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• Canadian Scott Croxall named world champion at Edmonton Crashed Ice

  11-03-2018 23:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Skating on soft ice, Canadian Scott Croxall reclaimed the men’s world championship title at Red Bull Crashed Ice in Edmonton on Saturday night. The last time he held the title was when the event was in Edmonton in 2015.
  “Edmonton hosts a great race and the crowd was wild and cheering us on,” he said.
  In the women’s event, Amanda Trunzo had a perfect run, she took first place and was also named the new world champion, taking out defending champion Jacqueline Legere.
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• NDP's rural crime fighting plan gets mixed reviews

  11-03-2018 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP’s $10-million plan to combat rural crime with new RCMP officers, more Crown prosecutors and improved intelligence gathering is getting mixed reviews from a rural county reeve, a lawyers’ group and an opposition politician. 
  Justice Minister and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley said Friday the money will pay for 39 new RCMP officer positions focused on rural crime reduction, 40 civilian staff, 10 Crown prosecutors and new “bait” programs, including for farm e
  
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• 'It packs like concrete': Crushed gravel key to wheelchair access in river valley

  11-03-2018 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crush gravel trails, maps with steep slopes marked out and wheelchair accessible picnic tables – these would make a huge difference for those accessing the river valley on four wheels, say advocates.
  “Everything from mushrooms to poplar suckers come up through the asphalt,” said Ross Wein, who spends hours with his son Danny and other friends in wheelchairs in the river valley.
  Council will be reviewing how universal design standards should be applied in the river valley Monday
  
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• Edmonton International Judo Championship 2018

  11-03-2018 21:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2018 Edmonton International Judo Championship was held at West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace from March 9 to 11, 2018. The 13th annual tournament is the largest in Canada with more than 700 male and female competitors from across the country and abroad participating in the event. Judo is a sport of unarmed combat derived from jujitsu and intended to train the body and mind. It involves using holds and leverage to unbalance the opponent. The objective is to either throw or takedown an opponent to
  
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• Daylight saving time plays role in saving Riverbend strip mall from fire

  11-03-2018 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Daylight saving time is being credited for helping firefighters to save businesses from a blaze at a Riverbend strip mall because someone was around to call 911. 
  At 9:30 a.m. on the morning clocks move ahead an hour, a Goodwill Donation Center employee reported the fire.
  At least five fire trucks and 25 firefighters were sent to Riverbend Square Shopping Centre where the Goodwill is located.
  Acting District Chief Todd Weiss said crews found a small fire in a pillar in front of the Goodwill
  
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• Two pedestrians killed in highway collision near Stony Plain

  11-03-2018 16:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two pedestrians are dead after being struck by a vehicle on a highway near Stony Plain early Sunday morning. 
  The collision happened in the eastbound lanes of Highway 16A near Range Road 265 at 12:52 a.m. 
  RCMP have not identified the victims or the type of vehicle involved. Police are making efforts to notify the victims’ next of kin. 
  Motorists were being detoured around the scene after the collision. The highway has since been cleared and traffic is no longer affected.
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• RCMP Historical Homicide Unit races against time to solve Alberta cold cases

  11-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shelly-Ann Bacsu’s file fills 147 banker’s boxes, around a quarter of which are stacked along the walls of a conference room on the second floor of a Stony Plain Road office building. 
  Inside are files containing everything police know about what happened to the 16-year-old Hinton girl, who in 1983 disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house. A map of Hinton covers one of the walls, dotted with foam markers indicating where search parties found evidence, or where
  
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• Do This in Memory of Me: Cat Walsh's latest play debuts

  11-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  What if prayers were answered? 
  I’m not talking about getting that pony you had fervently hoped for on your birthday, or having the cute barista at Starbucks finally respond to your entreaties. No. What if the actual saint responsible for delivering your particular category of wishes appeared to take a stab at meeting your needs?
  Such is the delightful situation that confronts the precocious Genevieve, a 12-year-old growing up in Montreal in the 1960s and the centre of a new productio
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Connor McDavid goes super-nova in the 2nd Period, as the Edmonton Oilers tame the Wild 4-1.

  11-03-2018 08:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Someone forgot to tell the Edmonton Oilers that they were playing one of the best teams in the NHL Saturday night.
  The Wild stormed out of the gate, out-shooting the home squad 12-5 in the opening frame. But Cam Talbot held them at bay. The Oilers re-set during the intermission, and then Connor McDavid went super-nova in the 2nd, with 2 goals Bam! Bam! Just like that…2-0 Edmonton. My, how fast the tide had turned.
  Minnesota made it close with a 2-1 marker at 9:44 of the 3rd. But then Etha
  
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• Court denies appeal of police chief's refusal to hold disciplinary hearing

  11-03-2018 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta judge has rejected an appeal by the family of a man who died shortly after an Edmonton police officer dropped him off near a city shelter in 2014.
  Don and Lena Szybunka, the parents of Klayten Szybunka, sought a court ruling that would have forced Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht to direct a disciplinary hearing for the officer who took their 37-year-old son into custody, issued him a public intoxication ticket and then left him near Hope Mission at 9908 106 Ave. on June 28, 2014. He
  
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• Crashed Ice wows warm-weather crowds

  11-03-2018 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Warm weather made for a muddy, slushy trek in Louise McKinney Riverfront Park for spectators of Red Bull Crashed Ice on Saturday, but there was no bogging down the taurine-fuelled enthusiasm.
  The quarters was abuzz for the second night of Red Bull Crashed Ice on Saturday with food trucks, s’mores, and plenty of energy drinks. When gates opened at 4 p.m., the sunny 7 C melted snow alongside the track, with woodchips laid down next to the track in the muckiest spots.
  Abby Brown, 11, had been
  
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• Survivors urged to continue to speak out during #MeToo rally

  11-03-2018 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman who came forward with sexual harassment allegations against a federal cabinet minister urged attendees at a rally at the Alberta Legislature on Saturday to carry the momentum of the #MeToo movement into the 2019 provincial election.
  “We find ourselves at an incredible moment in history,” Kristin Raworth said. “Survivors are finding, claiming and using their voices to share their stories in a way we’ve never seen before.”
  A crowd of around 100 peopl
  
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• Edmonton's three homicides so far this year well below 2017 numbers

  11-03-2018 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three people have died by homicide in Edmonton so far this year, well below 2017’s violent start but in line with previous years’ totals. 
  Edmonton had recorded 10 homicides by March 10, 2017, the five-year high for the period. This year’s three homicides — all in January — is a five-year low. 
  In 2016, there had been six by Saturday’s date. There were four during the same period in 2015 and five in 2014. 
  Edmonton averaged 36.5 annual homi
  
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