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• Braving the Edmonton cold on the Way of the Cross

  30-03-2018 23:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A large group people gathered in the freezing temperatures of downtown Edmonton to participate in the 38th annual Way of the Cross Friday. 
  Starting at the Immigration Hall at 100 Street and 105 Avenue, a large wooden cross is carried and stood up next to a wooden riser where the first prayers are read. This year’s focus was titled Speaking Truth to Power. 
  “We invite people to gather who have a concern about social issues that are affecting people. We invite them
  
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• Feast for the eyes as competition-quality desserts debut at Café Linnea

  30-03-2018 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans of gorgeous will want to check out the new dessert program at Cafe Linnea, where exquisite afters by pastry chef Jake Pelletier are being paired with cocktails to create a sensory treat.
  Three carefully composed options are now on the menu, desserts that are too fancy to be practical for sale at the restaurant’s sister business, Duchess Bake Shop. But they contribute to the air of artistry at Cafe Linnea, which made Enroute’s magazine’s list of the top 10 best new restaura
  
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• Please update the Edmonton Journal app

  30-03-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  We’ve made some improvements to the way we deliver our mobile news to you. You need to update to the latest version of the app to get the optimal video experience on your phone. Look for the latest update in the Google Play Store on your device.
  
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• Aussie on ice: You really can teach an old dog new tricks

  30-03-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Reporter Juris Graney set out 12 weeks ago to learn how to play hockey through the Discover Hockey program with two dozen fellow fans of the sport. With two games on the books and the program over, he delivers his final update.This was never about becoming as great as Gretzky, as omnipotent as Orr or as hard as Howe.
  No, when I started out three months ago I just wanted to play hockey — to glide on ice and hear the scratch of skate against frozen water, to feel the crunch of bodies against
  
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• NDP government, doctors still at odds over new compensation deal

  30-03-2018 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Negotiations between Alberta Health and the province’s 10,000 doctors on a new compensation agreement is now dragging into its fifth month as the NDP government knuckles down on efforts to cool the growth of its $22-billion health budget.
  The province’s current seven-year pact with the Alberta Medical Association officially expires Saturday, and there are indications the two sides remain at odds on resolving some complex issues required to complete a new deal.
  The latest provincial b
  
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• Man dead in head-on crash with semi-truck near Grande Prairie

  30-03-2018 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A northern Alberta man is dead after a head-on crash between a pick-up truck and a semi-truck on Thursday.
  RCMP were called to the location of the crash around 5 p.m. on Forestry Truck Road near Debolt, about 61 kilometres east of Grande Prairie.
  A 22 year-old man from Grande Prairie was a passenger in the pick-up truck and is deceased.
  The driver of the pick-up truck, a 39-year-old man, also from Grande Prairie, was taken to hospital via STARS Air Ambulance with unknown
  
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• Talk Back: Street checks a 'valid tool' says Coun. Moe Banga

  30-03-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A homicide tied to the scene of a crime in Vancouver through a simple street check is one of the anecdotes on police street checks that speak volumes for Coun. Moe Banga.
  Advocates from Black Lives Matter and local Indigenous groups have been pushing for proof that a contentious tool of policing actually does more good than harm. They say carding hurts police relationships with minority communities, who feel targeted when repeatedly stopped and asked for information when they’ve done nothi
  
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• Paula Simons: A new feeling of pride at the university that once fired gay instructor

  30-03-2018 18:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  The King’s University held its first Pride event last week. It wasn’t a wild time. There were information tables. Students from SPEAK, which stands for Sexuality, Pride, and Equality Alliance at King’s, addressed their fellow students at chapel time.
  Come June, a group from King’s will march for the first time in the Edmonton Pride Parade.
  That may not sound very radical in 2018. But for the small private Christian university, which first gained national notoriety wh
  
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• Please update to the latest version of the Edmonton Journal

  30-03-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  We’ve made some improvements to the way we deliver our mobile news to you. You need to update to the latest version of the app to get the optimal video experience on your phone. Look for the latest update in the App Store on your iOS device.
  
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• Opinion: Pipeline-hating Horgan hypocritical in pursuing LNG projects

  30-03-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  My sincere congratulations to British Columbia Premier John Horgan.
  I bet you never expected me – a Conservative Senator and former provincial minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources – to publicly congratulate the premier. But I felt it was appropriate to give credit where credit is due.
  Last week, the NDP B.C. government announced, as part of a new framework for natural gas development, a revised fiscal policy that would provide LNG Canada – a proposed liquefied natu
  
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• Friday's letters: Hoping council made right call on west LRT

  30-03-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Residents know a better route for west-end LRT, even if council doesn’t,” David Staples, March 23
  David Staples is right. At the March 21 west LRT public hearing, Coun. Aaron Paquette asked over 100 attendees in council chambers who supported this LRT line. Not one person raised their hand.
  In fact, one presenter said that a 2010 transportation report stated this route would have the greatest impact on traffic flow. Another presenter quoted from a city survey that 66 per c
  
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• David Staples: There's no stopping Hap and his Hungry House

  30-03-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s no stopping Hap and his Hungry House.
  Harold (Hap) Myers, 70, has fought off numerous challenges in business, including competition from giant breakfast fast-food multinationals, to become an Edmonton restaurant icon.
  On Stony Plain Road, Hap’s Hungry House has been in business for 35 years. Hap has no plans to retire.
  “I like to be busy and we’ve worked at our business, and it’s a modest business, but it’s a success,” he says. “So I enjoy
  
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• Player grades: One moment of brilliance from McDavid isn't enough to get it done as Oilers fall to Canucks

  30-03-2018 10:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Canucks 2
  Way back in Game 2, the Edmonton Oilers made their first visit to Vancouver. They scored first, but had a couple of defensive/goaltending lapses, fell behind, and spent the rest of the night making Jacob Markstrom looking like Jacques Plante.
  Fast forward (if not fast enough) to Game 78. The Oilers finally return to Vancouver, and guess what? Same story. Blown lead, a couple breakdowns, and no finish whatsoever. Wound up 2-1 this time, not 3-2, but again it was done in regula
  
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• Oilers fall to 2-1 comeback bid by Vancouver

  30-03-2018 06:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  VANCOUVER — Let Connor Do It
  That’s been the Edmonton Oilers’ motto for almost two months but certainly over the past five games, where he’s been in on 13 of their 17 goals.
  But while Connor McDavid got his 26th goal since Feb. 1 with a dazzling individual effort, nobody else picked up the slack against the Vancouver Canucks, who came back to win 2-1 Thursday despite having half a dozen players out of their lineup.
  They were carried by Jacob Markstrom, who made a series o
  
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• Police nab first-degree murder suspect in north-side slaying

  30-03-2018 06:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was arrested Thursday evening on a first-degree murder warrant in connection with a slaying Sunday in Edmonton.
  Clinton Wabasca, 36, was taken into custody in the Edmonton area just before 7 p.m. Police said they were not looking for any other suspects.
  A man’s body was found in the basement suite of a multi-unit residence in the area of 117 Avenue and 91 Street at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
  An autopsy determined the 42-year-old male victim died as a result of head trauma, police said
  
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• 'More bang for your buck': LRT wins over Terwillegar Drive upgrades in effort to relieve congestion

  30-03-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Getting LRT to Heritage Valley is more important than upgrading interchanges on Terwillegar Drive, according to a new report the city released Thursday. 
  The best way to stave off gridlock in Edmonton’s fast-growing south is by giving people alternatives — including direct LRT access to downtown and priority buses on Terwillegar, said Watt Consulting Group, a local transportation planning and engineering firm hired to analyze growing congestion issues.
  These options are safer, m
  
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• Alberta must do more to raise efficiency, cut costs, chamber of commerce president says

  30-03-2018 03:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is still feeling the impact of the recent recession and the province should do more to get its finances in order, the president of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce says.
  “We believe the government should base its long-term budgeting on the factors it can control, like eliminating waste and finding efficiencies,” Janet Riopel told a chamber  luncheon Thursday, calling for less red tape and cost-cutting to boost the economy.
  “By 2023, Alberta will face a staggering $
  
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• Edmonton's infill police see surge in complaints, fly-by-night builders

  30-03-2018 03:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A surge of infill-related complaints is actually good news, says a new team charged with making sure homebuilders in Edmonton’s mature neighbourhoods follow the rules. 
  The team received 820 complaints last year, and made another 800 followup and proactive visits. The number of complaints taken during peak building season was a 235 per cent increase over the same time in 2016.
  Those complaints resulted in more than 900 warnings, tickets and stop-work orders, in addition to referrals t
  
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• One dead after west-end fire; police say blaze was not suspicious

  30-03-2018 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead after a fire Thursday in a home in west Edmonton.
  Police do not believe the fire is suspicious.
  The blaze broke out in a home at 87 Avenue and 153 Street around 4:26 p.m.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue Services arrived on scene at 4:30 p.m., fire services spokeswoman Kristi Bland said Thursday.
  As of 4:50 p.m., crews were still putting out hotspots.
  Four trucks with 16 firefighters were on scene, plus police and EMS were called as is routine, Bland said.
  A dog and a cat died in the fire
  
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• Notes from the Dome: NDP robocalls begin, Sikhs exempted from helmet laws

  30-03-2018 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A robotic man’s voice phoning Albertans on behalf of the NDP tells listeners “hearing from Albertans is important to us” and says Premier Rachel Notley has been working hard to secure a pipeline.
  “If you support Rachel’s actions, please take a moment to show your support at http://www.yesalbertapipeline.ca,” the voice says.
  The robocalls are being reported by Albertans all over the province. Some people are also getting texts. 
  According to the N
  
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• Press Gallery #223: The panel, plans and a provincial tour edition

  30-03-2018 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The legislature is on a constituency break this week, but that hasn’t stopped the political news in Alberta.
  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson to talk about the latest recommendations from Alberta’s child intervention panel, which were quietly slipped online by the government this week. 
  The team also takes a look at United Conservative Party plans to target Edmonton in the 2019 election and Premier Rachel Notley&r
  
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