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• City of St. Albert Launches Summer Activity Guide and Program Registration

  14-05-2018 22:13
  A healthier and happier you is just around the corner this summer! Shape up for summer with everything from kickboxing... Read Post
  
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• Housing Minister Lori Sigurdson takes leave for cancer treatment

  14-05-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Seniors and Housing Minister Lori Sigurdson has been diagnosed with leukemia. 
  The Edmonton-Riverview MLA will take a 40-day leave of absence to undergo treatment. Social Services Minister Irfan Sabir will cover her portfolio.
  Sigurdson, a former social worker, was elected in 2015. She headed up the advanced education and labour ministries from May 2015 to February 2016 when she was shuffled to her current file. 
  ‘It was not easy news to hear’
  Sigurdson said in
  
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• Prime minister to visit Mill Woods Gurdwara today

  14-05-2018 21:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the Gurdwara Millwoods on Monday.
  According to his itinerary, the prime minister will arrive at the Sikh place of prayer at 6:30 p.m.
  Trudeau will visit the Gurdwara ahead of Edmonton’s Nagar Kirtan Sikh parade celebrating Vaisakhi this coming Sunday, his spokesperson Eleanore Catenaro said Monday morning. 
  During his visit, Trudeau will make a donation to the food bank at the Gurdwara, help prepare food boxes and bring a food donation.
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• WHL playoff hero Stuart Skinner signs with Edmonton Oilers

  14-05-2018 21:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been a pretty eventful 24 hours for Stuart Skinner.
  Last night the 19-year-old netminder wrapped up a remarkable playoff run in the WHL, collecting his sixth shutout of the post-season in the final game as his Swift Current Broncos clinched the Ed Chynoweth Trophy with a 3-0 victory over Everett Silvertips.
  Then today comes word that Skinner has signed an NHL contract with the team that drafted him in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft:
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• 'We have no more roof': Seven pets saved from southeast fire that damaged two homes

  14-05-2018 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sandra Manseau’s roof was lost in a Summerside house fire Monday morning, but her dog, parrot, three ferrets, and two hamsters were safely evacuated.
  Manseau’s home, near 19 Avenue and 67 Street in the city’s southeast, caught fire just before 6 a.m., Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Katie Stewart said later Monday morning. The blaze started on the deck of Manseau’s next-door neighbour and the cause is still under investigation.
  While the roof and second-floor ce
  
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• First Alberta visit by Governor General begins Tuesday at legislature

  14-05-2018 21:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s Governor General will be in Edmonton Tuesday as part of her first official visit to Alberta. 
  Gov. Gen. Julie Payette was sworn in as Canada’s 29th representative of the Queen in October.
  A former businesswoman and astronaut, Payette has completed two space flights and logged more than 25 days in space. She was chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency and was capsule communicator at NASA Mission Control Center in Houston.
  As part of the proceedi
  
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• Planet Organic Market opening two new Edmonton-area stores

  14-05-2018 21:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Planet Organic Market has resolved issues it ran into with paying suppliers on time and is opening two new stores in the Edmonton area, the company said Monday.
  The grocery firm expects to open an Ellerslie Market outlet on Parsons Road north of Ellerslie Road at the end of June, then add a Sherwood Park operation in September, spokeswoman Jessica Brady said.
  Each site will be approximately 750 square metres, or about half the size of the two existing Edmonton locations.  
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• Drake and Migos on their way to Rogers Place Nov. 6

  14-05-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Platinum-selling Degrassi alumnus Drake is coming to Rogers Place Nov. 6, one of 41 dates across North America on his Aubrey and the Three Amigos Live! tour. He’ll be bringing Migos along for the ride, the trio who unleashed a hilarious TV dance party throwback video for Walk It Talk It a couple of months back featuring the rapper.
  Drake, a passionate courtside Raptors fan who was recently given a warning by the NBA for foul language, first entered the wider public eye on Degrassi: The Nex
  
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• Council Notice of Motion: Audit Committee and Internal Auditor

  14-05-2018 19:45
  Announcing via news release, as no Council meeting within one week The City is undertaking a new procedure to inform... Read Post
  
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• 2018 Municipal Census

  14-05-2018 19:37
  In-person door-to-door portion of Census starts May 18 The City of St. Albert kicked off the 2018 Municipal Census on... Read Post
  
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• Danielle Larivee: Requiring parental consent would harm kids in GSAs

  14-05-2018 17:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Noah Nicholls wants to be prime minister.
  The 15-year-old Calgarian is one of 16 young Albertans recognized last weekend at the Great Kids Awards at the Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall.
  As minister of Children’s Services, I was proud to hand out awards to great young Albertans who have survived life-threatening illnesses, stood up for human rights and mental health, and volunteered for important causes.
  Noah was recognized for using his experience in a gay-straight alliance as a st
  
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• Southeast blaze damages pair of homes

  14-05-2018 16:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two homes in the Summerside neighbourhood were damaged in an early morning fire Monday.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue was called to a fire at a single-family home near 19 Avenue and 67 Street in the city’s southeast just before 6 a.m., spokeswoman Katie Stewart said Monday.
  But when crews arrived, two homes in the area were on fire. The residents of both homes escaped safely on their own, Stewart said.
  Six apparatus responded to fight the blaze, and the fire was under control at about 6:45 a.m.
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• Edmonton weather: Remember the cold? Ya it's gone now

  14-05-2018 15:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning we’re already at 10 C, with a light wind going East, Southeast at 8 km/h. It’s going to be mostly sunny today with a high of 28 C, a few clouds coming in at night and a low of 13 C. So get out and enjoy the Monday. 
  Today: Mainly sunny. High 28. UV index 8 or very high.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h overnight. Low 13.
  Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. Wind becoming northwest 2
  
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• University's cyclotron facility could fully supply province's demand for medical isotopes

  14-05-2018 14:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The University of Alberta’s Medical Isotope Cyclotron Facility has the ability to become self-sufficient in the production of medical isotopes in about five years.
  For Albertans who need it, a radioactive isotope has the ability to detect cancer in the heart or bones.
  Although tests conducted over the past few months have shown that the U of A facility is capable of meeting the province’s need for 1,000 diagnostic procedures a day, there are still hurdles to overcome and its future u
  
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• Educational assistant classes pique interest in working with disabled children

  14-05-2018 14:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kennedy Nelson thought she wanted to be a teacher.
  A few months into a unique class at Centre High, the 19-year-old changed her mind. Training to become an educational assistant is her new goal.
  “I like more one-on-one work with kids,” she said Thursday. “I feel like I get more out of them. I learn about them more.”
  Since fall 2014, Centre High, a downtown school for adult students, has offered two locally developed courses that give young adults a peek into the world of
  
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• Sell your backyard? City pilot aims to let three homeowners create 'flag lots'

  14-05-2018 14:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Scott Wright is thinking of selling his backyard.
  Not the whole thing. New city regulations would let him sell up to half of the yard on the open market, with or without a garden suite. 
  It’s part of a new pilot project going to city council for approval this summer. His neighbours get the chance to weigh in at a city open house Tuesday.
  “We’ve had some self-doubt … but I like the flexibility,” said Wright while giving a tour of the yard last week. He’d
  
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• 'Systemic failures': Man detained for 36 hours without bail hearing files class action lawsuit

  14-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man arrested by Edmonton police and held for 36 hours without a bail hearing early last year is suing the province, claiming the lack of timely access to bail violated his rights. 
  A class-action lawsuit, filed by plaintiff Ryan Reilly on behalf of himself and anyone in Alberta denied a bail hearing within 24 hours of being arrested since February 2017, was filed May 2 in Court of Queen’s Bench in Calgary.
  “Alberta had designed an unlawful bail hearing regime, and it late
  
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• Prime minister to visit Millwoods Gurdwara today

  14-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to visit the Gurdwara Millwoods on Monday.
  According to his itinerary, the prime minister will arrive at the Sikh place of prayer at 6:30 p.m.
  Karnail Singh Bhamra, president of the Ramgarhia Gursikh Society of Edmonton, which is associated with the Gurdwara, said Sunday that nothing special is planned for the prime minister’s first visit to the Gurdwara.
  “He is coming to visit the Gurdwara and pay his respects to Guru Granth Sahib,” he
  
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• Nick Lees: Stellar example of a company making good and giving back

  14-05-2018 03:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  It has to be one of Alberta’s best “local boy makes good” stories.
  Dennis O’Rourke knew the world of lessons and homework wasn’t for him and felt his future lay in his energy and drive.
  “I couldn’t wait to leave school and started working as a ditch digger at the age of 16,” said O’Rourke. “I quickly became a foreman and then a superintendent.
  “I didn’t think of bidding on a job, but in 1973 at the age of 26, I was encourage
  
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• Unhealthy eating by Canadians is costing $13.8 billion annually

  14-05-2018 03:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadians seem unwilling to follow food guidelines for the sake of their health, but a new study from the University of Alberta may convince them to do it for the sake of their wallets.
  An annual price tag of $13.8 billion in direct and indirect health-care costs is what Jessica Lieffers, postdoctoral fellow, estimates Canadians have created out of their eating habits.
  Direct costs include visiting the doctor or hospital and medication, while indirect ones are measured in lost productivity from
  
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• Wildfires contained after flare-ups in Strathcona County and near Bruderheim

  14-05-2018 01:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire crews have contained two large wildfires in Strathcona County and near Bruderheim after flare-ups due to high wind Sunday afternoon.
  Evacuation orders for a few rural homes north of Bruderheim remain in effect, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP said Sunday.
  The Strathcona County fire is now deemed the greater threat, Strathcona County deputy fire Chief Bob Scott said. The fire, located in the Wildland area south of Township Road 564A between Range Road 212 and Secondary Highway 830, started to spread
  
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• Developer says Edmonton's 'flippant' call for public ideas will limit vision for exhibition lands

  14-05-2018 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton wants to hear big ideas for how to redevelop the Northlands site but one longtime member of the community is warning the approach by officials has likely limited what they’ll hear.
  Ken Cantor said he was really excited by Edmonton’s public call this spring for ideas for the exhibition lands. Then he read it. 
  “It’s almost as if it was written not to solicit good ideas but to preclude big ideas,” said Cantor, who had been working with several other firm
  
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