St. Albert news

• Kinder Morgan to suspend all non-essential spending on Trans Mountain project

  08-04-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kinder Morgan announced Sunday it is suspending all non-essential spending on the Trans Mountain expansion project to the Pacific Coast, citing the opposition of British Columbia’s government as the main reason for the decision.
  The company said it will hold consultations with various parties in the weeks ahead in an attempt to reach an agreement by May 31 that will allow the project to proceed. The consultations will focus on ensuring “clarity” on the ability to construct thro
  
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• RCMP investigating man's death in Stettler as 'suspicious'

  08-04-2018 23:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  The death of a man found in a residence in Stettler on Friday is suspicious, RCMP said on Saturday.
  Stettler RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes unit are investigating the death of the man who has yet to be positively identified.
  The victim’s truck is missing and RCMP are asking for anyone who has seen a white 2008 Ford F-150 Quad Cab with the Alberta licence plate of #BRM 9136 to call 911 immediately and to not approach the vehicle.
  An autopsy date has yet to be set.
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• Humboldt Broncos bus crash: Logan Hunter’s mom says he was ‘living his dream’

  08-04-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  A St. Albert athlete who was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash Friday is being remembered as a passionate hockey player with a sharp sense of humour who was also an incredibly kind young man.
  
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• St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron Expresses Condolences

  08-04-2018 21:36
  Humboldt Tragedy Sad Day for St. Albert St. Albert is a hockey community and we mourn as every other community in... Read Post
  
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• Edmonton businessman gifts $3 million to build residential hospice

  08-04-2018 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A $3-million gift from Edmonton businessman Harold Roozen Friday launched a capital campaign to build Edmonton’s first residential hospice for those at the end of life.
  Roozen said his late parents from war-ravage Holland and Germany had little more than “a couple of suitcases” when they came to Canada 60 years ago.
  “Today we are proud to be Albertans and in a position to give back something of significance to the people in our community,” said Roozen, the president
  
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• Edmonton Oilers cash in Patrick Maroon trade, sign Cooper Marody

  08-04-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, there signing of prospect Cooper Marody:  “The Oilers have signed Cooper Marody to a three-year ELC. The 21-year-old forward, whose rights were acquired from Philadelphia on March 21, led @umichhockey with 51 points (16 goals, 35 assists) in 40 games this season.”
  My takeThe Oilers used their third pick acquired in the Patrick Maroon trade to bring in Marody. If Marody had returned to university and become a free agent next year, this trade woul
  
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• Homicide detectives investigate early shooting in northeast Edmonton

  08-04-2018 17:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead after an early morning shooting in northeast Edmonton, according to city police.
  Officers were called about reports of shots fired in the Evansdale neighbourhood at about 4 a.m., northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul Czerwonka said Sunday.
  “All the parties were actually gone by the time we got there, so we didn’t know what we had until we verified that there was a shooting victim,” he said.
  Czerwonka said one male is deceased, and possible suspects remain u
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: The Edmonton Oilers Triumph 3-2 in classy send-off to the Sedins

  08-04-2018 09:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers wrapped up a very disappointing 2017-18 regular season Saturday night with a good effort and 2 points, after a 3-2 shoot-out win over the Vancouver Canucks at Roger’s Place.
  It started off a most difficult night, in the wake of the terrible tragedy in Humboldt just a little over 24 hours earlier. The hockey world is a small one. I can tell you for a factthat each and every player on that sheet of ice was feeling it.
  Yet, both clubs brought a game effort, perhaps not ju
  
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• Edmonton hit hard by losses in tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  08-04-2018 06:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  With many of the players on the Humboldt Broncos hailing from Edmonton and surrounding towns and cities, the community is grappling with the loss of young men and injuries of others. The team was headed to a game in Nipawin, Sask. when a truck collided with the team’s bus. RCMP have confirmed 15 people are dead.
  Seven of the team’s players are from the Edmonton or northern Alberta region. Head coach Darcy Haugan, who was confirmed to be killed in the crash, was from Peace River.
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• 'Grace, skill and professionalism': St. Albert's Logan Hunter killed in bus crash

  08-04-2018 06:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Logan Hunter, an 18-year-old from St. Albert killed in the Humboldt bus tragedy, is being remembered for his on-ice professionalism and sunny nature.
  The right-winger, who began his Junior A career with the Humboldt Broncos in March 2017, previously played for the St. Albert Raiders in Midget AAA and St. Albert Blues Midget AA.
  Hunter had a “great sense of humour, always had a smile on his face,” wrote Kevin Porter, president of the St. Albert Raiders Hockey Club where Hunter us
  
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• RCMP investigating man's death as suspicious in Settler

  08-04-2018 04:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The death of a man found in a residence in Stettler on Friday is suspicious, RCMP said on Saturday.
  Stettler RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes unit are investigating the death of the man who has yet to be positively identified.
  The victim’s truck is missing and RCMP are asking for anyone who has seen a white 2008 Ford F-150 Quad Cab with the Alberta licence plate of #BRM 9136 to call 911 immediately and to not approach the vehicle.
  An autopsy date has yet to be set.
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• 'Radiated joy': Stephen Wack, defenceman from St. Albert, dies in bus crash

  08-04-2018 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stephen Wack, a 21-year-old defenceman from St. Albert killed in the Friday Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is being remembered for his down-to-earth nature, loyalty and bright smile. 
  Fifteen people died after the bus carrying the hockey team collided with a semi-trailer unit north of Tisdale, Sask., about 5 p.m. Friday. Fourteen others on the bus were injured, including some critically.
  A family member said Saturday that Wack’s parents are in Saskatchewan.
  Raised in St. Albert, Wac
  
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• **FOR PRINT EDM** 'Radiated joy': Stephen Wack, St. Albert defenceman, dies in bus crash

  08-04-2018 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stephen Wack, a 21-year-old defenceman from St. Albert killed in the Friday Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is being remembered for his down-to-earth nature, loyalty and bright smile. 
  Fifteen people died after the bus carrying the hockey team collided with a semi-trailer unit north of Tisdale, Sask., about 5 p.m. Friday. 
  Raised in St. Albert, Wack began his career with the Broncos in 2016, after a season with the Whitecourt Wolverines.
  “He just radiated joy,” said J
  
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• Twenty answers to twenty questions about the 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers

  08-04-2018 00:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 82: Canucks at Oilers
  Hard to think about hockey today in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy which weighs heavily on every heart in the hockey world and beyond. My colleague Kurt Leavins, whose relationship with the perils of bus travel in junior hockey is all too personal in scope, wrote this heartfelt piece in the wee hours this morning; I encourage you to read it. Ditto for this sober commentary by David Staples, himself a minor hockey coach for whom winter travel on rural
  
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• 'Tremendous teammate' Conner Lukan of Slave Lake killed in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  08-04-2018 00:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Conner Lukan of Slave Lake is one of the 15 victims killed Friday in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in northern Saskatchewan, a team associate confirmed Saturday.
  The 21-year-old forward, who joined the team this season after spending three with the Spruce Grove Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, was one of seven players on the team with Alberta roots.
  “He was a very unassuming young man… he came and worked hard every day and he had that quiet sense of humour about him
  
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