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• Leduc County man charged with murder in son's death

  19-03-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Leduc County man is charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains after his son was killed Thursday.
  An autopsy concluded Mohammad Ayaghchi, 32, died by homicide, RCMP said in a Monday news release. Charged is his father, Hossein Ayaghchi, 59, who is scheduled to appear in Leduc provincial court for a bail hearing March 29.
  At 10:40 p.m. Thursday, RCMP were called to a rural house in Leduc County after hearing a man had been shot, police said. Officers found a dead man outsi
  
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• Dogs stolen along with Edmonton woman's truck found safe in Rimbey

  19-03-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two dogs that were stolen along with their owner’s truck outside an Edmonton business last week were found roaming around the small town of Rimbey Saturday, police said Monday. 
  Rocky and Jersey, a pair of English bulldogs, were along for the ride when the truck was stolen from a south Edmonton business around 2:30 p.m. March 12. 
  Their owner had gone into the business at 101 Street and 34 Avenue. When she returned, the vehicle was gone. Broken glass from her shattered driver&rsq
  
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• NDP introduces new AISH legislation, plans to hire disability advocate in the spring

  19-03-2018 23:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government introduced new legislation Monday to help parents set aside financial support for children with disabilities without risking their access to provincial benefits. 
  “It will allow Albertans to establish trusts for family members and loved ones who are receiving AISH benefits without affecting their eligibility for the program,” Community and Social Services Minister Irfan Sabir told a news conference. 
  People with disabilities who depend on Assured
  
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• NDP suspends caribou conservation plan, calls on federal government for cash infusion

  19-03-2018 23:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP suspended portions of its caribou protection plan Monday and called on the federal government to step up on the file, citing a $1-billion price tag over the next four decades.
  “Alberta’s approach … and fulfilling the requirements under federal law cannot and will not come at the expense of our economy,” said Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips in a letter sent to Ottawa.
  The province released its draft plan on Dec. 19 to help threatened woodland carib
  
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• School LGBTQ policies out of step with School Act changes, advocacy group says

  19-03-2018 23:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four Alberta school board policies that should accommodate LGBTQ students and staff fail to meet new legal requirements soon coming into force, a dissection by Public Interest Alberta released Monday shows.
  Policies and procedures at Edmonton Catholic Schools, Buffalo Trail Public Schools, Westwind Public Schools and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools also lack research-backed best practices to ensure students and staff know their rights and feel protected in school, said Kristopher Wells, an
  
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• Minister slams University of Alberta budget cut, president pay

  19-03-2018 19:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt has slammed the University of Alberta’s decision Friday to cut four per cent of its budget. 
  Schmidt also took aim at president David Turpin, whose annual salary, not including perks, is about $500,000. 
  Turpin is one of the highest paid university presidents in the country, Schmidt told Postmedia on his way into a cabinet meeting Monday morning, yet he has failed to examine his own compensation or deal with administrative costs.
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• Pile of charges after driver slams into Red Deer store, parked cars, police cruiser

  19-03-2018 19:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is facing a string of charges after the driver of a stolen truck crashed into a Red Deer storefront, six parked vehicles and a police cruiser before being nabbed when he fled on foot to an apartment, say RCMP.
  The drama began around 5:30 p.m. Friday when Red Deer RCMP on patrol spotted a truck bearing a stolen licence plate. When members tried to block the truck after it parked, the driver reversed several times into an adjacent building, smashing out the windows, and then into a police cr
  
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• Congolese community in Edmonton spotlights growing violence in homeland

  19-03-2018 19:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians with connections to the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling on fellow residents to pay attention to the worsening conflict in the wartorn country. 
  Benjamin Demba, who has lived in Edmonton for 12 years and is on the local board of the Société Congolaise, wants Canadians to put pressure on the federal government to act.
  “It is really a catastrophe,” said Demba in a recent interview. 
  Last year, elections in his homeland were scheduled bu
  
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• Edmonton weather: Fog advisory issued, 'near zero visibility' expected

  19-03-2018 13:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Environment Canada fog advisory statement is in effect for the city of Edmonton and surrounding region Monday.
  Dense fog with near-zero visibility will likely persist until later this morning, the national weather watchdog said. If the dense fog shows signs of moving or expanding, the advisory will be extended to other areas of the province. So far, the advisory stretches as far south as Airdrie, Olds and Sundre and spans north to Whitecourt, Athabasca, and Westlock.
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• Superintendent review leaves some Alberta school boards in precarious spot

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some Alberta school trustees are questioning if they need a contingency plan as the contracts of potential new superintendents sit unsigned on the desk of the education minister.
  One of five school boards in limbo is Leduc-based St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic school division, whose superintendent, Troy Davies, will leave the post April 2.
  Although the board has gone through the process of recruiting a new superintendent, trustees are now looking for an acting superintendent while the paperwor
  
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• Police warn buyers of online fraud and auto theft

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton couple thought they had finally found their dream RV when they spotted an online classified ad in July of 2017. A month later their dream vehicle had been seized by police and they were out over $19,000.
  The local couple, who did not wish to be identified, were one of 32 victims in 2017 that purchased a stolen vehicle. As part of Fraud Prevention Month the Edmonton Police Service is warning people to be aware of online sale scams including the purchasing of used vehicles.
  “Ther
  
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• Playground zones: Grace period coming to a halt

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A grace period for drivers who speed through newly marked city playground zones will likely come to a screeching halt this spring. 
  The city began installing signs marking 30 km/h speed limits in playground zones around the city in late 2017, but officials have handed out zero tickets so far.
  “They wanted everyone to get used to the signs being there before they started ticketing, and we’re still in the process of putting up signs,” the city’s traffic safety spo
  
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• High Level Line visionaries look for momentum and buy-in on new urban park

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A dream to transform the High Level Bridge into an urban park and streetcar corridor that reaches from MacEwan University to Whyte Avenue is about to get its next big push. 
  The young professionals behind the High Level Line concept are incorporating as a non-profit this spring, recruiting a larger board, launching a series of public events and meeting with landowners along the line as they work to build momentum.
  Between pilot projects, promotional T-shirts and plenty of talk thi
  
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• Chief Alberta judge scolds litigant for 'judge shopping'

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who attempted to make a court application through “irregular” means was ordered to cut it out by the head of the province’s superior court.
  Andrew Botar sent a seven-page letter to the office of Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Mary Moreau’s office in February, outlining concerns he has about the way his many civil litigation matters are being handled, and criticizing the conduct of two judges who have presided over his cases, according to an endorsement Moreau
  
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• Basics of walking overshadowed in Edmonton's LRT debate: resident

  19-03-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Neil Carey is worried.
  Every day, he walks his son to daycare and crosses the proposed west LRT extension at Stony Plain Road and 148 Street. That’s also the neighbourhood’s access to the river valley. But will he still be able to cross when the train comes through?
  He’s struggling to get answers. 
  “The conversation always turns to how is this going to impact traffic,” said Carey, a Grovenor resident who supports LRT but wants it done right.
  Edmonton is on the
  
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• Oil Spills: Oilers busy shopping on NHL trade market

  19-03-2018 11:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion has been at the last two Edmonton Oilers Games. Could it be that both teams are looking at some sort of trade in the off-season.
  Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about what Dorion’s presence at Oilers games could mean. Matheson thinks it is quite likely the Oilers are initiating the talks. 
  There is some speculation that the Oilers would like to trade for 28-year-old winger Mike Hoffman but the write
  
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• Oil Spills: Why is Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion watching the Edmonton Oilers play?

  19-03-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion has been at the last two Edmonton Oilers Games. Could it be that both teams are looking at some sort of trade in the off-season.
  Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about what Dorion’s presence at Oilers games could mean. Matheson thinks it is quite likely the Oilers are initiating the talks. 
  There is some speculation that the Oilers would like to trade for 28-year-old winger Mike Hoffman but the write
  
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• Player grades: McDavid loses showdown to Kucherov as yet another backup goalie stymies Edmonton Oilers

  19-03-2018 06:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Lightning 3
  For most teams, a game where the opposition chooses to rest their Vezina candidate goaltender in favour of a lightly-used backup is good news. The Edmonton Oilers? Not so much.
  Tampa Bay Lightning gave 40-game winner Andrei Vasilevskiy the night off, rolling out third stringer Louis Domingue who had been called up from the minors on Saturday. Domingue gave the Oilers an early gift just 14 seconds in, but slammed the door from that point on, doing by far his best work agains
  
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• Open house on Domtar contamination answers some questions, creates others

  19-03-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents adjacent to a contaminated site that once housed the Domtar Edmonton Wood Preserving Plant in northeast Edmonton had some questions answered but were left with more at an open house in the Clareview Community Recreation Centre on Sunday.
  As Daniel Spasic flipped through 6,000 pages of documents in binders at the open house he was concerned, not fearful, but wants answers.
  “There’s just charts and numbers and percentages and it’s nice that this book is here,&
  
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• Mounties looking for first-degree murder suspect and missing woman

  19-03-2018 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties arrested a woman and have warrants to arrest her son on first-degree murder charges.
  Meanwhile, they are looking for a woman who went missing on the day they found the victim’s body and believe she may be with the suspect.
  The RCMP major crimes unit arrested Margaret Simon, 53, in Plamondon on March 15 and charged her with accessory to murder. She is scheduled to appear in Lac La Biche provincial court on Monday.
  Since Nov. 7, 2017, Lloyd Wesley Boudreau, 22, of Lac La Biche has b
  
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• Entrepreneur urges council not to be too quick with LRT spending

  19-03-2018 00:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Just hit pause on the west leg of the Valley Line LRT — that’s the message magnetic-levitation transit entrepreneur Dan Corns has for city council.
  The world is on the cusp of a revolution — driverless on-demand shuttles that will make LRT look slow, overbuilt and onerous, said Corns. Build a $2.24-billion rail line to the west end and it might look obsolete before it opens.
  “When I started hearing those huge numbers, I started reaching out to the councillors to say, &lsq
  
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