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• Edmonton rally protests acquittal in Saskatchewan murder trial

  10-02-2018 23:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Protestors rallied in downtown Edmonton Saturday after a jury found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Colten Boushie.
  More than 200 people gathered outside the Edmonton Police Service headquarters carrying signs and chanting “no justice, no peace” and “justice for Colten.”
  The 22-year-old Indigenous man was shot dead on Stanley’s farm. He was among five people who drove onto the farm, where at least one tr
  
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• Edmonton rally expresses concern about acquittal in Saskatchewan murder trial

  10-02-2018 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Protestors rallied in downtown Edmonton Saturday to express their concern after Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Colten Boushie.
  More than 100 people gathered outside the Edmonton Police Service headquarters carrying signs and chanting “no justice, no peace” and “justice for Colten.”
  “Enough is enough,” said Heather Macklem, who works at the Elizabeth Fry Society. “There is a very bi
  
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• 'He made his mark': Tommy Banks pushed city arts scene to new heights

  10-02-2018 20:15 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. 
  That loyalty was returned by Edmontonians, and a packed house is expected Wednesday when a celebration of Banks’s life is being held at 7 p.m. at the Winspear Centre.
  Banks’ colleagues and fellow musicians are flying in from around the globe, including trumpet player Jens Lindemann. There will be a big-band performance, lead by Ray
  
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• Saturday's letters: Shipping bitumen pellets could be solution

  10-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Compromise, leadership needed to resolve pipeline dispute,” Feb. 8
  Premier Notley and Prime Minister Trudeau both say it is OK to force B.C. to accept inevitable environmental damage so Alberta can make a buck. Indeed, the premier would bring B.C. to its knees, whatever it takes.
  The Lower Mainland sees the Trans Mountain pipeline as their Alberta neighbour encouraging them at gunpoint to locate a really stinky outhouse in the middle of their front yard.
  Let’s be clear: Al
  
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• Tommy Banks, who "left his mark wherever he went," to be honoured in p

  10-02-2018 11:00 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. 
  That loyalty was returned by Edmontonians, and a packed house is expected Wednesday when a celebration of Banks’s life is being held at 7 p.m. at the Winspear Centre.
  Banks’ colleagues and fellow musicians are flying in from around the globe, including trumpet player Jens Lindemann. There will be a big-band performance, lead by Ray
  
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• Player grades: More disappointment against the Ducks as Edmonton Oilers claw their way back but lose, 3-2

  10-02-2018 10:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 2, Ducks 3
  Different night, same movie. As in Los Angeles two nights previously — and way, way, WAY too many other nights this sorry season — the Edmonton Oilers fell behind in the very early going, then saw the deficit double to 0-2 in the second period before working their way back into the hockey game. But once again they were never able to get a nose in front and wound up losing another tight one in regulation, 3-2 to the Anaheim Dastardly Ducks. 
  Fair to say that Edm
  
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• Rachel Notley looks for political upsides to trade war

  10-02-2018 05:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Politically speaking, she’s making a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
  At least that’s the plan.
  Premier Rachel Notley is trying to use the trade war with British Columbia as a way to improve her flagging popularity in Alberta.
  That’s understandable. Popular politicians tend to last longer than unpopular politicians. And the shrewder ones do their best to spin silver linings from the darkest of clouds.
  On Friday, for example, Notley toured the Tenaris Prudential steel plant in
  
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• Third person may have been injured in shooting at community hall

  10-02-2018 04:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A third person may have been injured in a shooting at a community hall early Sunday, Edmonton city police say. 
  Two people were hospitalized after a shooting at a fundraiser event at the Queen Mary Park Community League Hall around 4:30 a.m. Feb. 4. Both had been released as of Wednesday, a police spokeswoman said. 
   A third person arrived at the hospital following the incident, Edmonton Police Service spokeswoman Carolin Maran said in an email Friday. 
  “Investigators a
  
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• New organic bins and ban on grass clippings — all on the table as city council wrestles with waste

  10-02-2018 03:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton residents could see a ban on putting grass clippings in the trash, a requirement to separate organics at home and a move to front-street garbage collection.
  Those are just three public changes needed if Edmonton is going to regain status for responsible waste management, city officials told the audit committee Friday.
  But cleaning up Edmonton’s act behind the scenes is critical, too, said deputy city manager Doug Jones. He’s been involved in turning around under-performing o
  
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• Municipal election ballot-box errors identified by auditor

  10-02-2018 02:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Election workers didn’t follow approved processes during the 2017 municipal vote, although it did not impact the outcome of any of the election races, says a new report by the city’s auditor.
  Among the issues that arose was a ballot box being left behind, pre-initialled ballots being handed out and a instances of lack of secrecy during the voting process, said the audit, which was discussed at a committee meeting Friday.
  “A ballot box (was) left behind in a voting station
  
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• Fire crews battle west Edmonton apartment fire

  10-02-2018 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton fire crews knocked down a blaze at an apartment in the city’s West Jasper Place neighbourhood Friday afternoon.
  Crews were called to the fire at 10007 155 Street at 4:23 p.m., said District chief Marc Zubick.
  Firefighters arrived a few minutes later and found thick black smoke coming from a basement suite. The fire was contained to the one unit.
  Fire broke out inside a basement suite of a west Edmonton apartment building on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.
  Evacuation teams helped eight to te
  
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• Press Gallery #216: The 1-2-3-4 I Declare A Trade War edition

  10-02-2018 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the pipeline spat between Alberta and British Columbia ramping up to a wine boycott this week, join the Press Gallery podcast team to talk about what that means for Canada’s two western provinces. 
  Host Emma Graney and guests Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson also weigh in on MLA Derek Fildebrandt’s definite non-return to the United Conservative Party caucus, and the resignation of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre. 
  Good Stuff from the Gallery
  Clare&
  
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• UCP leader demands recall of legislature over pipeline battle with B.C.

  10-02-2018 02:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Opposition leader Jason Kenney wants Alberta’s legislative assembly to reconvene as early as Monday for an emergency debate on the ongoing Trans Mountain pipeline battle with British Columbia.
  In a letter sent Friday to Premier Rachel Notley, Kenney gave props to the premier for a boycott on B.C. wines, but urged her to consider an all-party debate calling for urgent federal action. 
  Kenney thinks Alberta needs to pursue “far more serious consequences” for B.C. 
  
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• Archdiocese employee says he was fired after questions about sexuality

  10-02-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former employee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton says the church fired him for attempting to form an LGBTQ prayer and support group without permission, and for refusing to say whether or not he was in a same-sex relationship.
  Mark Guevarra said in a Facebook post Feb. 6 he was fired from the church after an investigation into a prayer group which he was working to form for LGBTQ Catholics without the approval of the archbishop. 
  The investigation also looked into “the allegat
  
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• Edmonton's latest homicide victim named in court documents

  10-02-2018 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who was stabbed at a bus stop in front of his twin brother in January, then later died, 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. Jan. 24 when they were approached by a man and robbed, police said.  
  Police said the robber lunged forward and stabbed the victim in the chest before the brothers chased him.&nb
  
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• Design plans for downtown playground unveiled

  10-02-2018 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown Edmonton children are one step closer to having their very own community playground after design plans were unveiled Friday.
  Located at Dick Mather Park on 99 Avenue and 105 Street, the playground will include a swing, slides and climbing equipment that “complement the historic design of McKay Avenue School, and the 1881 Schoolhouse also located in Dick Mather Park,” the Downtown Business Association said in a news release Thursday.
  A $150,000 fundraising campaign
  
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• Archdiocese employee says he was fired over LGBTQ prayer group

  10-02-2018 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former employee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton says the church fired him for attempting to form an LGBTQ prayer and support group without permission, and for refusing to say whether or not he was in a same-sex relationship.
  Mark Guevarra said in a Facebook post Feb. 6 he was fired from the church after an investigation into a prayer group which he was working to form for LGBTQ Catholics without the approval of the archbishop. 
  The investigation also looked into “the allegat
  
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