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• Capital Power sues province over alleged 'unreasonable' cut to coal-plant closure payments

  07-05-2018 23:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Capital Power is suing the Alberta government for changes the company claims will cost it millions of dollars in lower compensation for closing coal-fired power plants early.
  By 2030, the province intends to shut down facilities owned by TransAlta, Capital Power and Atco Ltd. that burn coal to generate electricity as part of the program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
  The move includes a $1.36-billion package to make up for money the companies will lose by shuttering
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Youth council, parent/child rights and a cancer diagnosis

  07-05-2018 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Erin Babcock, NDP member for Stony Plain, has been diagnosed with uterine cancer.
  Best wishes poured in from all sides of the political divide when Babcock shared the news on Twitter Monday afternoon as she began treatment at the Cross Cancer Institute.
  “I can’t say what the coming weeks will be like. However, after discussing this with my family, colleagues & team, I will continue doing the job I’m passionate about & hope to continue doing for many years, &rd
  
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• Mental Health Support For School Children

  07-05-2018 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced the expansion of mental health supports to youth in schools across Alberta on Monday May 7, 2018 at Jasper Place School in Edmonton.
   
  
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• Government to expand mental health services in Alberta schools

  07-05-2018 22:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The provincial government wants to grow the number of students who can talk to a social worker, therapist or counsellor right in their school.
  Flanked by students and staff at Jasper Place High School’s student services centre Monday, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said a $5-million funding increase will put more mental health workers in schools, where parents, teachers, and school boards are asking for more help.
  “I think every school in the province is going to be looking for this a
  
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• Former Northlands head to lead Edmonton-based cannabis retailer's Saskatchewan advisory board

  07-05-2018 22:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Northlands president Tim Reid is moving into the marijuana field after being appointed chair of cannabis retailer Fire & Flower’s Saskatchewan advisory board.
  The Edmonton-based company, which has applied to set up the maximum 37 pot stores in Alberta, has announced Reid will help the board of directors and executive open outlets in Saskatchewan once recreational cannabis is legalized later this year.
  Reid left Northlands in March after running the non-profit organization for 3
  
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• RCMP investigating after human remains found near Fort McMurray

  07-05-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP are investigating after male human remains were discovered near a Fort McMurray creek over the weekend. 
  Wood Buffalo RCMP responded to the report of found human remains just after 4 p.m. Sunday. 
  RCMP Cpl. Teri-Ann Deobald said the remains were male and were discovered along a creek. 
  Foul play is not suspected.
  RCMP have contacted an area family about the remains but the medical examiner’s office in Edmonton will conduct an autopsy to confirm the identity.
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• Borden Park Pavilion wins Governor General's award for outstanding architecture

  07-05-2018 19:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s playful, reflective pavilion in Borden Park snagged a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture Monday, breaking a 26-year long dry spell for this city.
  The pavilion is a playful take on the former children’s carousel that once graced this historic English-style park in central east Edmonton. It’s built in a circle with triangular mirrored panels to blend into the landscape, allowing visitors to see out into the park during the day and acting like a beacon in th
  
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• Cigarette blamed for fire that ripped through home in Lewis Estates

  07-05-2018 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  A cigarette extinguished in a container of potting soil sparked a fire that tore through a west Edmonton home, say fire officials. 
  Edmonton fire crews were called Saturday night to the single family home in Lewis Estates, near 92A Avenue and 208 Street. Crews arrived just after 11 p.m. The fire was serious enough to merit a second alarm call for additional resources. 
  No civilians were injured, however two firefighters were taken to hospital with minor injuries and released later that
  
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• Council set to reopen debate around 30 km/h playground zones

  07-05-2018 17:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drivers can see the playground from Riverbend Road, but barely. 
  The slides and climbing towers are 53 metres away from the busy, multi-lane collector road in Edmonton’s southwest. But transit buses and cars still slowed to 30 km/h to protect a few toddlers playing in the sunshine last week, even as the new speed limit left their mothers frustrated. 
  “Why don’t they just put up a fence?” asked Tania Walters, who wants drivers to slow down around children, but fe
  
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• Social Seen: RAAS Eats

  07-05-2018 17:00 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 and follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie)
  RAAS Eats
  Where: Retail as a Service (RAAS) in West Edmonton Mall
  When: April 30
  What: Grand opening of RAAS Eats featuring local culinary brands
  Featuring: Eats and refreshments from
  
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• Firefighters contain early morning blaze in Gold Bar townhouse

  07-05-2018 16:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton firefighters knocked down a fire in the basement of a townhouse in the city’s Gold Bar neighbourhood early Monday morning. 
  Crews were called to the residence at 105 Avenue and 45 Street at 3:29 a.m. Monday, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Kristi Bland said. 
  Firefighters arrived a few minutes later and managed to contain the fire to the basement. The fire was ruled under control at 4:19 a.m. Crews were still mopping up hot spots later Monday morning. 
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• Oil tops $70 for first time in four years on growing supply worries

  07-05-2018 15:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  LONDON — Oil prices rose to their highest levels since late-2014 on Monday, boosted by Venezuela’s deepening economic crisis and a looming decision on whether the United States will re-impose sanctions on Iran.
  Brent crude oil futures were at US$75.63 per barrel at 0909 GMT, up 76 cents from their last close. Earlier in the session, they touched their highest since November 2014 at US$75.89 a barrel.
  U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 80 cents to US$70.52 per barre
  
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• Edmonton weather: Sunscreen? Where we're going we don't use sunscreen

  07-05-2018 14:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 10.9 C with a 8 km/h wind. It might not be Sunday temperatures but things are still shaping up to be sunny and nice today, and throughout the week, except for Thursday (Thanks, Thursday). Thankfully, the weekend is looking glorious, once again, with forecasters calling for 24 C both Saturday and Sunday.
  Today: Mainly sunny. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h ne
  
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• Residents demand city improve snow-removal efforts to reduce blue bristle litter

  07-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Theresa Wynn became so ticked off by the litter of blue bristles Edmonton snow crews drop in her neighbourhood, she started to pick them up. 
  Five kilograms later, the Mill Woods resident is even angrier. 
  “It’s bad enough people don’t pick up their garbage. Look at what the city is doing,” said Wynn, showing off two bins full of the stiff, heavy blue plastic that snaps off the city’s mechanical snow brushes.
  “They are everywhere, literally everywher
  
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• Council set to reopen debate on 30 km/h playground zones

  07-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Drivers can see the playground from Riverbend Road, but barely. 
  The slides and climbing towers are 53 metres away from the busy, multi-lane collector road in Edmonton’s southwest. But transit buses and cars still slowed to 30 km/h to protect a few toddlers playing in the sunshine last week, even as the new speed limit left their mothers frustrated. 
  “Why don’t they just put up a fence?” asked Tania Walters, who wants drivers to slow down around children, but fe
  
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• Progression for Oscar Klefbom was one thing Peter Chiarelli needed to have go right in 2017-18. It didn't.

  07-05-2018 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017-18 Edmonton Oilers in review:Oscar KlefbomHe really, only looked right for one game.
  You could almost say that about the entire Edmonton Oilers lineup in 2017-18. But for Oscar Klefbom in particular, every game he played after Calgary on opening  night was (for the most part) downhill.
  We know now that Klefbom wasn’t “right” at all. He had a bum shoulder that, as it turned out, stretched all of the way back to last season. And while you can give the player the old &ld
  
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• Attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean carries higher risks, U of A study finds

  07-05-2018 06:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian women who once had a cesarean section are unlikely to suffer harm if they choose a vaginal birth for their next child, although women who opt for another C-section still face lower risks to themselves and their baby.
  That’s the finding of a new University of Alberta-led study, which examined hospital records of nearly 200,000 births over a 12-year period to look for patterns of uterine ruptures, hemorrhaging, infant death and other bad outcomes.
  While researchers found overall occ
  
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• Hundreds gather at HMCS Nonsuch to mark historic battle

  07-05-2018 04:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some 120 members of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, together with 40 Navy League Cadets and numerous veterans, donned dress uniforms Sunday to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic, a pivotal struggle during the Second World War.
  “It’s our Remembrance Day,” said Rebecca Howard-Dotzlaf, who observed the event, and recorded it on her iPhone for posterity.
  Howard-Dotzlaf’s grandfather was in the navy. Her 11-year-old daughter, Dakota, is a member of the Navy League Cadet Cor
  
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• Nick Lees: Construction executive aims to be event's top fundraiser to honour late wife

  07-05-2018 04:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bruce Hagstrom, 68, will cycle the 180-kilometre Johnson MS Bike Tour next month in honour of his wife Susan Wylie-Hagstrom and aims to be the top fundraiser.
  “I lost Susan to cancer 16 months ago,” the Sureway Construction president said. “She was a great supporter of many charities and the ride was one of her favourites.”
  Some 2,000 cyclists are expected to take part in the June 9-10 ride, which will take participants from Leduc to Camrose and back.
  “The ride rais
  
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• Traffic collisions down provincewide, most recent numbers show

  07-05-2018 04:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fatal collisions hit a five-year low in 2016, according to traffic collision statistics recently released by the province.
  There were 299 deaths on Alberta roads in 2016, according to a report published online earlier this month. The information — the most recently available annual data on collisions in the province — shows a 9.4 per cent drop in deaths compared to 2015, while other injuries decreased by 7.2 per cent. 
  Property damage collisions were also at the lowest repo
  
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• Graham Thomson: UCP founding convention hits socially conservative pothole

  07-05-2018 04:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Deer — United Conservative Party delegates had one job at their founding convention this weekend — don’t look extreme.
  They didn’t succeed.
  They tripped themselves up over a resolution that would effectively “out” students who join gay-straight alliances in schools.
  The resolution created a furor on the floor of the UCP’s founding convention as three MLAs pleaded with members to defeat it.
  “This is about outing gay kids,” said Ric Mc
  
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• Hall packed with crowd for Somaliland Independence Day

  07-05-2018 03:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hundreds of people danced the night away at an Edmonton party to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Somaliland on Saturday.
  Somaliland is a semi-autonomous region in the northwest of Somalia that declared itself an independent country in 1991.
  For expats, Independence Day is an opportunity to celebrate the self-declared country’s “peace and stability,” event organizer Abdullahi Mohamed said as a growing crowd began to to fill the Portuguese Cultural Centre in northeast
  
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• Attack ads infiltrate United Conservative Party convention

  07-05-2018 02:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red Deer — The executive director of the United Conservative Party is playing down the appearance of attack-style advertising targeted at a female candidate at the party’s convention this weekend.
  Janice Harrington told Postmedia on Saturday that no party rules were broken by those who distributed cards criticizing Natalie Pon, who is pursuing the Edmonton director post. 
  “Sometimes things can get a little heated, and sometimes people can do things to express a point of vi
  
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