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• St. Albert scientists go for the Au (gold) - St. Albert Gazette

  23-02-2018 23:54 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert students will take eggs for a wild theme-park ride today as they go for gold at the Edmonton Science Olympics. About 650 Edmonton-area youths from grades 1 to 12 are at the University of Alberta's Butterdome today for the 2018 Edmonton ...
  
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• Budget increased for art gallery upgrade - St. Albert Gazette

  23-02-2018 23:54 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Budget increased for art gallery upgrade
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  The Art Gallery of St. Albert is receiving $300,000 extra funding from the city to cover potential cost overruns for its barrier-free upgrades. The project is already underway and aims to make the building accessible to people who have disabilities ...
  
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• Logging truck crash kills two in western Alberta

  23-02-2018 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two people are dead after the truck they were driving collided with a logging truck about 100 km south of Grande Prairie, Mounties said Friday.
  The crash happened at about 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Canfor Road and Forestry Road.
  The 67-year-old driver of the truck and his 27-year-old passenger, both from the Edmonton area, died at the scene. A female passenger from Mundare was transported to hospital via STARS with serious injuries.
  The lone occupant of the loggin
  
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• Report on jailing of sex assault victim with attacker outlines steps for change

  23-02-2018 22:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  An independent report into the jailing of an Edmonton sex assault victim has denounced systemic failures of the justice system in a case that was a “complete breakdown of legal protections.”
  The woman, who cannot be named because of a publication ban, was shackled in the courtroom and held for five nights at the Edmonton Remand Centre while giving evidence against her attacker, Lance David Blanchard.
  She was taken to the courthouse in the same van as Blanchard, the man later convicte
  
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• Social media watch: A passage to India and toasting B.C. wine

  23-02-2018 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each week, we give you a roundup of the Alberta politics outrage, the posturing and the downright weird unfolding on social media. 
  A passage to India
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a lot of flak over his trip to India this week, and that includes criticism from Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney. 
  On Wednesday, the United Conservative Party leader tweeted out a video that chastised Trudeau for the trip while Alberta faced off against B.C. in the ongoing pipeline dispute.&
  
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• Edmonton councillors vote to ban grass clippings from trash by September

  23-02-2018 21:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton could see a ban on disposing of grass clippings and yard waste in residential trash as early as the end of this summer with pilot projects on other organics separation coming soon after. 
  But one councillor worried that might be too fast. “Bagging grass is really important to a small segment of Edmontonians,” said Coun. Jon Dziadyk at a committee meeting Friday. “Some people take it very seriously.”
  Can Edmonton force them to change? “Persona
  
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• Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli: "We're not blowing up the team."

  23-02-2018 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  If Oilers moves RNH without playing him on McDavid’s wing, sure sign of organizational incompetence
  This in from Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli from his press scrum, along with my take on his comments:He said expectations were high and he was disappointed. “We’ve got a number of games left and I’d still like to see some progress in a number of areas.” My take: Yes, improvement is crucial in terms of whether or not the Oilers keep the same coaching
  
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• Edmonton woman who killed daughter suffered from delusions: psychologist

  23-02-2018 21:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman believed she was acting morally when she killed her daughter and was therefore not criminally responsible, forensic psychologist Dr. Andrew Haag testified in court on Friday.
  Haag testified that mother Christine Longridge believed her son Michael Longridge was the Messiah and that she needed to kill her daughter Rachael Longridge and planned to kill herself.
  “She considered it necessary to kill Rachael,” Haag said.
  Defence lawyer Dino Bottos called Haag as a witness
  
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• New police copter can fly faster, longer than its predecessor

  23-02-2018 20:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s new police helicopter will be able to fly for longer durations and at faster speeds than its 16-year-old predecessor.     
  Police officials unveiled the new Airbus H-125 Thursday at the Villeneuve Airport, where the Edmonton Police Service’s flight operations unit is based. 
  The new helicopter has been in service since September, and police officials say its improved range and speed has already helped end a criminal flight in which a suspect pulled a gu
  
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• Report on jailing of Lance Blanchard's sex assault victim with him outlines steps for change

  23-02-2018 17:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  An independent report into the jailing of an Edmonton sex assault victim with her attacker — Lance David Blanchard — is denouncing system failures and calling for change. 
  Years after the woman, who cannot be named under a publication ban, was jailed while giving evidence against Blanchard,  Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley ordered the independent investigation of the case.
  The woman was shackled in the courtroom and held for five nights at the Edmonton Remand Centr
  
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• Scathing report on jailing of Lance Blanchard's sex assault victim denounces system failures

  23-02-2018 16:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  A scathing report into the jailing of an Edmonton sex assault victim with her attacker — Lance David Blanchard — is denouncing system failures and calling for change. 
  Years after the woman, who cannot be named under a publication ban, was jailed while giving evidence against Blanchard,  Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley ordered the independent investigation of the case.
  Winnipeg criminal defence lawyer Roberta Campbell was assigned the case and her 32-page review wa
  
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• Bryan Adams coming to Edmonton's Rogers Place June 8

  23-02-2018 16:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  It may not be the ‘Summer of 69′ but Canadian rocker Bryan Adams will be bringing his  The Ultimate Tour’ to Edmonton’s Rogers Place in summer 2018.
  The tour, which comes off his latest album Ultimate, kicks off in Victoria, B.C. on June 5 before travelling across the country and finishing in Toronto, ON on August 3. Adams will play Rogers Place on June 8. Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 2 at 10 a.m. at http://www.livenation.com. AMEX presale tickets are availabl
  
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• Edmonton weather: Chilly start to the day but things will warm up

  23-02-2018 14:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friday’s Environment Canada forecast is a mix of good news and bad news as Edmontonians wake up to a morning temperature of -16.1 C and a -22 windchill.
  However, conditions are expected to improve as temperatures are expected to climb to -1 C this afternoon.
  Today: Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High -1 C.
  Tonight: Cloudy. Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this
  
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• Opinion: It's good business to prepare for possible end of NAFTA

  23-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Business needs to prepare for a potential U.S. withdrawal from the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – that much is obvious. But just what individual businesses should do hasn’t always been clear, particularly for smaller or family-owned companies that don’t have the resources to find their best “Plan B” for trade.
  Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that though he was optimistic about NAFTA’s future, the government still has its own “
  
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• Friday's letters: Cheering on Team Canada at the Olympics

  23-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Our Grade 5 class has enjoyed the Olympic coverage in the Edmonton Journal. Each day we explore the newspaper to see how Team Canada is doing in the various winter sports.
  Our classroom bulletin board is alive with several great articles and photographs of our favourite Canadian athletes. We enjoy celebrating our country’s accomplishments and we aspire to be Olympic athletes one day soon.
  Thank you for your great coverage of Canada’s best winter athletes. Team Canada makes us very pr
  
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• Boss of major Edmonton employer describes inclusionary policies to economic development panel

  23-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The leader of a major Edmonton company says organizations hoping to create a more inclusive workplace could try something as simple as holding a potluck lunch.
  “How do you make your organization feel safe for everyone? … A lot of it is how do you send the signals as an organization that you’re welcoming,” Jason Pincock, chief executive of Dynalife Diagnostics, said Thursday.
  “It’s actually a competitive tool.”
  Dynalife employs more than 1,100 people in
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: The Edmonton Oilers dynamic duo of Draisaitl & McDavid combine to edge Av's 3-2 in O/T

  23-02-2018 07:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A lot has gone wrong, for the Edmonton Oilers this season.
  But Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have been a far bigger part of the solution than they have the problem. And it was their heroics at Rogers Place Thursday night that both started and finished the scoring in a 3-2 overtime triumph over Colorado. It also avenged an overtime loss to these same Av’s earlier in the season.
  The Oilers were full-value for the 2 points. After all, they out-shot the Av’s 46-30. Stick-tap to Semy
  
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• Tanker carrying condensate rolls over: Highway 28A between Highway 37 and Township Road 552 closed

  23-02-2018 03:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Highway 28A in Sturgeon County was being shut down at 7:15 p.m. Thursday after a semi carrying a highly-flammable liquid rolled over.
  The semi, carrying 53,000 litres of condensate, rolled over on Highway 28A between Highway 37 and Township Road 522 on Thursday evening, RCMP said in a news release sent on Thursday.
  Fire crews said the tanks are not leaking.
  Traffic is being rerouted in the area and a perimeter has been set up, RCMP said. The rollover is not currently a danger to the public.
  
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• Have Alberta and B.C. truly sweetened their sour grapes in trade war?

  23-02-2018 03:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s too soon to say the war between Alberta and British Columbia is over.
  But the provinces have ceased hostilities. For now.
  On Thursday afternoon, B.C. Premier John Horgan sidelined his threat to limit Alberta’s ability to ship oilsands bitumen by pipeline to the West Coast.
  Minutes later, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley lifted her government’s retaliatory boycott against B.C. wine.
  Neither admitted to backing down. But in their eyeball-to-eyeball standoff, both have apparentl
  
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• NHL trade deadline podcast: The fate of Patrick Maroon

  23-02-2018 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Postmedia Sports brings you a trade deadline podcast featuring esteemed hockey writers Jim Matheson, Ed Willes and Michael Traikos.
  Which teams are most likely to be active before the trade deadline? Will Erik Karlsson find a new home away from Ottawa? Will Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk or Patrick Maroon be on the move? Will the Leafs be aggressive?
  The writers also talk about trade rumours they’ve heard and which general managers are under the most pressure to make a deal.
  
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• Transit officers investigated after excess force, profiling complaint

  23-02-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Transit Service officials are investigating whether two transit peace officers breached the city’s code of conduct or broke the law while detaining a 15-year-old boy.
  The boy’s father told Postmedia he believes his son, who is black, was a victim of racial profiling and excessive force. Postmedia is not identifying the youth because he is a minor. 
  Batul Gulamhusein, with Progress Alberta, a non-profit that advocates for the youth, said the teen was waiting for a bus wi
  
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• Alberta lifts ban on B.C. wine, citing end to pipeline 'threat'

  23-02-2018 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is popping the cork on B.C. wine, with the province lifting a ban imposed in defence of the $7.4-billlion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  “What triggered the dispute … is the notion that the B.C. government could enact legislation of what goes into an interprovincial pipeline,” Premier Rachel Notley told a Thursday news conference. “The B.C. government has indicated they will not move forward on that threat.”
  Notley was responding to comments
  
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• Deal with Oilers group on Coliseum closing would add $17M to city coffers

  23-02-2018 02:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is looking to close the final chapter on Northlands Coliseum.
  At an executive committee meeting Thursday, councillors voted to finalize an agreement with the Oilers Entertainment Group about the permanent closure of the Coliseum, bringing an end to a $17-million sponsorship deal negotiated with the group, as part of a memorandum of understanding reached in 2016.
  “We may hold off on the demolition discussion because there may be different approaches to that, (but) I think there was
  
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• David Staples: Citizens revolt over Terwillegar Drive plan

  23-02-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Do you want to know how to effectively fight city hall? It can be done. In fact, it’s being done right now.
  Just ask Alexis Desrosiers.
  Desrosiers, a dentist who lives and works in the southwest suburb of Brookview, is leading a campaign that has rocked City Hall. She and her growing network will almost certainly kill a plan that would have greatly limited commuter access to Terwillegar Drive in Riverbend.
  Terwillegar Drive is already a mess for commuters. It can take an hour to get from t
  
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• 'That's just not right': Family of strangling victim disappointed in sentence

  23-02-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cries of anger and anguish filled a courtroom Thursday as the family of a woman whose boyfriend strangled her to death with tape reacted to the man being handed a 14-year prison sentence.
  Lena Steinhauer was killed in an Edmonton rooming house by her boyfriend Ryan Thomas Matchee on Feb. 9, 2015. Although Matchee was charged with second-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in August.
  The Crown had sought a sentence of 18 to 20 years, while Matchee’s defence lawyer argued for a
  
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• Women charged in alleged violent child-abuse case seek bail

  23-02-2018 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A provincial court judge heard bail applications Thursday from two Edmonton women accused of serious violence against children, including charges of attempted murder.
  The women, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban protecting the identities of the five victims, were both shackled at the ankles as they sat in court during the hearing. One accused hung her head, her long hair obstructing her face, while the other often looked out at the courtroom gallery where several of her famil
  
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• Sex trade offences helped drive up Edmonton's crime severity in 2017

  23-02-2018 00:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A surge in sex-trade related offences helped drive up the overall severity of Edmonton crime last year, causing city police to again miss a crime-reduction target. 
  Police recorded a 371 per cent increase in obtaining sexual services for consideration offences last year, a report to the Edmonton Police Commission presented Thursday said.
  Deputy chief Greg Preston said police are beginning to refocus on sex-trade enforcement in the wake of a 2013 Supreme Court of Canada ruling on prostitutio
  
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• Edmonton businesses suffer $1.5 million in damages from cyber crime

  23-02-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Several Edmonton businesses were hit with combined damages of $1.5 million after suffering network intrusions resulting in the theft of data and attempted extortion last year, police said Thursday.
  Police arrested a 37-year-old man in relation to the cyber attacks, which occurred when someone infiltrated the information technology networks of four businesses. Police did not identify the businesses.
  The suspect “took control of company email and smartphone servers and demanded payment
  
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• B.C. premier says province to seek legal advice on trade dispute with Alberta

  23-02-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is popping the cork on B.C. wine, with the province lifting a ban imposed in defence of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  “What triggered the dispute … is the notion that the B.C. government could enact legislation of what goes into an interprovincial pipeline,” Premier Rachel Notley said at a Thursday news conference. “The B.C. government has indicated they will not move forward on that threat.”
  Notley responded to comments by B.C. Premier
  
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