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• Intestinal illness shuts down St. Albert school: district official - Globalnews.ca

  15-02-2018 23:29 via globalnews.ca
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  Intestinal illness shuts down St. Albert school: district official
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  WATCH ABOVE: What appears to be a nasty stomach bug has shut down a school in St. Albert. Vincent J. Maloney Catholic Junior High School isn't expected to reopen until Tuesday. Sarah Kraus has the details. X. - A A +. Listen. Vincent J. Maloney ...
  
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• Intestinal illness shuts down St. Albert school: district official

  15-02-2018 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  Vincent J. Maloney Catholic Junior High School in St. Albert has been shut down after at least 37 students and staff reported symptoms consistent with a gastrointestinal illness, according to David Keohane, superintendent with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools.
  
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• Hello Let's Eat invites neighbours to become friends through community

  15-02-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton has a new pilot project called Hello, Let’s Eat that aims to connect neighbours through community meals. The project has partnered with River City Events and Edmonton’s Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy to offer neighbours an opportunity to borrow place settings and food service equipment for free to encourage local get-togethers. 
  Party kits are available to community members to host a community or neighbourhood meal. Kits are only available for
  
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• Food and film a delicious combination in the Rocky Mountains

  15-02-2018 22:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Devour Food Film Fest is coming to the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge on March 2 with a weekend of delicious eats inspired by films and created by some of Alberta’s top chefs, including Edmonton’s own Blair Lebsack of RGE RD.
  One element of the weekend consists of a gala dinner where six chefs will create six courses  inspired by a short, culinary themed film. During the dinner, the chefs and a winemaker will speak to the film, and how it inspired their specific dish and wine pa
  
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• Wildlife: On the trail of Count von Svoboda and Glenn Gould

  15-02-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  TORONTO — One of the most rewarding aspects about rolling around another city is finding something that adds to your understanding of home.
  I’m on a residency right now in Toronto, and had long in mind a few mosaic works by Count Alexander von Svoboda out here, given his footprint in Edmonton. The Vienna-born artist — who arrived in Toronto in 1950 with $10 — dropped a number of beautiful, if generally unknown, tile murals in our city in the 1960s. The most
  
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• All sings point to economic growth, but uncertainty remains: ATB

  15-02-2018 20:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s economy is poised for growth in 2018, but a stubbornly high unemployment rate is adding to a lingering uncertainty, ATB Financial says.
  On Thursday, the crown corporation released its first Alberta Economic Outlook report of 2018, detailing five key findings:US oil prices have been stronger this year.
  The price for Alberta’s heavy crude has not enjoyed the same increase, which has widened the differential. 
  Alberta will continue to see job creation in 2018, but th
  
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• African penguin hatches at West Edmonton Mall

  15-02-2018 19:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a new chick in town and she’s pretty cool.
  Staff at West Edmonton Mall’s Sea Life Caverns announced Thursday the arrival of a new African penguin chick to join the other 18 African penguins who call the mall home.
  According to a news release, the new arrival is the fourth African penguin to be hatched at the mall’s Marina Life over the last four years and 15th since Marine Life opened in 1985. 
  The chick’s 19-year-old mother Tweeblik also hatched a
  
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• Late-stage lawyer switch delays sentencing for kidnapping

  15-02-2018 18:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  A late-stage lawyer switch has delayed sentencing for a man found guilty of kidnapping an Edmonton businessman. A judge found Raheel Ghias Khalon, 31, guilty last year of the 2013 abduction and beating of Alex Davidoff. Khalon was scheduled to appear in Court of Queen’s Bench Thursday for sentencing. 
   
  However, defence lawyer Kevin Mark said there had recently been a change in the counsel of record, and that the new lawyer had not had a chance to review Justice De
  
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• Former MLA charged with sex assault of minor has next court date set

  15-02-2018 18:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former United Conservative Party MLA Don MacIntyre is set to have a Red Deer provincial court appearance next month on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference in connection to alleged offences against a girl under the age of 16.
  The politician, who resigned from his legislative seat earlier this month, was to appear in Red Deer court Thursday morning but the case was put over to March 22 for election and plea.
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney said 
  
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• Alberta Party sees membership boom as leadership race continues

  15-02-2018 18:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Party, currently in the midst of a leadership race, has seen a dramatic uptick in membership. 
  According to figures released by the party Thursday, it has grown more than 500 per cent in less than 12 months. 
  The province’s third party was starting from a low floor, with just 1,024 members in March 2017. 
  When the eligibility window to vote in the current leadership race closed this week, that number had grown to 6,543. Close to 2,000 of those memberships we
  
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• 'This is not the place': Sixteen speakers to appeal Mill Creek house

  15-02-2018 18:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Community members packed the River Valley room in City Hall Thursday to appeal the building of a three-storey house in Mill Creek Ravine. 
  “Encroachment on public space is guaranteed with the driveway access,” said Chantelle Abma, a resident of the Argyll neighbourhood at the south end of the Mill Creek Ravine. She was one of 16 speakers registered to speak against the home, which has a city-approved development permit.
  It has many in the community upset because no building exis
  
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• What is a knuckle boom crane?

  15-02-2018 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A knuckle boom crane is also known as a picker crane, loader crane and articulating crane. 
   
  It resembles a traditional straight boom crane but it actually has two booms that articulate at the knuckle in the middle and resembles the action of the human finger.
   
  Knuckle boom cranes are known for their ability to maneuver in tight spaces and their compact storage size. It has the ability to lift heavy objects and place them inside a building through small spaces, like a doorway.
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• Edmonton weather: Cold and windy this morning, but much mildness ahead

  15-02-2018 15:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thursday weather brings a nasty morning wind, but this afternoon is expected to be mild and sunny.
  Snow is in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
  At around 7 a.m. it was -19 C, with a wind chill of -30.
  Today: Sunny and a high of -7 C.
  Tonight: Increasing cloudiness, with a 30 per cent chance of snow overnight. Low of -7 C
  Tomorrow: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of snow in the afternoon. A 30 kilometre per hour wind blowing in from the northwest, with a high of -5 C.
  Tomorrow night: Cloudy
  
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• Thursday's letters: Shedding light on health concerns

  15-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “City moves forward with switch to LED street lamps,” Feb. 13
  The city moving forward with the switch to LED street lamps should concern us all.
  Blue light increases the risk of macular degeneration (blindness) and cancer of the eye. Furthermore, exposure to LED lighting in the evening can make it harder to fall asleep. 
  The American Medical Association warns that LED street lighting can have harmful effects on humans and the environment, and German physi
  
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• Opinion: There is room for leadership after Stanley verdict

  15-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Coun. Aaron Paquette posted a series of tweets in response to the verdict in the Gerald Stanley trial. They appear here in the format of a guest column.
  I’ve been asked to make a statement re: #ColtenBoushie #StanleyTrial. As an elected official — even locally and in another province — it would be irresponsible to make any statement that might colour perspectives in the event of what may be an inevitable appeal.
  Additionally there is a necessary separation between judicial
  
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• Opinion: Black Panther is a superhero for our times

  15-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Other than the Star Wars sequels, few movies have galvanized the pre-release electricity being generated by Marvel’s Black Panther. But a better buzz-comparison might be the 1977 blockbuster miniseries based on Alex Haley’s Roots which fundamentally changed how North Americans viewed one of the greatest crimes ever committed on this continent.
  As local science fiction novelist and Black Panther fan Minister Faust notes, “Roots fictionalized the intergenerational suffering of a
  
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• Scrapping peremptory challenges would increase jury diversity: Edmonton lawyer

  15-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Increased representation of Indigenous people on juries could be achieved by getting rid of peremptory challenges, says an Edmonton criminal defence lawyer.
  The federal government has said it will review the jury selection process after a public outcry in the wake of a Saskatchewan jury’s recent acquittal of farmer Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie.
  Indigenous people are being excluded from juries for a “variety of reasons,” including through pe
  
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• Former MLA to appear in Red Deer court on charge of sex assault of minor

  15-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former United Conservative Party MLA Don MacIntyre is expected to appear in Red Deer provincial court Thursday on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference in connection to alleged offences against a girl under the age of 16.
  The politician resigned from his legislative seat earlier this month. United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney said the party first learned of the charges Feb. 2, when MacIntyre called the party’s house leader Jason Nixon to
  
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• Councillor pitches artificial intelligence to reduce LRT congestion

  15-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Artificial intelligence built into new high-tech traffic signals could be a solution to Edmonton’s LRT-related congestion issues, argues a west-end councillor. 
  Ward 1 Coun. Andrew Knack is looking for council support for a new study and series of pilot projects, hoping to learn from cities such as Pittsburgh. Smart traffic signals there reduced travel time by 25 per cent and idling time by over 40 per cent, according to Rapid Flow Technologies, the company responsible. 
  The comp
  
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• Catholic high school's students plunge into plumbing trade

  15-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dylan Johanson spent his early years tinkering with tools and dismantling objects.
  Now, he gets credit for doing it in what administrators believe is western Canada’s only high school plumbing lab.
  “It’s fun — just very relaxing. You can just come and do your work, and not be bothered,” the 16-year-old said Wednesday, over the roar of a pipe threading machine.
  Spurring interest in the trade
  While some high schools have struck partnerships that give students access t
  
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• Love Stinks! Anti-Valentine's Stories for Grown-ups - St. Albert Gazette

  15-02-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Love Stinks! Anti-Valentine's Stories for Grown-ups  St. Albert GazetteValentine's Day is for lovers … so here's a story time for the rest of us! On Friday, Feb. 15 from 12:15 to 1 p.m., take a break from work, bring your lunch to our ...
  
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• A scoring title for Connor McDavid & what every other Edmonton Oilers players needs for rest of year, too

  15-02-2018 07:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Who will be moved at the trading deadline? Patrick Maroon? Mark Letestu? Mike Cammalleri? Oscar Klefbom? Zack Kassian? Ryan Strome? And what is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl’s long-term future with the team? David Staples and Bruce McCurdy of the Cult of Hockey discuss.
  What each Edmonton Oilers player needs for the remainder of 2017-18?
  Here’s my take:
  Connor McDavid: A scoring title.
  Leon Draisaitl: A permanent spot as centre of his own line. There’s no more reason
  
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• Life of Tommy Banks honoured at Winspear Centre ceremony

  15-02-2018 06:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  And the band played on.
  The life and legacy of Tommy Banks was remembered at a ceremony Wednesday in the Winspear Centre that he was instrumental in making a reality. 
  A renowned musician and member of Canada’s Senate for 11 years, Banks, 81, died Jan. 25 in the palliative unit of the Grey Nuns Hospital, just a few months after being diagnosed with leukemia. 
  He was remembered Wednesday as a community builder, a musician, a television host and a family man.
  The Edmonton Symphony
  
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• Suspect sought in Grande Prairie stabbing

  15-02-2018 04:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A suspect is on the lam after a stabbing sent one man to hospital.
  Two men were talking in an alley near Prairie Road in the Ranchlands neighbourhood of Grande Prairie sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. Wednesday when they got into a physical fight, RCMP said.
  A 28-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital and later released, RCMP said.
  The suspect and victim were not known to each other.
  The suspect was described as a white man standing between five-foot-nine and five-
  
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• Paula Simons: Accidental HPV vaccination a betrayal of trust

  15-02-2018 03:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Any parent might well be concerned if his or her child were vaccinated at school without parental consent. I’m about as pro-vaccination as it gets, but I would have been upset if someone had given my kid a shot without checking with me first. I might have been even angrier if it had happened by accident.
  Now, imagine you’re John Tomkinson.
  Tomkinson is a former chairman of St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools, a division southwest of Edmonton. Back when he was a Catholic school
  
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• Premier Notley vows to "keep the pressure on" in trade war with B.C.

  15-02-2018 02:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Premier Rachel Notley invited the media into the first meeting of her market access task force Wednesday afternoon, you half expected to find campaign maps on the wall.
  These would be the kind you see in war movies, with boldly drawn arrows indicating the movement of troops into enemy territory.
  Make no mistake about it, even though Notley is calling her task force by the euphemism “market access,” it’s really a “retaliatory” task force. It has one bloody-minde
  
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• Alberta task force will 'end the games' with B.C. over pipeline expansion: premier

  15-02-2018 01:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-member panel will “end the games” British Columbia insists on playing with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday as the group gathered for its first meeting in Edmonton. 
  Sitting around the cabinet table inside the legislature or beamed in via Skype, the 19-member market access task force prepared to figure out possible retaliatory steps and hash out plans of attack in the face of any future attempts to frustrate the $7.4-billion projec
  
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• Cappies reviews: Into the Woods

  15-02-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  By Madeline Neuman
  Archbishop MacDonald High School
  Who knows what lurks in the woods? Lost princesses, avenging giants, and hens that lay golden eggs may not immediately come to mind, but each made an unequivocal presence in a production that turned fairytales on their heads. Bellerose Composite High School’s production of Into the Woods proved that “happily ever after” comes at a dark cost, intertwining effective storytelling with skillful theatric elements in an unforgettabl
  
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• Veteran city police sergeant charged with obstruction of justice

  15-02-2018 00:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A city police sergeant with 24 years of experience is facing obstruction of justice charges in relation to his involvement in family court proceedings in Edmonton in 2016, the province’s police watchdog said.
  Sgt. Kevin Fald was arrested Wednesday by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of unauthorized use of a computer.
  The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) started an internal investigation in September 2016, and
  
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• City police sergeant charged with obstruction of justice

  15-02-2018 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A city police sergeant with 24 years of experience is facing obstruction of justice charges in relation to the officer’s attendance at family court proceedings in Edmonton in 2016, the province’s police watchdog said.
  Sgt. Kevin Fald was arrested by Alberta Serious Incident Response Team Wednesday and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of unauthorized use of a computer.
  Edmonton police started an internal investigation in September 2016, and notifie
  
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• Oil Spills: 'Glory days' Oilers celebrations deserved, necessary

  15-02-2018 00:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last weekend’s series of events celebrating the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers as the greatest National Hockey League team of the last century — voted on by fans last year as a part of the league’s centennial — were welcomed and followed by many fans in the city, culminating in a special evening that attracted a sold-out crowd of about 14,000 Sunday night at Rogers Place.
  Front and centre were the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and Glen
  
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• Edmonton backs off on annexation of Beaumont land

  15-02-2018 00:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton has agreed to drop nine quarter-sections of disputed Beaumont lands from its annexation bid in exchange for a joint planning agreement.
  City officials announced the new agreement Wednesday, after all three affected councils — Edmonton, Beaumont and Leduc County — endorsed it.
  Edmonton voted on the plan and its decision to back down in private Tuesday. It means Edmonton will get Beaumont’s support as its effort to annex Leduc County land goes before the province.
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