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• St. Albert Establishes Humboldt Remembrance Committee

  16-04-2018 23:34
  Former Mayor Nolan Crouse to Serve as Chair On behalf of St. Albert City Council, Mayor Cathy Heron announced St.... Read Post
  
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• Alberta energy minister will get final say over oil exports from province under proposed law

  16-04-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s energy minister will wield the ultimate authority over crude oil, natural gas or refined fuels being shipped out of the province, under legislation tabled Monday. 
  Bill 12, The Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act, gives Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd extraordinary powers.
  Under the act, the minister can decide if a company needs an export licence to send oil and gas outside our borders — and it’s up to her whether she’ll grant one or not.
  Each
  
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• Join me this fall on a food tour of Nashville with Newwest Travel

  16-04-2018 23:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the thought of listening to music in Nashville makes you hungry, this is the tour for you.
  For five days this fall, Oct. 22-26, I’ll be leading a group of food and music lovers on behalf of Newwest Travel through the buzzing street of Music City. The trip offers plenty of opportunities to sample classic southern dishes, including barbecue, grits and other down-home specialties.
  Plus, we’ll be taking a southern cooking class at Dabble Studio (complete with a bourbon float, and an
  
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• Edmonton police officer convicted in steroid bust handed fine, probation

  16-04-2018 22:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police detective was fined $7,000 and sentenced to one year of probation Monday for two convictions related to trafficking anabolic steroids to other officers.
  Det. Greg Lewis was earlier found guilty of two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance after Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker found the officer had sold testosterone and Winstrol to multiple officers on multiple occasions between 2007 and 2012.
  During some of that time, Lewis was assigned to the forc
  
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• 16-year-old girl killed by pickup while crossing Kingsway: police

  16-04-2018 21:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police have charged a man with hit and run and impaired driving offences after a 16-year-old was killed crossing the street at a marked crosswalk Sunday night.
  Police say an off-duty officer who stopped for the pedestrian witnessed the young woman get struck by the pickup truck while she attempted to cross the road — where the crosswalk lights were activated — at 113 Street and Kingsway around 11 p.m.
  According to a news release Sunday, the driver of the truck fled the scene
  
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• Albertans feeling most hammered by interest rate hike: consumer debt report

  16-04-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans are increasingly worried that rising interest rates will push them into the pit of bankruptcy, shows a new consumer debt report.
  Compared to other provinces, at 55 percent, Albertans are the most likely to say they are already feeling the effects of higher interest rates, shows the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index poll.
  At 43 percent, Albertans are also more likely to be concerned that rising interest rates could push them towards bankruptcy.
  “Monthly debt servicing costs are incre
  
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• Will the Edmonton Oilers take a highly-rated Smurf d-man in the draft?

  16-04-2018 19:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has talked about trading away his team’s first overall pick, which now sits at ninth overall, but could easily drop one or two places in the coming lottery. 
  If Chiarelli does keep it — and I’ll bet he does keep it — Edmonton is unlikely to be able to get one of the top four forwards, Andrei Svechnikov, Filip Zadina, Oliver Wahlstrom or Brady Tkachuk. But the Oilers could be in a strong position to draft one of the highly-related Sm
  
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• 16-year-old girl killed after being struck while crossing Kingsway Ave: police

  16-04-2018 18:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police have charged a man with hit and run and impaired driving offences after a 16-year-old was killed crossing the street at a marked crosswalk Sunday night.
  Police say an off-duty officer witnessed a young woman get struck by a pick-up truck while crossing the road at 113 Street and Kingsway Avenue at around 11 p.m.
  According to a news release Sunday, the driver of the truck fled the scene and the off-duty police officer followed while providing information to police dispatch. Police
  
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• Edmonton Music Awards announce nominees for June 28 gala

  16-04-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One thing about our Edmonton scene: the municipal sound is not easy to pigeonhole — further proven by the just-announced Edmonton Music Awards nominees.
  On that topic of crossing genres, it’s definitely a good year to be powerhouse singer Celeigh Cardinal, up for seven EMAs, including Album, Female Artist, Single, Indigenous Recording, Singer/Songwriter and Roots/Folk Recording of the year — plus the online-voted People’s Choice Award.
  On the other side of the sonic plane
  
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• Alcohol a possible factor in fatal pedestrian collision: police

  16-04-2018 15:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are investigating after a woman was killed at a marked crosswalk Sunday night.
  Police say an off duty officer witnessed a young woman get struck by a pick-up truck while crossing the road at 113 Street and Kingsway Avenue at around 11 p.m..
  According to a news release Sunday, the driver of the truck fled the scene and the off duty police officer followed while providing information to police dispatch. Police say the driver was arrested a short while later by officers dispatched t
  
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• Today's Top Three: Speed limits on residential roads; super-sized jail questioned; Broncos' funeral in Stony Plain

  16-04-2018 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.
  ‘A city built for cars’
  Edmonton residents are deeply divided over whether to reduce speed limits in local neighbourhoods, a touchy topic heading to council’s community services committee Wednesday. 
  A survey found 72 per cent of the 676 people stopped and questioned at malls, libraries and transit centres want re
  
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• Edmonton weather: The weekend was a lie. Snow is the only truth.

  16-04-2018 14:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 0.8 C with a 11 km/h wind coming from the northeast.
  Today: Cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning. Rain or snow beginning early this afternoon then changing to snow this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High plus 3. UV index 3 or mo
  
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• 'The system failed': Largest new school blitz in Alberta history behind schedule on many projects

  16-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two years after the provincial auditor chastised the former Progressive Conservative government for promising dozens of new schools it couldn’t build on time, at least 42 are still unfinished.
  Of 195 construction projects promised by two premiers — the largest new school and modernization blitz in Alberta’s history — work hasn’t even started on at least six and one was cancelled altogether, an analysis by Postmedia shows.
  Furthermore, many the projects managed by Al
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' top affiliate Bakersfield Condors wind up another underwhelming season

  16-04-2018 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  What’s the value of a productive farm system? A modern fan of the Edmonton Oilers could be forgiven a terse answer like “I have no idea” or “I can’t recall”, but it actually isn’t all that long since the NHL club had enjoyed a steady pipeline of emerging talent.
  No better example than the 2005-06 version of the Oilers that came within a single game of winning the Stanley Cup. Among the playoff regulars who had played at least 25 games on Edmonton’s
  
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• Nick Lees: Gala guests pledge $120,000 for hospital cutting-edge 3D printer

  16-04-2018 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 50 people stood up Friday night at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Gala and pledged $1,000 each to buy a state-of-the-art 3D printer.
  “Their support will position the Glenrose to be the first hospital in Canada to acquire this system and will keep us on the leading edge of rehabilitation,” said Wendy Dugas, the foundation’s president and CEO.
  She told nearly 800 guests at the Courage Gala at the Shaw Conference Centre the machine will print lower extremity socket
  
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• City plans to use laser pulses to help determine if tree canopy is expanding

  16-04-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is a city of suburbs and cement connected by ribbons of trees tied together by the river valley. And officials want to find out if the city’s already lush tree canopy is expanding, and by how much.
  Over the next year, the city will develop a plan that sets a clear direction for the management, maintenance and growth of the city’s trees. By 2020, under Edmonton’s urban forest management plan, the city hopes to grow its tree canopy by one-fifth.
  “Trees and natural
  
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• Downtown resident loses sleep over LRT construction noise

  16-04-2018 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jesse More can’t sleep.
  It’s the noise from LRT construction.
  The Yellowhead Brewery employee lives in an apartment building near the Valley Line LRT route at 97 Street and 102 Avenue, with his bedroom window about six metres away.
  Construction on the line was granted a noise bylaw exemption from the City of Edmonton, despite the proximity of the 75-suite residential tower, allowing for large and loud construction equipment to run 24 hours a day.
  “It’s pretty relentless,&
  
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• Freeze infrastructure dollars to force B.C. pipeline compliance: Jason Kenney

  16-04-2018 00:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  If Ottawa was really serious about supporting the Trans Mountain pipeline, it would freeze all discressionary funding to B.C., said Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney criticizing the results of a tri-party meeting Sunday.
  “They have to see that there are consequences,” Kenney said, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new federal legislation is coming to reassert federal jurisdiction over the pipeline.
  After meeting with provincial leaders Rachel Notley and John Hor
  
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