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• No charges laid in Lamont gas station altercation where elderly man was injured, later died

  05-02-2018 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A police investigation into a verbal altercation that led to the death of an elderly man has concluded and no charges will be laid.
  Police were investigating an altercation between two men at a Lamont Esso station on Jan. 6, 2018. One man was injured and later died in hospital, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release Monday.
  “This is a tragic accident, but one that could possibly have been prevented,” Staff Sgt. Mike McCauley said in the release. “It is a lesson
  
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• Can the Edmonton Oilers pull a Tampa Bay in 2018-19 and rocket up NHL standings?

  05-02-2018 21:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 51: Oilers vs Lightning
  If you’re working hard to put a positive spin on Edmonton’s season this year, you’ll point out a few things, such as Edmonton’s positive shots and scoring chances differential and the fact that just a  year ago a few of the best teams like the Winnipeg Jets and the Tampa Bay Lightning failed to make the playoffs, only to come charging up the standings in 2017-18.
  Tampa is the NHL’s top team with 75 points in 52 games.
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• Red Deer RCMP believe truck slamming into restaurant was 'unintentional' after man turns himself in

  05-02-2018 20:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 32-year-old man is facing a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after a truck backed into a Red Deer pizza restaurant last week.
  The man turned himself in to Red Deer RCMP on Feb. 2, a day after police reported a black Dodge Ram loaded with concrete reversed across a parking lot and into Papa Baldy’s Pizza restaurant. The collision caused extensive damage and left an employee with minor injuries.
  RCMP confirmed the man’s truck matched the description of the suspect truck and
  
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• Graham Thomson: Pipeline squabble is a national dispute

  05-02-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The trade fight between Alberta and British Columbia isn’t just a squabble between two provinces or two premiers but a dispute that has potential implications for the whole country.
  By wanting to regulate what comes through interprovincial pipelines from Alberta to B.C.’s West Coast, the B.C. government is threatening federal powers.
  That’s why Alberta’s Premier Rachel Notley is demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau get involved.  If Trudeau lets B.C. question his
  
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• Cannabis credit: NDP gives tax benefit to $120 million marijuana facility

  05-02-2018 19:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A $120 million cannabis facility near the airport has been the recipient of the NDP’s Capital Investment Tax Credit.
  Aurora Cannabis Enterprises’ purchased specialized equipment to build its Aurora Sky project. The facility will be the largest of its kind in the world. It will create 330 jobs when it’s done.
  The credit returns up to 10 per cent of the costs of new machinery, equipment or buildings
  So far, rounds one and two of the tax credits are supporting around 3,000 jo
  
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• Justin Timberlake brings Man of the Woods tour to Edmonton Nov. 4

  05-02-2018 16:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back to Edmonton. 
  The pop megastar has announced new dates to his tour, including Edmonton on Nov. 4 at Rogers Place.
  The previously sold out Man of the Woods Tour adds a second North American leg, with 31 cities including Edmonton.
  European dates were also announced Monday morning.
  Tickets go on sale through Live Nation for the Edmonton show on Feb. 12. Pre-sale begins Feb. 7.
  
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• Aussie on Ice week four: Facebook status update? It's complicated

  05-02-2018 16:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s week four, the official halfway point of on-ice practice sessions in the Discover Hockey program, and reporter Juris Graney is no longer scared of skating. He has however developed an unhealthy fear of everything else that lies ahead. If you are new to the series, click here for more utter nonsense. I have no idea what it looked like for my team, but from this bloke’s perspective, my attempt at being in motion and firing a wrist shot at a net protected by a living, moving,
  
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• Justin Timberlake brings tour to Edmonton Nov. 4

  05-02-2018 16:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back to Edmonton. 
  The pop megastar has announced new dates to his tour, including Edmonton on Nov. 4.
  
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• Lance Blanchard dangerous offender hearing set to begin

  05-02-2018 16:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A dangerous offender hearing will begin Monday in Court of Queen’s Bench for a man convicted in 2016 of violent sexual assault against a 28-year-old Indigenous woman.
  Lance David Blanchard, 60, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, kidnapping, unlawful confinement, possession of a weapon and making a death threat in the 2014 attack.
  Proceedings against Blanchard have already been lengthy and complicated: following the 2016 trial, a 28-day hearing was
  
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• Cat Cafe purrfect stop for feline lovers

  05-02-2018 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  MEOW! Listen up cat lovers…there is a new cafe in town!
  PAWS…The Cat Cafe is the second cat cafe to open in Edmonton. The popularity of these cafes might have you asking the question, “Who would go to  cafe to sit around and drink coffee with a roomful of cats?”
  Judging from the popularity of cat cafes across the country, apparently many people are willing to pay to do this. The downtown Edmonton cafe serves up premium coffee and teas and for the price of admission
  
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• Edmonton weather: Nasty wind chill persists as temperatures begin to rise

  05-02-2018 15:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The weather this week will be less cold than it has been, but it will still be frigid and windy, with some snow possibly sprinkled in.
  A seasonal parking ban remains in effect.
  Today: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of snow this morning. High of -12 C, with a wind chill of -26.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent of snow overnight. Low of -21 C, with a wind chill of -30.
  Tomorrow: Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of snow. High of -16 C, with a windchill of -28. 
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• Western Cycle, United Way on the bulldozer list for proposed west LRT

  05-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thirteen homes and more than 20 businesses are on Edmonton’s initial demolition list to accommodate the Valley Line LRT west, including well-known anchor tenants Western Cycle and the United Way.
  That’s in addition to a dozen businesses and a three-storey apartment threatened by administration’s new plan for 149 Street. That goes to city council for debate March 21.
  “I feel a little bitter about the whole thing,” said Wade Church, manager at National Audio Video on
  
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• Michelle Obama adds Edmonton speaking date in March

  05-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Michelle Obama has added Edmonton to her Alberta speaking tour next month.
  The wife of former American president Barack Obama, whose March 23 speech in Calgary quickly sold out, will now make a presentation in Edmonton earlier the same day, said Andy McCreath, a partner in tinePublic, which is organizing the event.
  “She’s one of the most famous and well-respected women in the world. It’s obviously unique to have a former first lady in Edmonton … Her popularity is widespr
  
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• McCauley biz owners and residents push back on proposed bar

  05-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Business owners in McCauley are asking city hall to deny a business licence to a new, adult-only bar and gaming outlet that wants to bring VLTs and off-track horse betting to a neighbourhood plagued with social problems.
  Speaking for Viva Italia District Association, its president Teresa Spinelli says the business applying to take over 10821 95 St. — part of Plaza 95 and located beside another VLT lounge and betting centre, Dolce Vita — will harm the Little Italy area if allowed to p
  
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• 'An iron will': For some, Alberta's medical aid in dying process is still a work in progress

  05-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some people must fight incredibly hard to live.
  Patricia Craig’s biggest fight was to die.
  Incapacitated from five chronic diseases and confined to bed, her only access to the world was a single gnarled finger with which she managed to operate an iPad.
  The former health administrator had no interest in living out her remaining time in a nursing home, dependent on others for feeding, help with bathroom needs and everything else. She felt there was only one choice left: to ask for medical as
  
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• Edmonton Oilers lose Patrick Maroon? Just how many top wingers can they let go?

  05-02-2018 09:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Is Patrick Maroon the next top Edmonton Oilers winger to leave town? And if he does go, what then? Maroon has been the Oil’s best and most consistent pure winger for two years now.
  If he goes — and it’s looking like he will — Edmonton’s already thin group of wingers will look intolerably skinny heading into 2018-19. How did it get this way? 
  In 2015-16, Taylor Hall was the Oil’s best winger, while Nail Yakupov and Teddy Purcell were third-line winger
  
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• Edmonton big rig driver killed in double-fatal crash in B.C.

  05-02-2018 03:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  CRESTON, B.C. — Police say two people and two horses are dead after a highway crash in the southeastern British Columbia community of Moyie.
  RCMP from the Creston detachment say a tractor trailer was westbound on the highway at about 9 a.m. on Saturday when it hit black ice and jackknifed.
  They say the truck careened into the oncoming lane where it collided head-on with an eastbound pickup truck that was hauling a horse trailer.
  Police say the tractor-trailer driver, a 59-year-old Edmonton
  
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• Crown and defence attorneys play hockey for Indigenous youth

  05-02-2018 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Competition is fierce when Crown prosecutors and criminal defence lawyers face off in court and on the ice.
  At the fifth annual Crown vs. Defence charity game, both sides come together and the winners are the kids. The Right to Play PLAY (Promoting Lifeskills in Aboriginal Youth) program is a sports-focused initiative that partners with more than 85 First Nations communities and urban Aboriginal organizations to deliver play-based programming.
  Since its inception, the donations have doubled
  
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• Seasonal parking ban declared after weekend snowfall

  05-02-2018 00:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A seasonal parking ban was put in place Saturday night as city crews worked to clean up the mess left by heavy snowfall that began Friday.
  The ban was effective at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and will remain in place until the city declares it over. 
  “By Sunday evening front-end loaders will be clearing lanes,” said Janet Tecklenborg, the city’s director of infrastructure operations, in a Saturday news release. “We are asking residents to remove their cars from major, arteri
  
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