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• Lane closed on Wayne Gretzky Drive due to drainage repairs

  30-04-2018 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Commuters can expect delays driving southbound on Wayne Gretzky Drive between 106 Avenue and 112 Avenue Monday and Tuesday due to an emergency lane closure.
  The section over the Capilano Bridge has been reduced to two lanes for emergency drainage repairs and motorists are encouraged to stay in the left lane to drive through the detour. 
  It should be up and moving as normal by Wednesday, the city said in a news release Monday.
  
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• Shaw Conference Centre might be in for a new name

  30-04-2018 23:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the current naming rights for the city’s downtown conference centre set to expire at the end of this year, the Shaw might be no more. 
  But just how much the exclusive naming rights for one of Edmonton’s prime pieces of real estate is worth to a brand is anybody’s guess.
  When Shaw Communications Inc. became the first corporate sponsor of the Edmonton Convention Centre in 1998, it did so in a $5.5-million, 20-year naming deal with the Edmonton Economic Develop
  
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• Justice minister responds to police failure to notify public of murder charge in infant's death

  30-04-2018 23:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province’s justice minister was reserved Monday while responding to questions about the recent revelation that Edmonton police failed to disclose that a murder charge had been laid in the 2016 death of a two-month-old baby.
  “I think anyone would be worried about lack of transparency, but whether this is a particular instance of that I think is an open question,” Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley said, speaking to reporters at the Alberta legislature Monday.
  She said there we
  
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• New restaurant, River City Revival House, to open in the Starlite Room

  30-04-2018 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of Edmonton’s vintage downtown buildings is getting a new restaurant.
  On May 23, the Starlite Room will launch a grand opening (which goes until May 25) to welcome River City Revival House, an 18-plus establishment offering lunch, dinner and happy-hour specials, plus weekly events — all sourced with local ingredients. 
  Co-owner/operator Andrea Kotylak is in charge of the space (which used to be Brixx) alongside her husband, Tyson Boyd, and long-time partners Alhad Devji
  
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• Non-profit pitches efforts to 'bring back pride' to Edmonton's Chinatown

  30-04-2018 22:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chinatown enthusiasts are gearing up for another summer of historic events and food tours as they try to “de-stigmatize” a unique but rundown part of downtown Edmonton. 
  “It starts with de-stigmatizing Chinatown to allow Edmonton to understand it,” said William Lau, a youth representative on the volunteer Chinatown Economic Task Force. 
  They toured 300 Edmonton residents through the area last summer with nine events, said Lau. This year, the task force secured a
  
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• Council will not extend deadline for Thales Canada on the Metro Line LRT: Mayor

  30-04-2018 21:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council will absolutely not extend the deadline if Thales Canada fails to have the Metro Line LRT running properly by the end of Monday, Mayor Don Iveson warned as the clocked ticked down. 
  “Council set a firm deadline,” Iveson said, promising more information on the consequences council threatened if Thales does not have the line running properly April 30.
  “Today is the deadline and the day after the deadline, once we have judged what the performance is today, we&rsq
  
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• Seeking the edge: Urban Edge showcases modern design in Ambleside

  30-04-2018 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Blending modern stylistic elements with custom design touches and cutting-edge technology, the latest offering from Urban Edge Homes is designed with the customer in mind.
  Located in the Ambleside in Windermere neighbourhood in southwest Edmonton, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom luxury walkout encompasses 2,592 square feet of living space and backs onto a pond, offering attractive views in a natural setting.
  “We wanted to go with a clean, sophisticated look,” said Vick Mander, mana
  
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• Alberta auditor general bids farewell after nearly four decades in office

  30-04-2018 18:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s retiring auditor general has a whimsical take on what he’s learned during a 38-year career — one that culminated with reports ranging from former premier Alison Redford’s travel expenses to improving provincial health care.
  “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if you only try,” said auditor general Merwan Saher, quoting a Dr. Seuss children’s book. “I’m a child at heart. When
  
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• Prairie on the Plate visits the new Buco in Epcor Tower May 9

  30-04-2018 17:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Taste Alberta is sponsoring yet another delicious Prairie on the Plate evening featuring local products. This one comes care of chef Spencer Thompson and will be held in the new restaurant in the Epcor Tower, Buco Pizzeria and Wine Bar. 
  It’s on Wednesday, May 9 and features three courses for $32. The first course is tortellini made with chicken sausage, ricotta and dandelion, plus Grizzy Gouda by Sylvan Star Cheese.
  The main course is Zampone, which is an Alberta Pork trotter, stuffe
  
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• Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli admits he was part of the problem this year

  30-04-2018 16:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chiarelli: “I’m not absolving myself in any of this because I have to be better in providing him players.”
  This in from Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli, his admission to Bob Stauffer of the Oilers organization that he was part of the problem this year: “At the end of the day I really believe in Todd as a coach. I know we had a tough year but I think we work well together and I felt a fresh start for him, a fresh base is what I like to call it for him, to reinvigor
  
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• Edmonton weather: 27 C Saturday, to frost Monday. Why?? Tell me why!?

  30-04-2018 14:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -0.3 C with a 3 km/h wind contributing to a -1 windchill — that’s right, windchill. Seems insane considering temperatures hit 27 C on Saturday as Edmontonians got their first taste of summer. But now it’s Monday and I had to scrape frost off my windshield this morning. Ahhhh Alberta. Never change.
  Today: Mainly sunny. High 17 C. UV index 5
  
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• No technical barriers to achieving greenhouse targets, just political will, say city staff

  30-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Electric buses, building retrofits and solar upgrades give Edmonton the technical capacity to meet its climate change commitments by 2030.
  City council can even save money doing it. But it will take substantial upfront investment, said project manager Mike Mellross, speaking about a recently released report on tackling greenhouse gas emissions in city operations.
  “It’s a sound financial investment,” he said in an interview, describing a plan that would cost $340 million in capi
  
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• Lack of doctors for Edmonton's Tourette clinic frustrates families

  30-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Families of children with Tourette syndrome feel rudderless now a specialty clinic at the Glenrose Hospital is missing key full-time health professionals.
  In the last four months, two child psychiatrists and a full-time nurse have left the clinic, leaving patients with no dedicated psychiatrist, and a part-time nurse.
  Affected children often grapple with anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other conditions that make it complicated to manage, said Rachel Wil
  
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• Edmonton school boards frustrated by modular classroom process

  30-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Among Edmonton schools, every new year is a game of Tetris.
  While enrolment booms in the suburbs, the number of children in some mature areas wanes. School boards manage the flux with modular classrooms — tacking on new rooms where they’re needed, and sometimes shunting them across town as demographics shift.
  Edmonton Catholic and public school boards say they need more modulars than they’re receiving, and an aging stock of portable classrooms is a looming problem.
  With some pr
  
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• Are you Shaw? City's convention centre might be in for a new name

  30-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the current naming rights for the city’s downtown conference centre set to expire at the end of this year, the Shaw might be no more. 
  But just how much the exclusive naming rights for one of Edmonton’s prime pieces of real estate is worth to a brand is anybody’s guess.
  When Shaw Communications Inc. became the first corporate sponsor of the Edmonton Convention Centre in 1998, it did so in a $5.5-million, 20-year naming deal with the Edmonton Economic Develop
  
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• About 450 pot shop applications so far in Alberta, almost 100 in Edmonton region

  30-04-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost anywhere you live in Alberta, someone wants to open a pot shop.
  The renamed Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) has received about 450 applications since opening its process March 6 for setting up marijuana retail stores once recreational use of the drug becomes legal in Canada this summer.
  Some propositions were rejected and others haven’t yet been checked to ensure they’re filled out properly and the fees paid before a detailed review is done, but almo
  
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• Rolled semi closes Highway 2 southbound near Leduc

  30-04-2018 06:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A rolled tractor-trailer-unit hauling concrete slabs rolled onto its side Sunday evening, blocking southbound traffic on Highway 2 near Leduc, say RCMP. 
  The rollover happened near Glen Park Road — exit 508 — according to a news release Sunday evening. The rollover caused the truck to spill its load of concrete slabs. One slab was struck by a southbound pickup truck. 
  The driver of the pickup escaped injury, RCMP said. The driver of the semi was treated at the scene for min
  
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• 'The world is watching': Edmontonians hold vigil for Asifa Bano, eight-year-old girl raped and killed in India

  30-04-2018 05:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A group of Edmontonians want the government of India to know that the world is watching how it responds to the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl. 
  More than 200 people attended a candlelight vigil in Mill Woods Sunday evening for Asifa Bano, whose rape and subsequent killing earlier this year has made headlines around the world and drawn attention to the prevalence of sexual violence in India. 
  After learning about what happened to Asifa, “for at least a few nigh
  
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• One injured after pickup flips over on Groat Road

  30-04-2018 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person was sent to hospital Sunday afternoon and emergency crews rerouted traffic after a pickup truck flipped over on Groat Road. 
  The black Ram 1500 truck appeared to have been travelling northbound on the Groat Road ramp near Victoria Park Road when it turned over. 
  City police Staff Sgt. Frank Metselaar said the service’s major collision investigation unit had been called to the scene and would be there for several hours. 
  The lone occupant of the vehicle sustai
  
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• Journal photojournalist wins national award

  30-04-2018 02:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Journal photojournalist Larry Wong has won a national picture of the year award for his image of grief-stricken Edmonton church members at a memorial service.
  Wong came first in the general news category in awards announced Saturday as part of the News Photographers Association of Canada’s annual conference in Toronto.
  He took the photo at the Solid Rock Church International in Edmonton last Sept. 24 during a service to remember three women from the church
  
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• The Mane Event Expo

  30-04-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Horse enthusiasts had a great weekend in Red Deer at Canada’s largest horse expo, The Mane Event Expo.
  Horse enthusiasts had a great weekend in Red Deer at Canada’s largest horse expo, The Mane Event at Westerner Park. April 29, 2018. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia
  For over 13 years the event has hosted some of the best and most knowledgeable horse trainers and educators from around North America, along with the Equine Trade Fair boasting some of the largest and best vendors.
  Polocrosse Canada
  
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• About 100 Fort Vermilion residents forced from homes by flood threat

  30-04-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  About 100 people in Fort Vermilion were ordered to evacuate their homes Sunday as water levels continued to rise in the Peace River.
  Approximately 30 residents of the Buttertown district on the north side of the river from the hamlet and 70 people in the main part of the community were told to leave their homes because of the flood threat, Mackenzie County public information officer Byron Peters said.
  “It’s an unusually high spring flow. There was unusually strong ice formed on the r
  
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