St. Albert news

• Two new BUCO restaurants poised to open in Edmonton

  09-02-2018 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Carmelo and Stella Rago are set to open two more restaurants in their family of eateries. The first, BUCO Pizzeria and Vino Bar, opens next week in the Upper Windermere area (12249 Windermere Way SW). The second BUCO, to be located in the Epcor Tower downtown, is scheduled to open in mid-March. The original BUCO opened in St. Albert in 2015.
  The two new eateries add to the stable of Sorrentino’s restaurant offerings, which now includes six Sorrentino’s stores in the Edmonton area, pl
  
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• With playoffs a pipe dream, what can Edmonton Oilers' players & management accomplish in the 30 games that remain?

  09-02-2018 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 53: Oilers at Ducks
   While the day the Edmonton Oilers will be mathematically eliminated from the 2018 NHL playoffs remains a ways off, the inevitability of that moment has become clearer by the week. The latest blow was a 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, two months to the day before season’s end. It was another harsh defeat that opened further ground between the locals and one of the many teams they are chasing in the Pacific Division/wild card race.
  While the O
  
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• Sibelius mini-festival a highlight of next year's Edmonton Symphony Orchestra season

  09-02-2018 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The most exciting feature of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s newly announced 2018-2019 season is a mini-festival devoted to just one composer, with six concerts from Feb. 22 through March 9, 2019.
  The composer is the Finn Jean Sibelius, whose music the ESO’s mercurial young chief conductor Alexander Prior has already so successfully championed in the Winspear. The festival, conducted by Prior, opens with tone poems on Feb. 22 and 23.
  Two vivid scene-painting favourites, the Karelia
  
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• Dining Out: Side by side, Cosmos and Passport offer tasty dining experience on 124 Street

  09-02-2018 21:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  An old favourite has returned to its home on 124 Street, but with a new twist.
  Cosmos Greek Kitchen, a neighbourhood fixture, disappointed locals when it shut its doors several years back. But the restaurant known for its traditional Greek fare and plate smashing came back last November in its original spot at 108 Avenue.
  This time, though, the space has been divided in two — cosy Cosmos on one side and the Passport Restobar on the other. It’s a novel concept and a slight v
  
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• Alberta Party fines Mandel over late financial disclosure

  09-02-2018 21:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party leadership candidate and former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel has been fined $500 by the party for posting his financial donors’ disclosure document after deadline.
  Leadership rules required the list to be live on his website by midnight Feb. 7, but it wasn’t online until 9 a.m. the next day. Mandel’s campaign was also a day late in sending the website link to officials so it could be posted on the party’s website.
  In a statement, the party said Mandel&
  
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• The World's Longest Hockey Game is back and longer than ever

  09-02-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The World’s Longest Hockey Game (February 9-19, 2018) started at 8 a.m. on Friday Feb. 9, 2018 in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
  Forty hockey players will challenge the Guinness World Record and play The World’s Longest Hockey Game. During this 10-day game, players, referees and volunteers will raise money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation to support Terry Fox Research Institute’s PROFYLE, a Canadian-led group of some of the top minds in pediatric cancer and gene sequencing that are c
  
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• Social media watch: For the future of all peoplekind and a plethora of pipeline tweets

  09-02-2018 21:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each week, we’ll give you a roundup of the outrage, the posturing and the downright weird unfolding on social media.
  Mankind, womankind, peoplekind
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the butt of jokes worldwide after his own attempt at humour while speaking in Edmonton on Feb. 1. 
  Trudeau held a town hall as part of a cross-country tour where he took questions from participants on topics ranging from economic development to Crown-Indigenous relations.
  But one of his answers went vir
  
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• Wine column: Stop and smell the roses, and other floral scents, on Valentine's Day

  09-02-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether you love Valentine’s Day like Kelsey and Juanita or dislike the commercialism of this romantic holiday like Eric and Shauna, it can be the perfect excuse to take some time out of our busy schedules to shower ourselves and/or others with love and respect. Any reason to pick up flowers, prepare dinner or order in and pull out a great bottle of wine is a great idea in my books.
  Not that I have anything against the cliché of this romantic holiday — a card, heart-shaped box
  
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• Former UCP MLA charged with sexual assault, sexual interference against a minor

  09-02-2018 19:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Deer — Former UCP MLA Don MacIntyre is facing charges of sexual assault and sexual interference in connection to alleged offences against a girl under the age of 16.
  A publication ban on MacIntyre’s identity in the case was lifted Friday after an application was made in Red Deer provincial court. 
  Crown prosecutor Peter Mackenzie applied for the ban on MacIntyre’s identity to be lifted at a Friday morning hearing. Lawyer Fred Kozak attended on behalf of four media
  
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• Theatre Network wins federal grant for new Roxy Theatre on 124 Street

  09-02-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Theatre Network is moving closer to raising the curtain on a new performance space on 124 Street, thanks to a grant from the federal government.
  The $330,270 grant, which was announced Monday morning by Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault, comes from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund. It will support the architectural design and engineering phase of construction for a new theatre on the old Roxy Theatre site in Westmount.
  The original 200-seat Roxy Theatre, which opened in
  
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• NAIT baker makes international waves in gourmet pastry event

  09-02-2018 18:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alan Dumonceaux has become the first Canadian to compete in the gourmet baking category of the Masters de la Boulangerie in Paris, one of the most important baking competitions in the world.
  Dumonceaux was invited last fall to be the first and only Canadian among the six competitors in the gourmet baking category of the competition, which took place Feb. 5 in Paris. According to a NAIT news release, Dumonceaux produced 184 pastries from 34 different recipes during the course of the grueling even
  
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• Edmonton's latest homicide victim named as Nathan Helfrich

  09-02-2018 17:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in front of his twin brother in January has been named in court documents as 28-year-old Nathan Helfrich.
  Helfrich and his brother Matthew Helfrich were waiting for a bus near 118 Avenue and 82 Street near the Eastwood neighbourhood at around 11 p.m. on Jan. 24 when they were approached by a man and robbed, police allege.  
  Police said the robber lunged forward and stabbed the victim in the chest before the brothers chased him away. 
  Nat
  
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• Edmonton election workers didn't follow approved processes during vote: audit

  09-02-2018 17:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Election workers didn’t follow approved election processes at least a few times during the 2017 municipal election, although this did not impact the outcome of any of the election races, according to an audit report.
  Among the issues that arose was a ballot box being left behind, pre-initialled ballots being handed out and a few instances of lack of secrecy during the voting process, said the municipal election audit that will be discussed at a committee meeting Friday.
  “A ballot box
  
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• Weather: Extreme cold warnings to the south, -32 windchill in city

  09-02-2018 14:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians are waking up to a deep freeze but weather forecasters maintain things will warm up this afternoon.
  At 6 a.m., Environment Canada recorded a -24.8 C temperature at its Edmonton Blatchford station, with a SW 9km/h wind contributing to a -32 wind chill. However, the sun is expected to shine and hep lift the mercury to a daytime high of -12 C. Clouds will roll in tonight as temperatures fall to -17 C.
  Tomorrow, the clouds will remain as forecasters are calling for a 30 per cent chance
  
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• Opinion: B.C.'s pipeline vigilance is backed by science

  09-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has escalated the dispute with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline by banning B.C. wine. What could be next in this escalating food fight? Banning Alberta beef from B.C.? Not allowing Albertans access to salmon fishing from B.C. ports?
  Perhaps instead of bickering, the premiers of both provinces, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, should consider what we need to accomplish.
  In the 2015 Paris accord, Canada committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emiss
  
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• Opinion: B.C. taking pipeline obstructionism to a new level

  09-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP government in British Columbia has thrown yet another shoe in the gears of Canadian provincial comity with a declaration that B.C. will create a new provincial regulatory process for pipeline approval, and will restrict how much bitumen can be moved through pipelines into B.C.
  The government, led by Premier John Horgan, also announced it will create its own “independent scientific panel” to evaluate B.C.’s ability to deal with potential spills, potentially tacking on an
  
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• Friday's letters: Lessons learned from UCP MLA's ouster

  09-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Fildebrandt claims UCP pushed him out of riding,” Feb. 8
  It’s astonishing how fast Jason Kenney and Derek Fildebrandt have gone from political soulmates to publicly feuding adversaries. It seems like it was just yesterday that Fildebrandt was Kenney’s biggest supporter in the UCP leadership race, while Kenney, in return, praised Fildebrandt as a “principled voice.”
  These days, Fildebrandt is complaining that not only has his old friend thrown him under th
  
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• Election workers didn't follow approved processes during elections: audit

  09-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Election workers didn’t follow approved election processes at least a few times during the 2017 municipal election, although this did not impact the outcome of any of the election races, according to an audit report.
  Among the issues that arose was a ballot box being left behind, pre-initialled ballots being handed out and a few instances of lack of secrecy during the voting process, said the municipal election audit that will be discussed at a committee meeting Friday.
  “A ballot box
  
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• Documents reveal Edmonton Remand Centre staff were punched, spit on in lead up to lockdown

  09-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Staff at the Edmonton Remand Centre were punched in the face or head on five separate occasions in the days before a lockdown at the provincial jail late last year, according to records from Alberta Justice. 
  Officials in December said the 12-hour lockdown by remand centre staff was triggered by an increase in “serious assaults” on correctional officers. The reported violence later led to restrictions on how often inmates are allowed out of their cells. But the province provided
  
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• Kris Russell? One of the few Edmonton Oilers who has not disappointed this year

  09-02-2018 09:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s been no end of disappointing players and developments on the Edmonton Oilers this year, but one of them hasn’t been Kris Russell.
  After a rough first month of the 2017-18 campaign, one that saw Russell leaking scoring chances against and demoted to the bottom-pairing for about a month, the Caroline cowboy has rebounded and is playing the same stalwart defence and (overly) safe passing game he did in 2016-17, when he emerged as solid Top 4 d-man on a shockingly good Edmonton O
  
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• More than 20 handguns stolen from St. Albert gun store

  09-02-2018 04:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nearly two dozen handguns were stolen from a St. Albert gun store on Tuesday.
  St. Albert RCMP were called to an alarm at The Shootist store on St. Michael Street around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday.
  Investigators said Thursday they believe thieves first smashed through the front door of the store before breaking into a cabinet filled with handguns.
  In all, 21 handguns were stolen from the store.
  Anyone with information is urged to contact the RCMP or Crime Stoppers. Tips leading to an arrest could qualify
  
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• Debate weighs the merits of a dual school system versus a one public school system

  09-02-2018 04:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Thursday evening a debate was held at the University of Alberta on whether Alberta should change its dual school system of public and separate schools to one publicly funded school system. Former Alberta education minister David King and James Kent Donlevy, University of Calgary Werklund School of Education professor, took part in the debate. The event was hosted by the University of Alberta’s Centre for Constitutional Studies.
  Our education reporter Janet French was there live-tweeting
  
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• Suspect charged with second-degree murder in Fort McMurray homicide

  09-02-2018 02:48 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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• Batteries being stolen from city roadside signs

  09-02-2018 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Police Service is sending a message to thieves: Stop stealing batteries from roadside city display signs.
  Six-volt battery units, which store solar energy, are being taken from the signs, with the city reporting five being taken so far this year, police said Thursday in a news release. Last year 24 sign batteries were stolen and 18 were swiped in 2016. There are approximately 130 signs in the city used to inform drivers of events such as traffic incidents and seasonal parking bans.
  
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• Murder trial in Edmonton prison slaying will go ahead — appeal court rules on stayed charge

  09-02-2018 02:29 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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• No word from B.C. as Ottawa overhauls pipeline rules

  09-02-2018 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta had yet to receive any word Thursday afternoon from British Columbia over the pipeline spat that has escalated into a wine boycott. 
  As tension between the two provinces continued to simmer, the federal government announced an overhaul of the environmental assessment tools for pipeline approvals.  And the federal environment minister spoke to the environment ministers of both Alberta and B.C. Thursday to clarify issues of jurisdiction. 
  Major new energy projects will have
  
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• Q and A: Regulatory process for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion explained

  09-02-2018 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The expansion of Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline was approved by the federal government in 2016, but the $7.4-billion project continues to run into roadblocks.
  Although the ban on British Columbia wine imposed by Premier Rachel Notley in retaliation for B.C. Premier John Horgan’s plan to limit bitumen shipments is grabbing headlines, the controversial pipeline scheme still must complete a complex regulatory process before the whole enterprise can go ahead.
  While court
  
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• David Staples: Edmonton is a laggard when it comes to recycling garbage

  09-02-2018 02:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  For decades, Edmonton was recycling proud. We told ourselves we were world leaders. We spoke so often of our vision of recycling 90 per cent of all household garbage that many of us believed it was a done deal.
  For example, the Journal reported in 1993 the claim that our blue box recycling program was “the best in the world.”
  With materials recovery and composting plants up and running by the turn of the century, we reported in 2007: “For nearly two decades, Edmonton has b
  
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• City councillors request better office chairs and desks for staff

  09-02-2018 01:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  City staff members who work for elected councillors are looking for better seats. And more.
  “Councillors’ office staff have inquired about options for sit-stand desks, as well as replacing outdated filing cabinets with privacy screens for better space usage,” said a 2018 furniture plan report, which will be discussed on Feb. 12 at the council services committee meeting.
  Some of the items purchased last year include a 55-inch LG television from Costco for $743.39, a mini fridge
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder after fatal bus stop stabbing

  09-02-2018 01:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been charged with second-degree murder after one twin brother was fatally stabbed in front of the other as they waited for their bus near 118 Avenue and 82 Street in January.
  The twin brothers, 28, were waiting at the bus stop around 11 p.m. on Jan. 24, when they were approached by a man and robbed.
  “He asked them for a cigarette, and then he planned on robbing them,” said Staff Sgt. Bill Clark of the Edmonton Police Service homicide unit, on Jan. 26.
  According to police, t
  
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• Train derailed in Wabamun after collision with semi tractor trailer

  09-02-2018 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A train has gone off the rails in Wabamun after colliding with a semi-tractor-trailer unit in the centre of the town Thursday.
  Stony Plain RCMP are asking motorists to avoid the area after a two-kilometre train struck the big rig, causing multiple train cars to derail.
  None of the cargo on the train appears compromised and there have been no leaks reported as a result of the crash, police said.
  Emergency crews are on the scene and the cause of the collision is under investigation.
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• City councillors' staff looking for better furniture

  09-02-2018 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Councillors’ staff are looking for better seats. And more.
  “Councillors’ office staff have inquired about options for sit-stand desks, as well as replacing outdated filing cabinets with privacy screens for better space usage,” said a 2018 furniture plan report, which will be heard on Feb. 12 at the council services committee.
  Some of the items purchased last year include a 55-inch LG television from Costco for $743.39, a mini fridge from Best Buy for $115.49; an IKEA ward
  
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• Mother of trans girl, Edmonton Catholic school board reach agreement in bathroom dispute

  09-02-2018 00:38 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 deal, 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 family, w
  
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• No word from B.C. as feds overhaul pipeline rules

  09-02-2018 00:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta has yet to receive any word Thursday afternoon from British Columbia over the pipeline spat that has escalated into a wine boycott. 
  As tension between the two provinces continued to simmer, the federal government announced an overhaul of the environmental assessment tools for pipeline approvals. 
  Major new energy projects will have to be assessed and either approved or denied within two years under a massive new national assessment bill being introduced in the House of Commons
  
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