redevelopment project sat down with them and really listened. 
  Plans for the project near the University of Alberta’s south campus now call for a public walking path to the LRT through the site, a
  
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• Knee-deep City Hall pool subject of debate at committee Monday

  29-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s knee-deep wading pool at City Hall will be in the spotlight Monday as councillors debate alternatives to a redesign. 
  City officials want to drop the water levels to ankle-deep, or 15 cm, in order to conform to Alberta Health and building code regulations. But some families and councillors worry that will risk ruining one of Edmonton’s most popular downtown attractions.
  Officials say the only way to keep a deeper water level is to erect a permanent two-metre high fenc
  
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• Charges stayed in case of 13-year-old girl who was killed by a bus

  29-01-2018 04:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Crown prosecutor has stayed a charge against an Edmonton transit driver operating a bus that hit and killed a 13-year-old girl.
  The Crown determined evidence did not meet the prosecution standard of a “reasonable likelihood of conviction,” said Eric Tolppanen, assistant deputy minister of the Alberta Crown Prosecutor Service, in a statement on Sunday.
  “In this case, the Crown’s review of the evidence — including witness statements, physical evidence and video of
  
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• Prime minister to hold town hall Thursday at MacEwan University

  29-01-2018 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s town hall in Edmonton is confirmed for Thursday at MacEwan University.
  Trudeau’s Edmonton stop will be begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m.
  Wristbands will be given out in the Robbins Health Learning Centre second-floor atrium at 10910 104 Ave. and the event itself will be held in the David Atkinson Gymnasium.
  While there is an option to RSVP online through the websites of Edmonton Liberal MPs Randy Boissonnault or Amarjeet Sohi, admission wil
  
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• Nick Lees: Boxing champion's title defence campaign hit with moratorium haymaker

  29-01-2018 01:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jelena Mrdjenovich, the eight-time world super featherweight boxing champion, has been told she must defend her title by July 1 and says she has a mountain to climb to become fight-fit.
  “I was exhausted and working as hard as I could to get my own gym open when Mayor Don Iveson last month announced a one-year moratorium on combative sports in Edmonton,” she said.
  “I was creating and marketing my Champs Boxing Studio, organizing training classes and conducting interview after in
  
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• Innovative Project Compass novel written by four Edmontonians in rotation

  29-01-2018 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Novels written from multiple points of view are nothing new — think Wilkie Collins’ ground-breaking mystery The Woman in White, published in 1860, all the way up to the 4,228 pages so far of G.R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
  Yet the recently released novel Project Compass takes shifting perspectives to a new place — and it’s set right here in Edmonton.
  Written by four local authors independently, the novel is four different stories edited into
  
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• Polar Plungers take the iciest of dips for charity

  29-01-2018 00:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  On a -30 C day two years ago, Chelsee Pedwell took a deep breath and jumped through a hole in an icy lake.
  “I was super nervous the first time, but you’ve got everyone around and everyone cheering,” said Pedwell, wrapped in a towel a few minutes before her second Polar Plunge. “It’s actually a lot of fun. When I got out I was like ‘I’d totally do that again.”’
  Pedwell was one of around 170 people to get cold for a cause at Sunday’s Pola
  
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