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• Edmonton motorist fined after driving through collision scene

  17-03-2018 23:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton driver who tried to drive through a collision scene near Castor was slapped with a fine, RCMP said on Saturday.
  The 30-year-old man disobeyed a flag person directing traffic at a single-vehicle rollover southeast of Castor on Highway 36 on Jan. 31 at 2:50 p.m.
  The tractor-trailer rolled over, blocking part of the road.
  The driver tried to get around the flag person into the collision zone and instead of taking a short cut, he took home a $155 fine in accordance with Section 60 of the
  
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• Major changes planned for Alberta distance learning

  17-03-2018 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A provincial service offering correspondence and online courses for K-12 students is closing three of its four offices, and may shut down during the summers, its superintendent said.
  These changes could be part of a major restructuring of the Barrhead-based Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC), which serves 30,000 students across the province. It may lead to some jobs moving, or being eliminated.
  The centre offers backup to schools across the province when students can’t fit a requ
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: The Edmonton Oilers win over Panthers 4-2, for their 9th consecutive victory in Florida.

  17-03-2018 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers triumphed 4-2 in an afternoon tilt in Florida, where the Penalty Kill was terrific (a perfect 6-for-6), and an NHL/AHL “tweener” took a huge career opportunity and converted it into a statement-making afternoon.
  The Oilers were flat out-played in the first period, out-shot 16-10, with a number of those Oilers shots only coming late in the frame. Florida doubled the Oilers in shots in the 2nd as well, 14-7, and held a 2-1 lead after 40.
  Florida had been 23-0 leadin
  
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• What's your commute? Mayor wants to hear all the dirt and glory

  17-03-2018 22:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s time for a real discussion on commuting – the good, the bad and the ugly, says Mayor Don Iveson.
  He’s encouraging everyone to share details of their daily commute on social media Monday using the hashtag #yegcommute – both the frustrations and what they’d like to see in the future. That includes anyone who uses a car, train, bus, bike, feet or any combination of those.
  “We need all the different modes of transportation as the city grows. We’ve becom
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: The Edmonton Oilers win in Florida 4-2, for the 9th consecutive time

  17-03-2018 22:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers triumphed 4-2 in an afternoon tilt in Florida, where the Penalty Kill was terrific, and an NHL/AHL “tweener” took a huge career opportunity and converted it into a statement-making afternoon.
  The Oilers were flat out-played in the first period, out-shot 16-10, with a number of those Oilers shots only coming late in the frame. Florida doubled the Oilers in shots in the 2nd, 14-7, and held a 2-1 lead after 40.
  Florida had been 23-0 leading after 2 periods, so far in
  
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• Rare magic hour coming to Edmonton on spring equinox

  17-03-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is in for a celestial treat.
  Edmontonhenge.
  Framed between concrete and steel, the setting sun will align with the city’s road grid, creating a perfect solar display and bathing the streets in a warm, orange glow.
  “When the sun is very low in the sky, it casts a radiant glow of light that gives everything a very pleasing illumination,” said Luca Vanzella, past president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Edmonton Centre.
  “Photographers have coined the t
  
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• Former Alberta culture minister Mary Jean LeMessurier dies age 88

  17-03-2018 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Alberta culture minister and Order of Canada medal recipient Mary Jean LeMessurier has died aged 88.
  LeMessurier became one of the first women to serve in the Alberta cabinet when she was appointed culture minister by Peter Lougheed after winning the Edmonton-Centre seat in 1979.
  The Montreal-born Progressive Conservative, who passed away on March 11 at Lewis Estates Retirement Residence in Edmonton, defeated NDP candidate Harry C. Midgley 4,550 votes to 2,273.
  She again won the seat in 1
  
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• Homes for hospitals: Full House Lottery celebrates 25th anniversary

  17-03-2018 17:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Imagine yourself living in the White House.
  No, not that one — as you know, the one on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. already has a tenant. Or maybe it’s the McDavid room — as in the Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid — that is more to your liking.
  Either way, the Full House Lottery’s 25th anniversary edition — in support of the Royal Alexandra and University of Alberta hospitals — aims to make you a happy homeowner with your choice of t
  
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• New duo Stretches eclectic musical friends in world première

  17-03-2018 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  How does Nels Cline explain himself?
  At 62 he’s a jazz veteran, often tied to that genre’s more experimental side but not without his unique explorations of romantic standards, as with the 2016 Blue Note set Lovers.
  Then again, he’s been lead guitarist for Wilco, one of the most revered bands in alternative rock, since he was invited to join in 2004, and his early credentials take in the punk side of rock music too.
  As a notable composer-improviser, he usually alternates betwee
  
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• Saturday's letters: Treatment of flag-carrying protester shameful

  17-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “When raising the flag breaches the public peace,” Christie Blatchford, March 13
  The flag is a universal symbol of peace and harmony in the civilized world. Yet, a brave Canadian citizen, Randy Fleming, was apprehended aggressively by police authorities using excessive force, against his peaceful protest, while carrying a Canadian flag during the Caledonia standoff. It’s the ultimate irony, is it not?
  We readily acknowledge that thousands of Canadians fought and died for fr
  
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• Opinion: Canada's elections not immune to potential Russian interference

  17-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s next federal election is coming up in 2019. A question hanging heavily over the heads of many is whether Russia will interfere and how effectively Canada would counter such interference.
  The last two years have offered many examples of Russian manipulation of public opinion in various countries by exploiting social tensions, hacking, and leaking sensitive information. One of Russia’s goals is to compromise the free media and sow distrust of government to promote racism and h
  
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• Want to hear the sound of a propane tank? Here's your chance

  17-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you ever wanted to hear a propane tank being repurposed as a musical instrument, now’s your chance.
  Some half-a-dozen of them will appear in the seventh Now Hear This New Music Festival, which starts on Wednesday, March 21, and runs through Sunday, March 25.
  The propane tanks have been adapted to act as resonators for pre-recorded voices, live amplified brass and electronics in a new work by Edmonton soundscape composer Ryan M. Hemphill. Overfill Undergrowth, as the work is titled, is p
  
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• Alberta Ballet updates Cinderella for modern audiences by going back to source

  17-03-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Unlike most of the western world, Jennifer Gibson was not familiar with the Disney version of Cinderella.
  In fact, it was the only Disney movie she didn’t own as a child. This turned out to be a good thing. After all, it’s much easier to thoroughly reimagine a character if you are starting with a blank slate.
  As classic as Cinderella is, it is also a fairy tale that could use a little tinkering to update it for the modern age. After all, telling a story about a downtrodden girl who i
  
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• St. Albert pulls ahead of province in housing starts - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert pulls ahead of province in housing starts
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  Housing starts has been on the decline across the province, but St. Albert seems to be bucking that trend. According to ATB Financial, housing starts began drifting downwards at the end of 2017 across the province. In 2018 it appears that pace is ...
  
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• Jiu-Jitsu, SLAM basketball and indoor soccer results - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Jiu-Jitsu, SLAM basketball and indoor soccer results
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  A trio of competitors from the Hayabusa Training Centre Ltd. in Campbell Business Park returned home as medal winners from the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championships last weekend in Irvine, Calif. Nancy Ma, a master 3 purple belt and mother of two, and ...
  
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• Effing Seafood will soon sell fresh fish in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Effing Seafood will soon sell fresh fish in St. Albert
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  Effing seafood may seem like a fish out of water in land-locked St. Albert, but soon the seafood producer will be selling fresh coastal food from around the world right in our city. The store is currently under construction, but once complete it will ...
  
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• Distracted driving tickets double since 2015 - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Distracted driving tickets double since 2015
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  The St. Albert RCMP and Municipal Enforcement Services more than doubled the amount of distracted driving tickets they handed out last year, compared to two years previous. Some 829 distracted driving tickets were handed out in 2017, which is a sharp ...
  
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• Conference dispels myths about cannabis - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Conference dispels myths about cannabis
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  Professionals in the medical cannabis field are challenging people to do away with their old ideas around the drug, especially when it comes to the workplace. Many people hold the belief that if you consume cannabis, you're going to get high. But that ...and more »
  
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• Bantam AAA and midget AA playoff updates - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Bantam AAA and midget AA playoff updates
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  The Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League provincial final resumes today between the St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres and Airdrie Xtreme. Faceoff is 3:30 p.m. in Airdrie. The Xtreme leads the best-of-five series 2-0 after defeating the Sabres twice in ...
  
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• Cannabis consultation costs - St. Albert Gazette

  17-03-2018 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Cannabis consultation costs
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  Residents will have their say in the city's plan for the legalization of cannabis, but that consultation isn't cheap. At the March 5 meeting, St. Albert city council voted to commit $50,000 for a resident survey and other public engagement measures ...
  
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• Press Gallery #221: The School's Back edition

  17-03-2018 05:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was an unusually harmonious first week of session in the Alberta legislature as parties of all stripes came together to pass a unanimous motion in support of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  But it wasn’t all kumbaya moments with topics like the carbon tax and climate change front and centre.
  Join The Press Gallery as Sarah O’Donnell, Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson dig into the first rounds of Premier Rachel Notley and UCP leader Jason Kenney squaring off in question p
  
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• Residents of former Domtar site unsure what to make of contamination news

  17-03-2018 03:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents of a fledgling housing development in the city’s northeast returned home Friday evening to find something unusual: an envelope from Alberta Environment stuck to their front doors with green painter’s tape.
  Inside was a letter from the government department outlining the results of recent soil testing in the area, and listing precautions for residents to minimize potential exposure to contaminants such as dioxins, furans and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 
  For many o
  
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• Lance Blanchard declared dangerous offender after court hears from victim assaulted as boy

  17-03-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton judge sentenced Lance David Blanchard to an indeterminate prison sentence Friday, ruling the 60-year-old is a dangerous offender who poses a high risk of committing violent and sexual offences if released.
  “I am satisfied that Mr. Blanchard constitutes a threat to the life, safety and physical well-being of other persons in the community,” Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eric Macklin said Friday.
  When a dangerous offender is handed an indeterminate sentence, they bec
  
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• Legal Aid Alberta workers in position to go on strike

  17-03-2018 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Legal Aid workers are prepared to go on strike against their employer.
  Nearly 70 workers, who are members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, voted Wednesday in Edmonton and Thursday in Calgary to strike if the Legal Aid Society of Alberta doesn’t include improvements in the collective agreement during bargaining and mediation.
  “Major reductions to staff, coupled with the closure of a number of regional offices around Alberta and more demand for services, have left employee
  
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• Graham Thomson: Jason Kenney's arrival turns legislative norms on their head

  17-03-2018 00:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  We were expecting fireworks, but instead got Abbott and Costello.
  I’m not complaining, but I’m still trying to figure out who is the funny one and who is the straight man.
  The first week of Alberta’s new legislative session was entertaining in its own way with the arrival of Jason Kenney as official Opposition leader across the floor from Premier Rachel Notley.
  There were no political pyrotechnics, as Kenney made sure the UCP caucus members sat with decorous civility during que
  
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• Notes from the dome: Sixties Scoop survivors speak out and climate-change debate

  17-03-2018 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sixties Scoop survivors stand in national solidarity
  Judith Gale, 52, was among the protesters who gathered at the Alberta legislature Friday in solidarity with her counterparts across the country. 
  “We want to spread love, peace and bannock grease, as I like to say,” she said with a laugh, adding the movement has made her feel less alone. 
  In nine cities across Canada, protesters wearing purple arm bands demanded an end to what they describe as colonial child-welfare polic
  
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• New batch of Edmonton police officers reflect force's diversity efforts

  17-03-2018 00:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Manpreet Malhotra spent nearly a year training to become a police officer, going through an intense battery of mental and physical testing along with two dozen other recruits in the Edmonton Police Service’s latest graduating class.   
  But the toughest part wasn’t the physical training.
  “Communication,” the newly minted constable said Friday, when asked about the most challenging part of becoming a police officer. “It took me a lot of time to get used to t
  
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• New batch of Edmonton police officers a diverse group

  17-03-2018 00:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Manpreet Malhotra spent nearly one year training to become a police officer, going through an intense battery of mental and physical testing along with two dozen other recruits in the Edmonton Police Service’s latest graduating class.   
  But the toughest part wasn’t the physical training.
  “Communication,” the newly minted constable said Friday, when asked about the most challenging part of becoming a police officer. “It took me a lot of time to get used to
  
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• Dignitaries celebrate topping off ceremony for 'big city' West Block tower

  17-03-2018 00:04 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 mixed-use tower development focused on an LRT station outside downtown. 
  That makes it the first “real big-city transit-oriented development,” Mayor Don Iveson said after crews poured the ceremonial last concrete.
  Iveson thanked Beaverbrook Developments Inc., investor
  
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