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• Violent offender wanted by Edmonton police on almost 50 warrants

  16-03-2018 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man with a history of drug use and violent offences is being sought on close to 50 warrants, the Edmonton Police Service said in a news release on Friday.
  Cody Young, 25, is wanted on 49 outstanding warrants including multiple warrants for break-and-enter, possession of break-in instruments, possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen credit cards and mischief.
  Young is five-foot-11, 160 pounds and has hazel eyes and brown hair. He has a mole on the right side of his upper
  
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• Everybody's Irish for a Day - St. Albert Gazette

  16-03-2018 23:58 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Everybody's Irish for a Day
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  Check your calendar or check your head. If you didn't know that today is St. Patrick's Day then you really need the luck of the Irish with you. First things first. It's important to use the proper phrasing and spelling and get the name straight. “Here ...and more »
  
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• Ban organics from landfill, says report - St. Albert Gazette

  16-03-2018 23:58 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Ban organics from landfill, says report
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  Canadian cities should consider banning organic waste from landfills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, suggests a recent report. The Commission for Environmental Co-operation released a report earlier this month on the state of organic waste ...
  
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• Edmonton police issue arrest warrant for homicide suspect

  16-03-2018 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man described as armed and dangerous is wanted in connection with a homicide last Sunday.
  The Edmonton Police Service issued an arrest warrant Friday for Kyle Lauman after Marlon Jair Nunez, 39, was stabbed to death.
  Lauman, 35, is described as a heavy-set black man, five-foot-five, weighing 211 pounds, with brown eyes, short black hair, a moustache and a thin goatee. Both his ears are pierced.
  He is wanted for second-degree murder, indignity to a body and possession of an offensive weapon.
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• Edmonton police have warrant for suspect in stabbing homicide

  16-03-2018 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man described as armed and dangerous is wanted in a warrant for arrest issued on Friday in connection with a homicide last Sunday.
  Edmonton Police Service homicide section issued a second-degree murder warrant for Kyle Lauman, 35, after 39-year-old Marlon Jair Nunez was stabbed to death.
  Lauman is described as a heavy-set black man, five-foot-five, 211 pounds with brown eyes, short black hair, a moustache and a thin goatee. Both his ears are pierced.
  He is wanted for second-degree murder, indi
  
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• More than 100 homeowners alerted to old Domtar site 'health and safety' concerns

  16-03-2018 22:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta health and environment officials are advising 140 homeowners near the site of a former wood treatment plant in northeast Edmonton about contaminated soil levels that could increase health risks over an extended period of time.
  “We have not been made aware of any immediate health concerns” related to exposure to soil or groundwater, Dr. Chris Sikora, medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services, said at a Friday news conference. 
  Earlier in the day, letters
  
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• Blanchard declared dangerous offender after hearing permits victim impact statement from man assaulted as boy

  16-03-2018 22:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge on Friday ruled that Lance David Blanchard is a dangerous offender.
  Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eric Macklin delivered the decision on the designation, which means an indefinite sentence for Blanchard, 60, whose most recent conviction was for a sexual assault on a vulnerable woman who was homeless at the time. He was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, kidnapping, unlawful confinement, possession of a weapon and making a death threat in relation
  
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• Edmonton celebrates topping-off ceremony for 'big city' development

  16-03-2018 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dignitaries shivered and clapped on top of the West Block tower Friday to mark the topping-off of a significant new development.
  The 17-storey tower at 142 Street and Stony Plain Road will be Edmonton’s first real mixed-use tower development focused on an LRT station outside downtown. 
  That makes it the first “real big city transit-oriented development,” said Mayor Don Iveson after crews poured the ceremonial last concrete.
  Iveson thanked Beaverbrook, investors and everyon
  
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• Leduc man fined, given probation for online threats against Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau

  16-03-2018 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Leduc man has been given a $2,500 fine and one year of probation for threatening Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media. 
  Orion Rutley pleaded guilty at the Leduc courthouse Thursday to one count of uttering threats.
  The count includes threats Rutley made against both politicians on Twitter. A separate charge of uttering threats against Trudeau was withdrawn.
  Rutley was arrested Jan. 19 and charged with two counts of uttering threats, RCMP sai
  
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• Fake California university borrows University of Alberta history, campus

  16-03-2018 20:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A website for a non-existent university in California includes an athletic complex called the Butterdome, offers classes in French at the Campus Saint-Jean skyscraper, and might be led by President Justin Trudeau.
  Someone who enjoys copying and pasting invented a “California South University,” which boasts an expansive main campus of 150 buildings in 50 city blocks in Irvine, California. That description perfectly matches the University of Alberta’s Wikipedia page.
  The purporte
  
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• Old Domtar site subject of 'health and safety' concern in northeast Edmonton

  16-03-2018 20:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Services and the province’s environment ministry are set to hold a news conference Friday afternoon to discuss a “health and safety” matter in northeast Edmonton.
  No other details were provided in the media advisory, but the involvement of both AHS and Alberta Environment suggests the issue may have to do with environmental contamination. 
  The lands in question are part of the old Domtar site just north of Yellowhead Trail near 44 Street, sources say.&n
  
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• Blanchard dangerous offender hearing permits victim impact statement from man assaulted as boy

  16-03-2018 20:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A victim impact statement written by one of Lance David Blanchard’s historic victims is being heard in court Friday, hours before a decision is expected in the prolific offender’s lengthy dangerous offender hearing. 
  Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eric Macklin plans to deliver a decision Friday afternoon on whether or not to declare Blanchard a dangerous offender.
  Crown prosecutors have sought the designation that would mean an indefinite sentence for Blanchard, 60, whose
  
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• 'It's our time': Edmonton takes a kick at hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup

  16-03-2018 19:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is now officially one of three candidate host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Amarjeet Sohi, federal minister of infrastructure and communities, announced Friday.
  There are 23 cities in Canada, the United States and Mexico willing to host some of the 48 teams expected to compete in the international tournament, which runs every four years, says Canada Soccer.
  The federal government has so far contributed $5 million in funding to support the Canadian bid.
  “This is a two-staged
  
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• Player grades, Games 61-70: Edmonton Oilers' success in extra time masks how poorly they've performed in "real hockey"

  16-03-2018 19:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  No false trend can last forever, and the Edmonton Oilers conclusively proved that fact in the most recent 10-game segment of their woeful 2017-18 campaign.
  All season long, the Oilers had steadily outshooting their collective opposition over every 10-game stretch, but had been persistently outscored due to a miserable inability to convert their shots. They were always at a disadvantage of anywhere from 1-5% in terms of Shooting Percentage relative their opponents’, expressed as a PDO which
  
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• Social Seen: Dark Matters – Laboratory

  16-03-2018 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  Dark Matters: Laboratory
  Where: Telus World of Science
  When: March 8
  What: Adults-only night mixing science experiments, explosions and ex
  
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• Connor McDavid doesn't need Leon Draisaitl on his line, so why play them together?

  16-03-2018 17:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  McDrai has had its day. Time for Oilers to move for good of McDavid, Draisaitl and the team
  Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl don’t get better results when they play together at even strength, they get slightly worse results. That’s what two years of the two playing together as often as not has proven. The numbers are conclusive.
  Yes, the two top attacking forwards on the Edmonton Oilers have moments of three-on-three magic in overtime, but they’re not magic at even strength.
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• 2018 Winners Announced at Mayor’s Celebration of The Arts

  16-03-2018 16:07
  Awards evening recognizes diversity and excellence in the arts in St. Albert The 9th Annual St. Albert Mayor’s Celebration of... Read Post
  
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• Keith Urban coming to Edmonton September 22

  16-03-2018 15:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Country music superstar Keith Urban is coming to Edmonton this fall.
  The four-time Grammy Award winner will bring his 58-city “GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR 2018” to Edmonton’s Rogers Place on Saturday, September 22.
  Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 23 at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m..
  Calgary singer and songwriter, and multiple CCMA nominee, Lindsay Ell will be Urban’s supporting act.
  “It’s not very often you
  
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• World Sleep Day: Albertans ranked as least sound sleepers in Canada

  16-03-2018 15:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  An overwhelming number of Canadians aren’t getting a good night’s sleep and Albertans are the least sound sleepers of all.
  Today marks the 11th annual World Sleep Day. Created by World Sleep Society, World Sleep Day is an internationally recognized awareness event to recognize sleep and its important impact on people’s health.
  According to data compiled in a March 2 Ipsos poll for Dermalogica Canada, only 11 per cent of Canadians sleep all the way through the night, with the av
  
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• Swill & swine: Edmonton St. Patrick's Day celebrations over the years

  16-03-2018 14:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton goes green 85 years ago 
  Edmontonians endured winter conditions and a fondness for the colour green back on St. Patrick’s Day in 1933. 
  “Sure and if it wasn’t for all the snow and ice and the countryside was a bit greener, it’s thinkin’ Edmonton was a borough of Dublin hard by the River Liffey, you would be this day,” proclaimed a front page Edmonton Journal article topped with the headline, “Sure, Now the City’s Irish Will Be Ce
  
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• Edmonton weather: All is clear, but more snow on the horizon

  16-03-2018 13:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather forecast by Environment Canada.
  Morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured at -4.3 C with a 11 km/h wind contributing to a -9 wind chill.
  Today: Cloudy. Clearing early this afternoon. High 3 C.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming clear near midnight. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Fog patches developing overnight. Low -6 C.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy. 60 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. Fog patches dissipating in the morning.
  
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• Opinion: Fort McKay First Nation shows Alberta how to manage a budget

  16-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the greatest First Nation success stories is the Fort McKay First Nation, situated in the heart of the oilsands. It has never produced a drop of oil or earned a dollar in royalties, but it has achieved a standard of living comparable to other Canadian communities by selling services to oilsands companies — janitorial care, earth-moving, trucking and workforce lodging, to name a few. Now, only about five per cent of its income comes from government transfers — the other 95 per
  
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• Friday's letters: Northeast seniors clinic is not closing

  16-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Retiring doctor blasts succession plan for seniors clinic,” March 12
  Alberta Health Services is extremely grateful for the excellent care provided by Dr. Douglas Duke and the team at the Seniors Clinic located at the Northeast Community Health Centre (NECHC).
  For more than 15 years, Dr. Duke and a nurse practitioner have been the driving forces behind the Seniors Clinic, caring for a group of seniors with complex needs.
  The Seniors Clinic is not closing. Patients of th
  
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• 'Time for war': Tensions high as Alberta doctors meet to decide income fairness

  16-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rivalries and rancour are rising among Alberta’s physicians as leaders of the profession meet in Edmonton this weekend to decide the prickly question of how to distribute $5.2 billion in provincial funding more fairly.
  The complex “income equity” concept, which could provide lower paid physicians such as family doctors a bigger slice at the expense of higher paid professionals, has been touted as necessary to achieve important reforms in the health system.
  Yet it also carries t
  
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• Sohi to make announcement Friday on World Cup soccer bid

  16-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Amarjeet Sohi, federal minister of infrastructure and communities, will make a “sport announcement” at Commonwealth Stadium Friday morning alongside the Canadian co-chair of a World Cup soccer bid.
  Edmonton is one of three Canadian cities participating in a North American bid to host the world’s largest soccer tournament in 2026. There are 23 cities in Canada, the United States and Mexico willing to host some of the 48 teams expected to compete in the international tournament,
  
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• Roads closed for Crashed Ice track removal

  16-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drivers heading downtown or to Boyle Street this weekend will have to manoeuvre around road closures as workers disassemble the Crashed Ice track.
  The City of Edmonton said 101 Avenue between 96 Street and Jasper Avenue will stay closed until noon on Monday, March 19.
  Grierson Hill will shut down for several hours a day, including 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
  Pedestrian access to Louise McKinney Riverfront Park and adjacent riverfront trails wi
  
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• 'Wrong place at the wrong time': Ten-year sentence for random, fatal shooting

  16-03-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who fired two shots into a crowd outside an Edmonton pub, killing a bystander, was handed a 10-year sentence for manslaughter Thursday.
  Winston Stanley Dickson Thom pleaded guilty to the June 1, 2017, shooting death of Justin Nicholas Allen, 28. 
  According to an agreed statement of facts entered with the court, Dickson Thom, 31, was drinking with friends at Playback Pub in northeast Edmonton when he had an altercation with some people in the bar.
  Angry, he left and acqu
  
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• Airport outlet mall seeks 1,300 workers at job fair

  16-03-2018 03:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 40 retailers will be looking for workers next weekend at a job fair for a new airport outlet mall.
  The Premium Outlet Collection Edmonton International Airport is set to open May 2 next to the airport. The 39,800- square-metre enclosed complex will have as many as 100 stores.
  The job fair runs March 24-25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Cartier ballroom of the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel by Marriott. The mall will need an estimated 1,300 workers.
  
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• Bus rapid transit frequency could jam up west-end intersections, says city report

  16-03-2018 02:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  One bus a minute — that’s how many buses Edmonton would need if it wants to run bus rapid transit to the west end instead of LRT, say city officials.
  City officials ran the numbers in response to a motion from council and vigorous debate during the last election. Citizens wanted to know if bus rapid transit would be cheaper, just as effective and impact vehicle traffic less.
  The answer is: not really.
  According to the report now heading to a public hearing March 21, the west LRT line
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Privacy commissioner investigation begins and coal phase-out funding

  16-03-2018 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Investigation into premier’s former chief of staff in early stages
  Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner hasn’t decided whether the investigation into Premier Rachel Notley’s former chief of staff will be made public.
  It’s too early in the process to determine that, said commissioner spokesman Scott Sibbald Wednesday. 
  Commissioner Jill Clayton’s investigation into John Heaney will include an oral hearing and examine the role he pl
  
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• Edmonton Talk Back: Bike lanes will build the economy, argues councillor

  16-03-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Suburban Ward 9 Coun. Tim Cartmell has volunteered to champion the bike lanes file at City Hall, arguing cycling infrastructure is not just about transportation.
  “It’s an economic development question as much as anything,” he said on Postmedia’s Talk Back online interview show Thursday.
  When Amazon and other companies look to relocate, they ask about kilometres of bike lanes and mass transit.
  “That’s a front-page question,” said Cartmell, who represents
  
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• Cappies reviews: The Visit

  16-03-2018 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  By Emily Mahon
  Archbishop MacDonald High School
  “Justice can’t be bought.”
  “Everything can be bought.”
  In the decrepit town of Güllen, the price of justice is $1 billion and a man’s life.
  The man in question is Alfred Ill, Güllen’s most popular citizen and, unfortunately for him, the ex-lover of vindictive billionairess Claire Zachanassian. Claire’s proposition is simple. She will pour $1 billion into the crumbling town on one condition:
  
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• Meeting federal carbon tax price relies on Trans Mountain breaking ground, says Alberta premier

  16-03-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion must break ground for Alberta to meet federal climate goals, stressed Premier Rachel Notley on Thursday. 
  “Moving forward with additional hikes with the carbon levy will depend on the Trans Mountain pipeline, as I’ve said many times over the last year and a half,” she said during question period.
  When it was introduced last year, the carbon tax was pegged at $20 per tonne. That rose to $30 per tonne Jan. 1. Ottawa’s national
  
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• Council makes plans for $31-million operating budget surplus

  16-03-2018 00:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton can add a large chunk of change to its rainy day fund thanks to a $31-million operating budget surplus announced Thursday.
  A third of the money is from lower than expected snowfalls and a decision to use more city staff than contracted crews to clear snow at the end of last year. Higher than expected job vacancies among city staff, lower overtime and various staff leaves also contributed $8 million to the budget.
  The city earned $6 million more from the Epcor dividend because of the dec
  
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