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• Enjoy the Royal Wedding, and breakfast, at the Fairmont May 19

  17-04-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Our own castle on the riverbank, the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, will host a Royal Wedding Viewing Party and Breakfast on Saturday, May 19 as Prince Harry and his fiancée, Meghan Markle, say their wedding vows.
  The hotel has a couple of offerings for those who would like to take part, even from far across the pond, on this special day. There will be a guest room package available on Friday, May 18. Plus, starting at 5 a.m. on that most special day, hotel guests can watch the ceremony o
  
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• The AMPIA Rosie finalists are in — local National Film Board ties for top nods

  17-04-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Not for the first time, the National Film Board office in downtown Edmonton leads the pack in local nominations for 2018’s Rosies — the annual awards by the Alberta Media Production Industries Association.
  This year the NFB has nine finalist positions amid 60 categories — tying Heartland, produced by Calgary’s SEVEN24 Films. As a special nod, the 2018 Alberta Film & Television Awards are presenting its Lifetime Achievement Award to outgoing NFB veteran Bonni
  
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• David Suzuki honorary degree sends bad message about education: economist

  17-04-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A well-known University of Alberta economist is unimpressed David Suzuki is being recognized with an honorary degree. 
  Andrew Leach complained on Twitter about Suzuki’s caricatures of economics as a study that ignores the environment. Leach recounted a keynote speech that Suzuki once gave at a conference, where Suzuki gave an anecdote about a lecture of an introductory economics course he attended.
  Suzuki then used that lecture as evidence that economists are unconcerned with the envi
  
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• Debate: Edmonton has the highest home-based business fees

  17-04-2018 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Photographers, freelancers and consultants who work from home are paying the highest fees in the region to open a home-based business in Edmonton, regardless of whether it actually increases traffic in the neighbourhoods. 
  Mayor Don Iveson promised to push for lower fees during the last municipal election and the issue is expected to be debated at city council on April 24.
  The debate was previously scheduled to land at council’s urban planning committee Tuesday.
  Since this news broke
  
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• Watch Live: Rogers Place hosts celebration of life for four killed in Humboldt Broncos crash

  17-04-2018 21:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four Edmonton-area Humboldt Broncos hockey players are being honoured at a public celebration of their lives at Rogers Place this afternoon.
  Jaxon Joseph, Logan Hunter, Parker Tobin and Stephen Wack died after their team bus was involved in a collision with a semi-trailer April 6 in Saskatchewan.
  Sixteen of the 29 people on the bus died and another 13 were injured.The Broncos were on their way to Nipawin for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinal series against the N
  
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• Court hears closing arguments in West Edmonton Mall waterpark sexual assault case

  17-04-2018 21:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bikers crowded an Edmonton courtroom Tuesday in support of the six teenage complainants of an alleged sexual assault in West Edmonton Mall’s water park. 
  Lawyers made closing arguments in the provincial court trial for Soleiman Hajj Soleiman, who is charged with six counts of sexual assault and six counts of sexual contact with a child.
  Soleiman was arrested and charged in February 2017 after several teenagers reported being touched by a man in the wave pool.
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• Man suffers life-threatening injuries after robbery turns violent at Southgate mall

  17-04-2018 20:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 57-year-old man is clinging to life in hospital after a violent robbery attempt inside Southgate Shopping Centre Tuesday morning. 
  Police were called to the attack just after 10 a.m., quickly erecting tape and a barrier around the bloody scene near the food court, outside MAC cosmetics.
  The elderly victim, who suffered “traumatic injuries,” was transported to hospital by emergency medical services about 10:20 a.m. 
  “Paramedics transported him to hospital in critical
  
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• St. Albert Unveils Smart City Vision to Transform Mobility

  17-04-2018 19:39
  Smart Mobility Proposal part of City’s application for Canadian Smart Cities Challenge The City of St. Albert has engaged thousands... Read Post
  
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• Live debate: Edmonton has the highest home-based business fees

  17-04-2018 18:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Photographers, freelancers and consultants who work from home are paying the highest fees in the region to open a home-based business in Edmonton, regardless of whether it actually increases traffic in the neighbourhoods. 
  Mayor Don Iveson promised to push for lower fees during the last municipal election, and the debate has landed at council’s urban planning committee Tuesday.
  Since this news broke last week, other business owners has piled on through social media, wondering what the
  
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• Edmonton aims to clarify who to sue when your property is damaged by city construction

  17-04-2018 17:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city wants to clarify who’s responsible when your home gets damaged during a construction project undertaken by the city.
  At an executive committee meeting Monday, councillors sought more information on the process of investigations and response to claims made during construction activities in the city.  
  “Part of this is not only holding the administration accountable, but also the people who supply goods and services. It’s the other side of the equation,”
  
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• One dead in Edson crash involving semi carrying oversize load

  17-04-2018 17:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead after a collision Monday between a pick-up truck and a semi carrying an oversize load, say RCMP. 
   
  The crash happened around 5:20 p.m. on Highway 32 north of Secondary Highway 748, Edson RCMP said in a news release late Monday. 
   
   The male driver and lone occupant of the pickup truck was pronounced dead on the scene. The semi-truck driver was uninjured.
   
  Police and Emergency Services were still on scene as of just before midnight Monday, a
  
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• You Be The Boss: Oilers fans point finger at GM for lost season

  17-04-2018 17:18 via edmontonjournal.com
   
  Edmonton Oilers fans ponder disappointing season from upper bowl.
  The inescapable conclusion of this year’s ‘You Be The Boss’ survey is that the Edmonton Oilers bosses were to blame way more than the players.
  When it came to all but four of the players, the 2,450 respondents voted to ‘Keep Him’. But when it came to those not wearing skates, they voted to put the run on the general manager and most of the coaching staff.
  When Oilers Entertainment Group vice-ch
  
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• Today's Top Three: Bill 12 designed to inflict pain; lawyer charged in hit-and-run death; school blitz behind schedule

  17-04-2018 15:02 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.
  Bill 12 designed to inflict economic pain on B.C.Alberta is not turning off the oil taps to British Columbia. It’s tampering with the oil taps. Or, perhaps more accurately, it will be playing musical taps.
  The government’s new Bill 12 introduced Monday does not explicitly mention turning off, or throttling back, the oil spig
  
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• Edmonton weather: I am slowly going crazy. Crazy going slowly am I

  17-04-2018 14:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 0.1 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the northwest.
  Today: Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning early this morning. Snow and rain showers late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 4 C.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries this evening. Cl
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Too many speed limits distract drivers

  17-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  What in the world is happening with the planning of speed limits in this city?
  It looks like we are headed for a speed range that goes from 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, and 100 km/h.
  Surely keeping track and watching out for the likelihood that changes may even be in the same block will be one more thing that will constitute “distracted driving.”
  Dick Bassil, Edmonton
  Lower speeds not needed everywhere
  Protecting our citizens of any age against the dangers of speeding drivers is laudable and
  
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• Opinion: Speed up access to approved cancer drugs

  17-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Strides in cancer research have increased survival rates and provided a better quality of life for patients under treatment. But getting the best treatment as soon as possible remains a matter of life and death for many Canadians.
  Speed is of the essence. Patients and families in Alberta live with the hope that a new, effective treatment will be available by the time they need it.
  Health Canada, the government agency which must approve all drugs and medical technology for use in Canada, has reco
  
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• Use of force by Edmonton transit peace officers on upswing, stats show

  17-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Weeks after video emerged of transit peace officers taking a teenager to the ground during an arrest at an Edmonton LRT station, statistics obtained by Postmedia show such use-of-force cases are on the rise.
  Transit peace officers reported 523 use-of-force incidents in 2017 — nearly double 2015’s total and up 118 from 2016 — according to internal City of Edmonton statistics obtained through a freedom of information request. 
  In February, activists released video of a 15-ye
  
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• Sherwood Park teacher pleads guilty to using racial slur in class, body shaming, objectifying students

  17-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Sherwood Park high school teacher must pay $2,800 in fines and will receive a severe letter of reprimand after making inappropriate comments to students and coworkers.
  Bev Facey Community High School social studies teacher Gregory Plouffe pleaded guilty Monday to seven charges of unprofessional conduct at an Alberta Teachers’ Association disciplinary hearing.
  “This has been an epiphany of shocking proportion to me,” Plouffe told the committee as he apologized for his attempte
  
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• Paula Simons: Escalation in use of force by Edmonton transit officers raises serious questions

  17-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Being a transit cop is a tough job.
  Transit peace officers, to give them their proper name, patrol LRT cars and stations. They provide security at other Edmonton Transit Service properties, including transit centres. But they don’t have the same kind of training as full-fledged police officers. At a minimum, they get just six weeks of instruction. And while they carry batons, handcuffs and pepper spray, they don’t get to carry guns or Tasers. 
  Because Edmonton’s LRT works,
  
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• Cheer for Taylor Hall in the playoffs? Not this Oiler fan, not in this lifetime

  17-04-2018 08:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been two years since Taylor Hall was an Edmonton Oiler but he still gets our blood boiling. 
  We’re a divided bunch, we Oilers fans, some of us rooting for Hall and the New Jersey Devils, others hoping both Hall and his new team to fail, and many others wishing this entire loud and sometimes ugly debate would go away.
  I’m not in that large group that roots for Hall, though I can see why some Oilers fans would do so. First, many of them loved Hall as an Oilers player, t
  
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• Homicide unit investigating suspicious death in northeast Edmonton

  17-04-2018 04:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of an unidentified man whose body was found outdoors in the McConachie Area neighbourhood in the city’s northeast Monday afternoon. 
  Police said utility workers in a new residential area near McConachie Drive and 57 Street discovered the body at around 1:30 p.m. 
  The man has yet to be identified and forensic investigators are processing the scene.
  Police did not reveal any further information Monday night “as the in
  
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• Graham Thomson: Alberta's new Bill 12 designed to inflict economic pain on B.C.

  17-04-2018 03:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is not turning off the oil taps to British Columbia.
  It’s tampering with the oil taps.
  Or, perhaps more accurately, it will be playing musical taps.
  The government’s new Bill 12 introduced Monday does not explicitly mention turning off, or throttling back, the oil spigot to B.C.
  Instead, the bill talks of giving the government extraordinary powers to dictate to energy companies what products they can ship out of Alberta.
  Sounds benign, even dull.
  It’s certainly nothing
  
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• Motorists urged to drive to winter conditions

  17-04-2018 02:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thick April snow blanketed the city Monday afternoon, causing more than a few headaches for motorists.
  While there were no official accident numbers available Monday evening, there was plenty of chatter about terrible driving conditions on social media. 
  If Elsa could just let winter go, that would be great. Until then, you know the #yegtraffic message: drive with care. Turn your lights on, take your time, and be courteous. #yeg #yegwx
  — Edmonton Police (@edmontonpolice) April 16, 201
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Carbon tax referendum bill defeated, celebrating Sikh holiday Vaisakhi

  17-04-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A private member’s bill calling for a referendum on the province’s carbon tax ahead of any cost hikes was defeated Monday.
  “One of the key issues that Albertans will vote on (in the next election) is whether we will or will not eliminate the carbon tax,” said United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney in the legislature.
  He introduced the Alberta Taxpayer Protection (Carbon Tax Referendum) Amendment Act in March. The bill proposed a public referendum before the ca
  
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• Rogers Place to host celebration of life for four local hockey players killed in Humboldt crash

  17-04-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four Edmonton-area Humboldt Broncos hockey players will be honoured at a public celebration of their lives Tuesday at Rogers Place.
  Jaxon Joseph, Logan Hunter, Parker Tobin and Stephen Wack died after their team bus was involved in a collision with a semi-trailer April 6 in Saskatchewan.
  Sixteen of the 29 people on the bus died and another 13 were injured.
  The Broncos were on their way to Nipawin for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinal series against the Nipawin H
  
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• Raw oysters linked to gastrointestinal illness in Edmonton, Calgary: AHS

  17-04-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A cluster of gastrointestinal illness believed linked to eating raw oysters in Edmonton and Calgary has sparked a public warning about raw shellfish.
  Alberta Health Services said Monday nine people fell ill between March 15 and 31. Seven of those were in Edmonton and two were in Calgary. The type of illness has not been lab-confirmed. 
  It is the second outbreak investigation into illness linked to consumption of raw oysters in Alberta in the past two years. Last year, there were 42 rep
  
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• Lawyer suspended after being charged in hit-and-run death of 16-year-old girl

  17-04-2018 01:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Global law firm Dentons has suspended an Edmonton lawyer charged with impaired driving causing death after a 16-year-old girl was killed crossing the street Sunday night.
  Police say an off-duty officer who stopped for the pedestrian witnessed the teen get struck by a pickup truck while she attempted to cross the road — where the crosswalk lights were activated — at 113 Street and Kingsway around 11 p.m.
  Shane Stevenson, 47, is charged with impaired driving causing death, driving
  
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• Dentons lawyer suspended after being charged in hit-and-run death of 16-year-old girl

  17-04-2018 00:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Global law firm Dentons has suspended an Edmonton lawyer charged with impaired driving causing death after a 16-year-old girl was killed crossing the street Sunday night.
  Police say an off-duty officer who stopped for the pedestrian witnessed the teen get struck by a pickup truck while she attempted to cross the road — where the crosswalk lights were activated — at 113 Street and Kingsway around 11 p.m.
  Shane Stevenson, 47, is charged with impaired driving causing death, driving
  
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