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• Driftpile's Billy-Ray Belcourt up for $65K international poetry prize

  11-04-2018 23:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Billy-Ray Belcourt of Alberta’s Driftpile Cree Nation — the first First Nations Oxford Rhodes scholar — is up for the $65,000 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize for his anthology, This Wound is a World.
  One of seven nominees for the annual prize awarded by the Toronto-based Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, the four international and three Canadian finalists are each awarded another $10,000 for their participation in the shortlist readings June 6 in the Ontario capital, with
  
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• Social Seen: Green Drinks: Farm to Fork

  11-04-2018 23:02 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)
  Green Drinks: Farm to Fork
  Where: Yellowhead Brewery
  When: April 4
  What: A chance for Edmonton’s food scene to get together and
  
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• Prices at B.C. pumps will suffer due to pro-pipeline bill, says Alberta energy minister

  11-04-2018 22:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s energy minister hinted that looming legislation in support of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will restrict oil shipments to British Columbia. 
  “If I lived in the Lower Mainland — Vancouver, Victoria — I’d be very concerned about prices at the pump in the next while because that will be part of the bill,” said Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd on Wednesday.  
  Her comments came the day after the NDP gave notice of Bill 12,
  
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• NDP introduces new rules to make more Alberta lobbyists register

  11-04-2018 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  New legislation introduced Wednesday will force more Alberta lobbyists to register while pitching their causes to government officials. 
  Lobbyists who work 50 hours or more in a year will be need to sign on to the Alberta Lobbyists Registry, a database run by the province’s ethics commissioner to monitor those trying to influence government decisions. 
  Under current rules, lobbyists don’t need to report their actions until they work 100 hours in a year, either ind
  
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• Unique amenities at Premium Outlet Collection near Edmonton International Airport

  11-04-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s newest mall, Premium Outlet Collection, aims to cater to locals and beyond.
  Media were taken on a tour Wednesday of the still-under-construction site that is set to open May 2.
  While local people are the “obvious” bread and butter of what drives a shopping centre, tourists who come through Edmonton every year as well as the airport traffic are very important to the mall’s market, said John Scott, senior vice-president of development and construction at Ivanhoe
  
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• Bar Clementine makes noted list of top 10 bars in Canada; chef Daniel Costa a triple threat

  11-04-2018 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s Best 100 Restaurants has announced its picks for 2018.  As part of the fanfare, the magazine names its favourites for bars, too. That’s where Edmonton’s Bar Clementine really shone, making the prestigious publication’s top 10 ranking.
  Four Edmonton restaurants were listed in the magazine’s top 100 best, including all three of chef Daniel Costa’s eateries. Uccellino was placed at 59, Corso 32 at 52 and Bar Bricco at 45. Biera, the new-ish restaura
  
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• Revived Ford Ranger likely to get outsize attention at Edmonton Motor Show

  11-04-2018 21:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s far from the flashiest vehicle on the showroom floor — a small, orange-ish brown pickup tucked behind a guardrail at one end of a hall at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
  But in a province known for its big trucks, the revived Ford Ranger is likely to draw outsize attention at this year’s Edmonton Motorshow.
  Ten years after Ford ended production of the light pickup, the Ranger is making a return — including a stop at the Edmonton show, which runs April 12-15. 
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• Twitter reacts to Peter Chiarelli's press conference: "How is he still GM?"

  11-04-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  At his Wednesday news conference, Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli spelled out his thoughts on the season. Here’s the reaction of Oilers fans:
  Ian C —@IanC56Five seconds in Chiarelli says he liked Lucic’s skating this year. Goodnight.
  Tyler Hupka: Bandwagon 2018 Jets Fan! @thupka1982Five seconds is all it took to prove Chiarelli is clueless? THAT’S IT?
  Kurt Leavins @KurtLeavinsPeter Chiarelli: Confident Milan Lucic can get back to where he historically has been. But lac
  
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• No announcements just yet, but Peter Chiarelli suggests changes in Oilers' coaching staff are imminent

  11-04-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four days after his club’s disappointing season concluded, Edmonton Oilers President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Peter Chiarelli faced the media on Wednesday afternoon in an avail carried live on the Oilers’ website.  
  Strangely, Chairelli made no opening statement but jumped directly to questions, which came in a random order. Let'[s start with one of our own, then jump to the GM’s remarks.Take Our Poll
  On Milan Lucic
  Confident that Milan Lucic can live up
  
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• Epcor customers threatened with power cut in new Bitcoin scam

  11-04-2018 18:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new scam by fraudsters is targeting Epcor customers who are being threatened with having their power cut if they don’t pay the utility in Bitcoin.
  Company spokesman Tim le Riche said seven customers contacted the utility Tuesday reporting they had either received an email or phone call demanding money within the hour or face having their power switched off.
  He wouldn’t say how much was being demanded but confirmed that two customers made payments.
  The seven customers were all small
  
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• Driver injured in collision with school bus near Sylvan Lake

  11-04-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A pick-up truck driver was injured and sent to hospital Wednesday after a head-on collision with a school bus near Sylvan Lake.
  None of the eight children on the bus or the bus driver were injured in the crash that happened on Highway 11A and Range Road 10 at around 7:30 a.m., according to a police news release.
  The driver of the pick-up truck required extrication and is suffering undetermined injuries, police said.
  Traffic on Highway 11A is being re-routed both directions from the traffic circl
  
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• Three terrific evolutions at this weekend's 124 Street Gallery Walk

  11-04-2018 17:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2018 Spring Gallery Walk is on 124 Street this weekend — and with the weather looking honeybee sweet, it’s a terrific chance to buzz around three major changes to Edmonton’s commercial gallery district.
  First up, while Douglas Udell Gallery closed its doors in late 2016, the space been passed on to a new generation — still guarded out front by Dean Drever’s sleuth of giant, atomic-orange bears.
  Intended at first to run as an occasional pop-up, the rebranded Udel
  
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• Sabor owners head to Hawaii for seafood research. Right.

  11-04-2018 17:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Summer seems like a long way off (heck, spring is pretty tardy). But Sabor co-owners Chris Mena and chef Lino Oliveira are already planning their annual Seafood Festival, a summer highlight on the downtown dining scene kicking off Aug. 3.
  As part of their prep for the signature event, Mena and Oliveira are off to Maui (yeah, that’s their excuse anyway) to take part in a chef’s collaboration at the Sheraton Maui in Kaanapali with chefs Lyndon Honda and Tom Murimoto. Both Hawaiian chef
  
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• Edmonton Talk Back: Michael Walters tackles high density infill

  11-04-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton says it wants to grow up and in, not just out. But how is that actually going to happen?
  Every 10 years the city does a big rethink on its growth agenda – the municipal development plan. That’s happening now.
  Coun. Michael Walters argues Edmonton can’t just set a target for infill. That’s not enough. Instead, council needs to understand what financial barriers developers face and work with them to shift the market. 
  He’s joining reporter Elise Stolte t
  
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• Police Puppies: Meet Loki, Logan, Lazer and Luna

  11-04-2018 16:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thirteen RCMP police puppies were given new names this week as part of the annual Name the Puppy contest.
  More than 15,000 entries were received from children in every province and territory to name the first puppies to be born at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail. 
  Lazer and Luke, two of the puppies born at the Police Dog Services Training Centre this year.
  All names had to start with the letter L. For multiple entries of the same name, a draw determined the win
  
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• Today's Top Three: Pro-pipeline rally held; Drayton Valley honours Humboldt; property tax hike

  11-04-2018 14:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Today’s Top Three is a daily online feature highlighting a few of the most interesting and newsworthy stories you can expect to see on edmontonjournal.com.
  Rally held in support of Trans Mountain
  Hundreds of Calgarians rallied Tuesday afternoon to call for action on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  Speaking at Tuesday’s rally, Shaye Anderson, minister of municipal affairs, said Alberta needs the federal government to step up and “exert their authority over th
  
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• Edmonton weather: A little snow never hurt anyone, he said, sobbing

  11-04-2018 14:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -1.7 C with a slight 6 km/h wind.
  Today:  Light snow ending this morning then mainly cloudy. High 2 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 per cent chance of flurries overnight. Low -5 C.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy. 30 per cent chance of flurries in the morning. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h in the afternoon. High 1 C. Low -3 C.
  On This Day
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Edmonton gave Sedins a classy send-off 

  11-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Having been a Canucks fan for 46 years, the last week was very emotional as I watched Henrik and Daniel Sedin play the final three games of their NHL careers.
  Canuck fans know how lucky we have been to have had two players who have contributed so much to our team and to our city. I would like to thank the Oilers and their wonderful fans for giving Henrik and Daniel such a great send-off as they played their final NHL game in your city.
  The Oilers and their fans showed that they have something in
  
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• Editorial: More action, less talk on Trans Mountain

  11-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the last few weeks of the Trans Mountain pipeline saga have shown anything, it’s that politicians are probably the last people you want around in a crisis.
  Dealing with a matter that threatens to spiral into an economic and constitutional disaster for Canada, political leaders in both Edmonton and Ottawa have responded with plenty of talk and precious little action.
  Other than Alberta’s short-lived wine ban that was dropped too soon, the only decisive move in recent weeks has come
  
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• NDP investment in police not enough to quell rural crime, critics say

  11-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A $10-million provincial government investment to combat rural crime is a drop in the bucket that will do little to address a growing problem, say critics.
  “I don’t think it comes near close to addressing the actual need,” Chestermere Mayor Marshall Chalmers said last week. 
  His community of around 20,000 people east of Calgary is dealing with an uptick in property crime, he said. 
  “Rural crime is absolutely on the rise and in some cases out of control,” h
  
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• Drayton Valley, former home of three Humboldt Broncos, remembers what players meant to them

  11-04-2018 06:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drayton Valley — Parker Tobin and Tyler Smith weren’t in Drayton Valley for long, but the young hockey players left a lasting impression. 
  The two were part of the 2016-17 Drayton Valley Thunder, helping the Junior A team to the AJHL playoffs. Both billeted with families in the community of just over 7,000 people. For awhile, it was home. 
  “They become family, for sure,” said Cory Anne Holmlund, whose family billeted Tobin during his time in Drayton Valley. 
  
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• David Staples: Can bike lanes, mass transit be a win for suburban drivers?

  11-04-2018 06:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The only way Edmonton is going to become a walkable, bike-friendly city with great mass transit is if we stop making mistakes with our transportation system.
  Janette Sadik-Khan is here to say that is entirely possible. 
  Sadik-Khan, commissioner of the New York City transportation department from 2007-13, is the keynote speaker at the event, A City for Life, on Saturday night at the Metro Cinema.
  “Janette is the world’s pre-eminent thinker, doer and author on urban transportation
  
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• School district wants money, plan for bringing new K-12 curriculum to life

  11-04-2018 03:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the first batch of new Alberta school curriculum ready for approval by the end of 2018, Edmonton’s public school board wants a plan and some cash to get ready for launch.
  Public school trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to push the province to cough up money to train teachers and develop classroom resources, and get school districts across the province co-ordinating in preparation for curriculum hitting classrooms.
  “This is a huge undertaking by our province,” trustee Tris
  
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• Sturgeon Refinery costs balloon again to $9.7 billion

  11-04-2018 03:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The cost of the Sturgeon Refinery has ballooned yet again, rising by $300 million to $9.7 billion. 
  The latest increase follows a set of delays and gradual bumping up of project costs over the last few years. Last month, a proposal to build the second phase of the refinery was withdrawn. 
  The refinery is the first in three decades to be built in Alberta, located northeast of Edmonton in the Industrial Heartland. It’s supported by the Alberta government through loan guarantee
  
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• Edmonton judge strikes down mandatory registration for repeat sex offenders

  11-04-2018 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton judge has struck down a section of the Criminal Code that orders mandatory lifetime registration on a national sex-offenders list for anyone convicted of more than one sexual offence.
  In a decision filed Monday with the Court of Queen’s Bench, Justice Andrea Moen found the law casts “too wide” a net, also ruling that the removal in 2011 of a judge’s discretion about whether or not to place a convicted person on the registry is unconstitutional.
  The registry, f
  
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• Edmonton councillor pushes for engagement on building activity

  11-04-2018 01:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  There just might be an easier way to find out about city building activity.
  Ward 1 Coun. Andrew Knack introduced a motion at city council Tuesday to keep Edmontonians informed about notifications on permits, lot subdivision updates and traffic diversions throughout the city.
  Knack gave the example of a website, citygram.org, which aggregates information about foreclosures, building permits, traffic diversions and other information and delivers it to people in palatable pellets of notifications a
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Robocalls and solar panels

  11-04-2018 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  ‘Please stay on the line’
  Albertans may have noticed phone messages from Opposition leader Jason Kenney as part of UCP caucus outreach. 
  “I’m calling to invite you to participate in a live telephone town hall meeting that’s going on right now,” Kenney says in the automated message, adding he wants to take questions from participants. 
  “Please stay on the line and you’ll be automatically placed into a toll-free conference call to listen in
  
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• More police, legalized weed behind 3.5 per cent Edmonton tax increase

  11-04-2018 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s property tax increase will hit 3.5 per cent this year, after council voted Tuesday to include more money in the budget for policing a growing city and regulating cannabis.
  The hike means the typical homeowner, with a house worth $397,000, will see an $83 annual increase, resulting in a $2,468 municipal tax bill.
  Pot-related costs account for $1.7 million of that tax increase, say city officials, to cover issuing business licences, boosting the number of transit cops, launching a
  
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• Second-degree murder charge laid in January stabbing death

  11-04-2018 00:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been charged with second-degree murder after the January stabbing of a 28-year-old man, police said Tuesday. 
  Jarvis Katz was taken to hospital after police were called to a home near 118 Avenue and 80 Street on Jan. 17 around 8:30 p.m. 
  He died a day later and an autopsy determined the cause of death was a stab wound. 
  Police arrested a man April 5 in downtown Edmonton. 
  Douglas Ronald Hecht, 34, was charged with second-degree murder and possess
  
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• Sabor owners head to Hawaii for Seafood Festival research. Right.

  11-04-2018 00:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Summer seems like a long way off (heck, spring is pretty tardy). But Sabor co-owners Chris Mena and chef Lino Oliveira are already planning their annual Seafood Festival, a summer highlight on the downtown dining scene kicking off Aug. 3.
  As part of their prep for the signature event, Mena and Oliveira are off to Maui (yeah, that’s their excuse anyway) to take part in a chef’s collaboration at the Sheraton Maui in Kaanapali with chefs Lyndon Honda and Tom Murimoto. Both Hawaiian chef
  
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