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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Chinook Festival, Print Your Heart Out and Vinok Mardi Gras

  08-02-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chinook Festival
  Aldrin Bundoc, Maria Zarillo, Lebogang Disele, Aja Louden and Niuboi are among the artists assembled for this year’s edition of the Chinook Festival, over at the ATB Financial Arts Barns for the next 11 days. The curated arts series brings together cutting edge local, national, and international performers across dance, theatre and performance art. New to the festival is Sound Off, which highlights deaf artists from across the country; check the website for more info. 
  
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• Murder trial in Edmonton prison slaying will go ahead after charge stayed over court delay

  08-02-2018 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man whose murder charge was stayed because of court delays will go to trial after all, following a decision by the province’s appeal court.
  Lance Matthew Regan was charged with first-degree murder after the 2011 fatal stabbing of Mason Tex Montgrand. Both men were inmates at Edmonton Institution at the time of Montgrand’s death, but after the case took more than five years to go to trial, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Stephen Hillier stayed the charge, citing a Supreme
  
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• Mayors set out to keep Edmonton area farmland, market gardens in perpetuity

  08-02-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Land trusts, farmland reserves and market gardens producing in perpetuity — all options are now on the table after mayors of the Edmonton region voted find a way to preserve agricultural land Thursday. 
  “When you drive through continental B.C. and you see all the beautiful vineyards, that wouldn’t be there if they hadn’t (created a land trust) years ago,” said Tanni Doblanko, a beef farmer and mayor of Leduc County. 
  “It’s not for my generation
  
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• 13 hard facts about why the Edmonton Oilers are losing in 2017-18

  08-02-2018 20:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The record will show that I’m as quick as any fan blogger to defend the Oilers, but there’s no denying a number of major issues and failings this year. In Edmonton’s 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, many of those defects were to be seen once again and were responsible for defeat. As I see it, here are 13 hard facts about the 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers:Of the 37 NHL goalies who have played at least 20 games, Cam Talbot ranks 35th for save percentage at .902, ahead of only Scott D
  
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• Suspect wanted in Fort McMurray homicide arrested

  08-02-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man wanted in relation to the death of a Fort McMurray resident over the weekend has been arrested, Mounties said Thursday.
  Ashley Chisholm, 38, was found dead in a home near 104 Loutit Rd. around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night. 
  Police issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a suspect after an autopsy completed in Edmonton Tuesday confirmed Chisholm’s death was a homicide.
  Jared Lee White, 30, of Fort McMurray was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
  The investigation is ongoing
  
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• Mother of trans girl, Edmonton Catholic reach agreement in bathroom dispute

  08-02-2018 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The mother of a transgender girl who was prevented from using the girls’ washroom at an Edmonton Catholic school has reached an agreement with the school board after filing a human rights complaint.
  As a part of the agreement, neither the school board or the mother can disclose the details of the agreement, but both confirmed Thursday the human rights case has concluded.
  “It was a huge relief because this entire process, and the treatment that Edmonton Catholic had for me and my fami
  
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• City to hold drop-in public meeting for 105 Avenue Streetscape

  08-02-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A drop-in public meeting will be held Feb. 13 to present the preliminary design options for the 105 Avenue Streetscape (Columbia Ave.).
  This is a key corridor in the revitalization of the downtown north edge, said a news release from the city on Thursday. Phase one of the streetscape improvements from 116 Street to 119 Street was completed in 2016 to help make 105 Avenue more accessible and pedestrian-friendly, it said. Phase two will focus on 97 Street to 116 Street
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• Driver charged after pedestrian hit in marked crosswalk

  08-02-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is facing careless driving charges after a pedestrian was hit in a marked crosswalk Thursday morning.
  A 26-year-old woman was crossing 66 Street at 12 Avenue when around 7:25 a.m. police say she was struck by a Hyundai vehicle that was headed south.
  Paramedics treated the woman after the collision and took her to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  Police described the driver charged as an elderly man.
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• Edson man charged after RCMP officer dragged by vehicle fleeing police

  08-02-2018 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  An RCMP officer in Edson, Alta., suffered minor injuries after being dragged by a vehicle while attempting to arrest a wanted man. 
  Mounties in the town 200 km west of Edmonton responded Wednesday at 2 p.m. to a suspicious person complaint near 55 Street and 6 Avenue. 
  Police in the area spotted a vehicle that matched the description and followed it to a nearby gas station. Once there, a male RCMP officer approached the vehicle and attempted to arrest the driver, who they knew was on w
  
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• Blockbuster Calgary restaurant OEB brings breakfast to Rice Howard Way

  08-02-2018 17:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Watch for an eggs-plosion in the Kelly Ramsey building now that the countdown has begun for OEB, Calgary’s hottest breakfast joint due to open in Edmonton within six weeks.
  Owned by Mauro Martina since 2009, OEB (which stands for Over Easy Breakfast) has recently expanded to three locations in Calgary. The chef plans not one, but two, shops in Edmonton (the second on 124 Street in what is now North 53 should open later in 2018). He also plans to expand to Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna in
  
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• Woman in hospital after pedestrian hit by vehicle

  08-02-2018 16:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle near 66 Street and 12 Avenue Thursday morning.
  Paramedics treated a woman after the collision and took her to the hospital, Edmonton police said in a news release. Details about her injury were not provided.
  Police are advising drivers to avoid the area while they investigate.
  An update will given later today, police say.
  Check out this map for live traffic updates.
  
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• Winter storm warnings remain for much of Alberta, Edmonton unscathed

  08-02-2018 15:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  While everything south and to the west of Edmonton remains under winter storm and snowfall warnings, Alberta’s capital is practically bone dry.
  Environment Canada winter storm warnings are still in effect for communities in central and southern Alberta, including warnings in Calgary, Banff, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Cochran and Olds, Jasper National Park, and Rocky Mountain House.
  Environment Canada is calling for a possible 25 to 35 cm of snow in the area. In higher elevations i
  
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• Edmonton's barista bike keeps the caffeine and camaraderie flowing

  08-02-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “I love coffee and I love to share it,” says Dr. Darren Markland, having just finished riding his barista bike to Constable Ezio Faraone Park, in order to make early morning coffees for members of Edmonton’s cycling community.
  Markland and members of the social media group Coffee Outside meet at the park between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. every Friday morning, for caffeine and the camaraderie of their fellow coffee fuelled cycling commuters.
  Markland uses a cargo bike equipped with an e
  
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• Thursday's letters: Albertans give up booze? Good luck

  08-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a former tundra dweller, I find myself beset by people turning to me for some explanation of why your prairie populist premier feels that withholding our wine from her minions will help her bully her way into sending more of her goo to mar our pristine coastline.
  Now we city mice really don’t care about the pipeline per se. It would be constructed far from here in places we generally fly over. What we care about is what will inevitably happen if we let more foreign-registered, low-wage
  
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• Editorial: PM has lost control of game

  08-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In hockey, when referees fail to enforce the rules fairly, frustrated players toss the gloves to take matters into their own hands. When hard feelings and fighting hijack the game, the officials have lost control.
  The analogy sums up the crux of a trade dispute now spiralling in hostility and scale between Alberta and British Columbia. By swallowing his whistle as the B.C. government obstructs the Trans Mountain pipeline project, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself with an escalating bra
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Edmonton Oilers can't bury their chances, end up losing 5-2 heart-breaker in Los Angeles

  08-02-2018 08:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two stinker goals against, then the Oilers came charging back only to lose on a PK goal, where — surprise, surprise — they lost a coach’s challenge on goalie interference. David Staples and Bruce McCurdy of the Cult of Hockey dig into the latest loss.
  The Edmonton Oilers lost a video review call, Wednesday night, for what, the 15th…or 16th time this season?
  And this one cost them, not only a game, or two points versus a division rival, but perhaps…a playoff berth
  
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• Man injured in stabbing at west Edmonton bar

  08-02-2018 06:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was injured in a stabbing at a west Edmonton bar Wednesday evening.  
  Staff Sgt. Rae Gerrard with the Edmonton Police Service’s southwest division said the man received a single, non-life-threatening stab wound during an altercation with several other males at the Beer Hunter Bar & Grill, 7522 178 St.
  Police responded just after 10 p.m. The suspects left the scene in a vehicle. Gerrard did not have a description of the vehicle when reached at around 10:30 p.m.
  
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• Embattled MLA Fildebrandt says UCP party leader delivered ultimatum to him on running for re-election

  08-02-2018 06:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former United Conservative Party MLA says party leader Jason Kenney gave him an ultimatum that if he wanted to return to caucus he could not run in his own redrawn constituency.
  Derek Fildebrandt said in an interview that Kenney stressed in a November meeting that deputy leader Leela Aheer would share the redrawn riding of Chestermere-Strathmore and that the party needed to grow its female membership.
  Fildebrandt hoped for some kind of mutually agreeable solution, but said Kenney made it clear
  
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• Edson RCMP officer dragged by vehicle fleeing police

  08-02-2018 06:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  An RCMP officer in Edson, Alta., suffered minor injuries after being dragged by a vehicle while attempting to arrest a wanted man. 
  Mounties in the town 200 km west of Edmonton responded Wednesday to a suspicious person complaint near 55 Street and 6 Avenue. 
  Police in the area spotted a vehicle that matched the description and followed it to a nearby gas station. Once there, an RCMP officer approached the vehicle and attempted to arrest the driver, who they knew was on warrants.
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• Canada-wide warrant issued for suspect in Fort McMurray homicide

  08-02-2018 03:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Investigators have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a man wanted for second-degree murder after a Fort McMurray man’s death was ruled a homicide.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP were first called to a disturbance at a home near 104 Loutit Rd. in Fort McMurray around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night.
  When police arrived, they found 38-year-old Ashley Chisholm dead.
  An autopsy completed in Edmonton Tuesday confirmed Chisholm’s death was a homicide, police said in a Wednesday news release.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP is
  
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• Graham Thomson: B.C. premier playing the victim in trade fight he started

  08-02-2018 03:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  He is the guy who threw the first punch in a bar and is now complaining about the resulting brawl.
  British Columbia Premier John Horgan is trying to play the aggrieved victim in the trade war with Alberta while painting Premier Rachel Notley as the irrational aggressor.
  “I don’t think it’s in anyone’s interest to have duelling premiers,” he told a news conference Wednesday afternoon while earnestly hoping that “cooler heads on the other side of the R
  
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• Rooster up at crack of dawn to bring breakfast to Whyte Ave.

  08-02-2018 03:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  It may be the Alberta Sour Cherry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast that gets customers in the door. But my guess is it will be the fresh bagels from Toronto’s Gryfe’s that keep them coming back to Rooster Café and Kitchen, a new breakfast restaurant on Whyte Avenue.Located in the Garneau Lofts building (10732 82 Ave.), the eatery is brought to you by Charles Rothman, who combines the culinary attractions of a Jewish deli (including a full-on bagel station with Sgambaro’s
  
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• B.C. won't escalate trade dispute with Alberta over pipeline

  08-02-2018 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Neither premier is backing down in Alberta and British Columbia’s feud over pipelines as federal officials make their way to the West Coast on Thursday to talk with B.C. bureaucrats about jurisdiction.
  Speaking with media Wednesday afternoon, B.C. Premier John Horgan said Premier Rachel Notley can do whatever she likes, but he intends to continue consulting with British Columbians about the effects of a catastrophic pipeline spill.  
  “I hope that we would see the end of the
  
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• 'Where does it end?': Alberta businesses react to B.C. wine boycott

  08-02-2018 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta businesses are split on the government’s decision to boycott British Columbia wines, with support for the cause clashing with concerns that the move went too far.
  “I fail to see how the oil industry and the wine industry are equivalent rivals,” said Evan Watson, owner of the upscale cocktail bar and eatery Clementine, on Wednesday. 
  “I don’t necessarily believe that food security and agricultural sovereignty … should be used as political bargaini
  
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• 'Where does it end?': Alberta businesses react to the B.C. wine boycott

  08-02-2018 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta businesses are split on the government’s decision to boycott British Columbia wines, with support for the cause clashing with concerns that the move went too far.
  “I fail to see how the oil industry and the wine industry are equivalent rivals,” said Evan Watson, owner of the upscale cocktail bar and eatery Clementine, on Wednesday. 
  “I don’t necessarily believe that food security and agricultural sovereignty … should be used as political bargaini
  
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• Canada must do more to help oil and gas sector, industry official says

  08-02-2018 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada must streamline its rules and regulations for the oil and gas sector or risk falling behind the rest of the world, the head of an industry association says.
  Firms have sold holdings in Alberta’s oilsands and invested in such countries as Brazil and Iran because they expect better returns, while the United States is relaxing laws and cutting taxes to boost the energy field, said Tim McMillan, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
  While the industry’s glo
  
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• Police investigating after two people shot at community league hall

  08-02-2018 00:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police are investigating after two people were shot at a north Edmonton community league hall early Sunday morning.
  Police officials said officers responded to a weapons complaint near 108 Avenue and 117 Street at around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday after receiving a report that two people, a man and a woman, had been shot. 
  Ambulance crews transported both to hospital. The two had non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released, police spokeswoman Cheryl Sheppard said.  
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