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• New charges laid in 2017 Peace River homicide

  20-04-2018 23:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  More charges have been laid in the 2017 slaying of a Peace River man whose body was found last year in a burned-out holiday trailer, Mounties said Friday.
  The remains of 20-year-old Lawrence Robert Butt were found by police last May 17 in a trailer located on Reno Road East, about 40 km southeast of Peace River.
  Four people were originally charged in the investigation. 
  Kyle Dubroy-Clement, 24, of Peace River, is now facing additional charges including manslaughter with a firearm, robbery w
  
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• One dead, 11 hospitalized as E.coli outbreak expands in Edmonton

  20-04-2018 23:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead and 11 others have been hospitalized due to an E.coli outbreak in Edmonton that has now expanded to 34 cases, Alberta Health Services said Friday. 
  The health authority’s investigation has now widened after initially focusing on a south-side restaurant where a number of people became infected with E. coli O157:H7 after eating at the establishment.
  AHS said 21 of the 34 victims were linked to Mama Nita’s Binalot restaurant — many of whom are believed
  
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• Speculation: Glen Gulutzan to the Edmonton Oilers as an assistant coach?

  20-04-2018 23:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers need to stock organization with possible NHL head coaching candidates
  This in from Elliott Friedman of Sportsnet, some speculative chit chat with Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now on former Calgary Flames coach Glen Gulutzan maybe, possibly becoming an asst. coach on the Oilers: “I am wondering, by the way Bob, if Gulutzan ends up on Edmonton’s bench as an asst. coach. You know, him and McLellan, they’re both Saskatchewan guys, they were both in Humboldt together right aft
  
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• Pairing wine and music

  20-04-2018 23:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rebecca Anderson and Ryan Anderson from F&M, an Edmonton-based band, have been share their pairings of wine with music for a some time now on Twitter.
  During a recent visit to Blackbyrd Myoozik they played some music and made a few suggestions about wine and artist pairings.
  
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• Impaired driving causing death charge laid in 2017 fatal crash

  20-04-2018 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 25-year-old man is facing numerous charges including impaired driving causing death in connection with a traffic fatality in the city’s northeast late last year, police said Friday.
  Police allege a Plymouth Acclaim driving north on Manning Drive struck a westbound Chrysler Intrepid travelling west on 17 Street at around 6:15 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2017.
  Investigators said the Chrysler allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by the northbound Plymouth.
  A 20-year-old fem
  
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• Grande Prairie MLA Wayne Drysdale announces retirement

  20-04-2018 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the 2019 election rolls around, Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Wayne Drysdale won’t be seeking re-election.
  After 25 years in politics, the former farmer is retiring. 
  Sitting down with Postmedia, his heart on his sleeve, Drysdale nods when asked if it was a tough decision. 
  “It’s an honour. Not many people get the honour to sit here,” he said. He pauses, chuckling, “There I go again” as his emotions get the better of him.
  He clears his throat.
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• Child airlifted to hospital after crash near Beiseker

  20-04-2018 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Air ambulance crews transported a young child to hospital Friday morning after a collision between two vehicles near Beiseker. 
  RCMP, Emergency Medical Services and STARS air ambulance crews responded to the collision on Highway 9 and Range Road 271 at around 10 a.m. An RCMP collision analyst was on scene to investigate, police said Friday. 
  RCMP confirmed a young child was being transported to an area hospital by air ambulance but did not disclose the nature of the child’s injur
  
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• American cannabis-testing firm buys into Edmonton lab

  20-04-2018 21:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  An American cannabis-testing and research firm is moving into the Canadian market by buying a 50 per cent share of an Edmonton laboratory.
  Evio Inc. of Bend, Ore., will pay $2.5 million for a half interest in Edmonton’s Keystone Labs Inc., a privately held contract-testing laboratory specializing in quality testing for regulated industries, according to a news release Friday.
  Keystone was founded in 2005 by Jodi McDonald and does analytical work using Good Manufacturing Practices for pharm
  
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• If there's a haze hovering over Edmonton, well, it's 4-20

  20-04-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hordes of pot smokers will descend on the Alberta legislature grounds Friday for the very last 4-20 rally before marijuana is legalized this summer.
  The annual pro-cannabis celebration is expected to kick off at 1 p.m. Past events have drawn thousands of people to the legislature grounds.April 20 has long been a day to celebrate cannabis and the culture that surrounds it as pot enthusiasts gather by the thousands in public squares, defying the authorities.
  But starting this summer, that defiance
  
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• First-degree murder charge laid, warrants issued after 76-year-old slain at rooming house

  20-04-2018 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  First-degree murder charges have been laid against one man and warrants issued for another after a 76-year-old — shot through a basement door of an Alberta Avenue rooming house — was slain in September. 
  Nexhmi “Nick” Nuhi died after being shot while inside the 11119 94 St. house on Sept. 13, 2017. 
  Police arrested a 29-year-old man Wednesday. Jared Bird is charged with first-degree murder.  A provincewide first-degree murder warrant has
  
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• One person hospitalized after northeast Edmonton apartment fire

  20-04-2018 19:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton fire crews knocked down a fire in an apartment complex in the city’s northeast early Friday morning.  
  The call to the Beverly Place apartment came at 1:48 a.m., fire spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said in an email. Firefighters arrived three minutes later to find a fire in a suite on the second floor of the building at 46 Street and 118 Avenue.
   Crews rescued the occupant of the suite, who was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest.
   
  Six crews responded and we
  
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• Groat Road bridges, road renewal construction hits commuters Monday

  20-04-2018 19:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Construction on the Groat Road bridges and road starting Monday will impact commuters until 2020, warn city officials.
  Traffic on Groat Road from 87 Avenue to Victoria Park Road will be cut to one lane in each direction, starting 9 a.m. Monday, to accommodate bridge rehabilitations on Groat Bridge, Emily Murphy Park Road Bridge and Groat Road over Victoria Park Road Bridge. 
  Commuters should brace for delays and are advised to use alternate routes across the river for the duration of constr
  
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• Man found dead by fire crews in Rundle Heights home a homicide victim

  20-04-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man whose remains firefighters discovered after responding to a fire at a Rundle Heights townhouse was a victim of homicide, say city police.
  Edmonton’s medical examiner conducted an autopsy Thursday and confirmed Evan James Auger, 34, died from blunt force trauma.
  Firefighters found the man dead inside the home near 113 Avenue and 29 Street on Wednesday and police were called to the scene around 9 a.m. 
  Edmonton police say releasing the vicim’s identity in this case
  
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• Our favourite photos from March 2018

  20-04-2018 17:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some of the top images from the month of March shot by Postmedia Edmonton staff photographers Greg Southam, Ed Kaiser, Larry Wong, Ian Kucerak, David Bloom, Shaughn Butts, and freelancers Amber Bracken and Codie McLachlan have been compiled into this four-minute video.
  The photos capture the spirit of the city from big events at Rogers Place and the Red Bull Crashed Ice in the river valley to smaller and quieter moments like a sleigh ride in the snow and the release back to the wild of a re
  
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• If there's a haze hovering over Edmonton, well, it's 4/20

  20-04-2018 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hordes of pot smokers will descend on the Alberta legislature grounds Friday for the very last 4/20 rally before marijuana is legalized this summer.
  The annual pro-cannabis celebration is expected to kick off at 1 p.m.. Past events have drawn thousands of people to the Legislature grounds.April 20 has long been a day to celebrate cannabis and the culture that surrounds it as pot enthusiasts gather by the thousands in public squares, defying the authorities.
  But starting this summer, that defianc
  
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• Today's Top Three: 40 km/h right for Edmonton; no-calculator math exam expands; new legislation fines electricity providers

  20-04-2018 14:41 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.
  David Staples chimes in on residential speed limits
  Edmonton motorists are going to get lower speed limits on residential streets — that’s a certainty and a good thing, argues Edmonton Journal city columnist David Staples.
  A 40 km/h limit will move Edmonton toward safer streets with rational speed limits, as opposed to speed
  
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• Edmonton weather: Let us bask in spring’s warm, glowing warming glow

  20-04-2018 14:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 0.4 C with a 4 km/h wind. All in all, it’s a nice little morning we’re having.
  Today: A mix of sun and cloud. High 12 C. UV index 6 or high.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy late this evening. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this evening. Low 4 C.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning late in the morning. Wind becoming northwest
  
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• Opinion: Green energy shouldn't come at expense of river valley

  20-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Epcor is proposing to install 45,000 solar panels in the southwest river valley adjacent to the E.L. Smith water treatment plant.
  The construction of this major electrical utility will mean the removal of trees on the property to accommodate the solar panels and building a new fence to enclose the solar-generation complex.
  The project is expected to generate 12 megawatts of electricity and will connect the solar panels to both the water-treatment plant and the electrical grid.
  The impetus for th
  
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• Opinion: Bubble-zone bill about suppressing 'wrong' opinions

  20-04-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman recently claimed that banning peaceful anti-abortion protests near abortion clinics is not “about” freedom of expression.  Yet she has also expressed confidence that her new law would withstand a constitutional challenge.
  By speaking of a constitutional challenge, it seems that she knows that this new law tramples on free expression as protected by the Charter.
  It’s not easy to make a case against peaceful expression on a public sidewa
  
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• The top photos from March

  20-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some of the top images from the month of March shot by Postmedia Edmonton staff photographers Greg Southam, Ed Kaiser, Larry Wong, Ian Kucerak, David Bloom, Shaughn Butts, and freelancers Amber Bracken and Codie McLachlan have been compiled into this four-minute video.
  The photos capture the spirit of the city from big events at Rogers Place and the Red Bull Crashed Ice in the river valley to smaller and quieter moments like a sleigh ride in the snow and the release back to the wild of a re
  
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• Recreational pot production should create 200 jobs, $5 million in sales for Leduc region: study

  20-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three companies are seriously considering building plants to grow recreational cannabis in the Leduc region in a move that should create 200 local jobs, new research indicates.
  With legalization of non-medicinal pot expected this summer, the area south of Edmonton will have an estimated 10,000 people consuming cannabis by 2023, according to a study released Thursday by the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association.
  The report, based on Statistics Canada information and other data, predicts le
  
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• No-calculator provincial math exam expands to Grade 9 in Alberta

  20-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Put down that calculator, teens — a new mental math component is part of the Grade 9 provincial achievement test (PAT) this year.
  “The kids are all freaking out about that already,” Education Minister David Eggen told the government’s families and communities committee Wednesday.
  Following Eggen’s move last year to add 15 calculator-free questions to the Grade 6 standardized test in math, Grade 9 students this year will plow through 20 numerical questions in 20
  
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• Manslaughter charge stayed in death of elderly Edmonton man

  20-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman set to be tried for manslaughter had planned to argue she acted in self-defence before the charge was stayed by the prosecution, her lawyer said.
  Celina Jennifer Kelly, 53, was charged in the death of 73-year-old Pragalthan Narainsamy Naidoo, who was found dead in a three-storey apartment building at 14507 77 St. on the evening of Dec. 22, 2015.
  A jury trial was to begin next Monday, but Crown prosecutor Maxine Bond entered a stay of proceedings April 11.
  “In the course of tri
  
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• Judge stays Public Health Act charges against Edmonton landlords after trial delays

  20-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A provincial court judge has stayed proceedings against a group of Edmonton property owners because of delays in bringing the case to trial.
  The case dealt with dozens of alleged defects at a home owned or controlled by four individuals and an Alberta numbered company. Lawyers for Alberta Health Services alleged the group was responsible for a number of “deficiencies” over four to five months, including evidence of mould, mice feces, cockroaches, a leaky dishwasher and water on the c
  
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• Young Edmonton Oilers forward prospects ready to shake the Bake, but maybe not NHL

  20-04-2018 08:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Near the top of the list of negatives about the Edmonton Oilers organization this year was the lack of depth at forward, especially when it came to promising young players at forward. 
  That looks like it’s about to change. A group of young forwards including Kailer Yamamoto, Cooper Marody, Cameron Hebig and Tyler Benson all look primed to have big years in Edmonton’s American Hockey League affiliate, Bakersfield, next year.
  Along with younger minor league pros Joseph Gambardella
  
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• Health minister eyes tougher sanctions for sex offenders in medicine

  20-04-2018 04:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta should consider new legislation to better protect and notify patients about health professionals who have committed sexual offences, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said Thursday.
  Hoffman said her staff has been in touch with counterparts in Ontario, which last year increased the list of sexual abuses that trigger mandatory cancellation of a health professional’s licence.
  That same legislation also called for greater transparency so the public can have easy access to more information
  
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• Alberta's auditor general report: Lots of room for improvement on fiscal projections

  20-04-2018 03:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s auditor general says decades-long fiscal projections are imperative to create a sustainable path for the province, but he stopped short of making official recommendations. 
  “A surplus of $3 billion per year every year for 25 years would be needed to pay off the debt expected to be accumulated by 2021,” said auditor general Merwan Saher’s report tabled Thursday. 
  The 2018 provincial budget forecasted that debt would swell to $77 billion by 2021 from $54
  
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• David Staples: Changing residential speed limits to 40 km/h right for Edmonton

  20-04-2018 03:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton motorists are going to get lower speed limits on residential streets — that’s a certainty and a good thing.
  There are many sound arguments for such a move and there’s also broad support from the public and city council.
  But it’s also a near-certainty that this debate is going to be fierce. I doubt a compromise can be found that won’t enrage either drivers who want residential limits to stay at 50 km/h or cycling, pedestrian and transit activists who went th
  
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• New legislation would help stabilize electricity prices

  20-04-2018 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  New legislation will penalize electricity and natural gas companies for billing errors instead of forcing consumers to launch a lengthy legal process.
  “There was just no mechanism,” Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd told a news conference at the Alberta legislature on Thursday, April 19 in Edmonton. “It’s going to make companies take notice and perhaps be a little more attentive to their practices.”
  If passed, Bill 13 — An Act to Secure Alberta’s Electri
  
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• David Staples: It's time for lower residential speed limits

  20-04-2018 03:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton motorists are going to get lower speed limits on residential streets — that’s a certainty and a good thing.
  There are many sound arguments for such a move and there’s also broad support from the public and city council.
  But it’s also a near-certainty that this debate is going to be fierce. I doubt a compromise can be found that won’t enrage either drivers who want residential limits to stay at 50 km/h or cycling, pedestrian and transit activists who went th
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Museum Week declared, justice budget passes

  20-04-2018 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Museum nerds get ready — next week is your time. 
  Monday marks the beginning of Museum Week, which recognizes and celebrates museums and cultural institutions around the world.
  Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda is excited, too, and on Thursday challenged Albertans to “dig out their adventure caps” and explore the province’s history.
  For extra fun, he’s encouraging people to post their experiences to social media using the hashtags #ABhistory and
  
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• 'Bureaucratic black hole' played a part in teen's suicide: fatality inquiry

  20-04-2018 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kyleigh Crier was able to hang herself thanks in part to group home recommendations disappearing into “a bureaucratic black hole,” a fatality inquiry has found.
  The inquiry, conducted by provincial court Judge F.K. MacDonald, also found Crier’s significant mental-health issues — and the teenager’s previous suicide attempts — were not disclosed to workers at the home. 
  Crier was 15 when she took her own life in April 2014. She was living in Crossroads
  
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• Edmonton composter's roof too rotten to salvage: city report

  20-04-2018 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  The roof of Edmonton’s once world-class composter is so rotten it will either have to be kept for short-term summer use only or demolished, according to a city update released Thursday. 
  Officials investigated running glycol lines in the roof and using waste heat from the composter to melt snow, or simply keeping extra staff on standby to shovel off the heavy load before it could cause a structural collapse. They even looked at building a new shelter around the old building, or simply
  
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• Edmonton composter roof too rotten to salvage: city report

  20-04-2018 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The roof of Edmonton’s once world-class composter is so rotten it will either have to be kept for short-term summer use only or demolished, according to a city update released Thursday. 
  Officials investigated running glycol lines in the roof and using waste heat from the composter to melt snow, or simply keeping extra staff on standby to shovel off the heavy load before it could cause structural collapse. They even looked at building a new shelter around the old building, or simply a
  
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• Edmonton's plans for sweeping streets in neighbourhoods

  20-04-2018 01:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton on Thursday, April 19 released plans and information about the spring sweeping and cleaning of city streets, including road closures, safety considerations and details on how the public and businesses can support the city’s efforts. 
  The city is asking people to move vehicles off the street to allow crews to do a thorough job. Sweeping schedules will be posted on neighbourhood signs and at edmonton.ca/streetsweeping.
  Schedules will be updated regularly throug
  
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• Police chief to brief NFL on security measures in wake of September attack on officer, pedestrians

  20-04-2018 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police will brief National Football League security teams on how the service dealt with last year’s attack outside an Edmonton Eskimos game that injured an officer.
  At Thursday’s Edmonton Police Commission meeting, police Chief Rod Knecht said he will be speaking at the NFL’s security conference in May after Edmonton police were contacted by the U.S. football league. 
  The service was lauded for its response to the Sept. 30 attack, in which a vehicle rammed an offi
  
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• Police chief to school NFL on security measures in wake of September attack on officer, pedestrians

  20-04-2018 00:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police will brief National Football League security teams on how the service dealt with last year’s vehicle and knife attack outside a CFL game that injured five people.
  At Thursday’s Edmonton Police Commission meeting, police Chief Rod Knecht said he will be speaking at the NFL’s security conference in May after Edmonton police were contacted by the U.S. football league. 
  The service was lauded for its response to the Sept. 30 attack in which a suspect rammed an
  
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• Two sent to hospital after cigarette sparks Mill Woods house fire

  20-04-2018 00:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two people were sent to hospital after an improperly disposed cigarette cause a Mill Woods house fire Thursday morning.
  Firefighters were called to the home near 40 Street and 22 Avenue at 3:20 a.m. in the Daly Grove neighbourhood. Upon arrival at 3:25 a.m., the house was found fully involved.
  Eight people, including one infant, had already fled the flames, said Edmonton Fire Rescue spokesperson Maya Filipovic.
  Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution for smoke inhalation.
  Filipovic sai
  
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• New domestic violence assessment tool tailored to Indigenous, immigrant women

  20-04-2018 00:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Improvements continue to be made to help provide services to victims of domestic violence in Alberta but women remain at extreme risk of being killed by their intimate partner, a leading researcher says. 
  Speaking in Edmonton after an Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) event, Johns Hopkins University’s Jacquelyn Campbell said the province’s Indigenous women face a rate of domestic violence homicide at levels much higher than non-Indigenous women. 
  Da
  
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