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• AHS warns of potential measles exposure in several Edmonton locations

  15-05-2018 21:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Services issued a health advisory Tuesday after an individual with lab-confirmed measles was in several public locations in Edmonton while infectious.
  According to a news release from the provincial health authority, the infected person visited several places between May 8 – May 12, including Northgate Mall, the Misericordia Hospital, and a liquor store on Stony Plain Road. 
  Anyone who visited the following locations during the time-periods may have been exposed to
  
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• Edmonton financial professionals invest in free lunches

  15-05-2018 21:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton investment professionals will put their money where your mouth is Wednesday by providing free lunch at a downtown food truck.
  The CFA Society Edmonton is promoting the international Putting Investors First Campaign by buying lunch for the first 100 visitors to the Curbside food truck at 108 Street and 99 Avenue starting at 11:30 a.m., according to a news release.
  The campaign, by the global CFA Institute, is intended to encourage financial professionals to place the interests of investo
  
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• Fort McKay Chief Jim Boucher named Canadian Energy Person of the Year

  15-05-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chief Jim Boucher has been named 2018 Canadian Energy Person of the Year for his work developing the Fort McKay First Nation’s successful oil and gas businesses.
  Boucher chairs the Fort McKay Group of Companies, which earned an average gross annual revenue of $1.7 billion in the last 5 years, according to a news release Tuesday from the Energy Council of Canada.
  Under Boucher, first elected in 1986, the oilfield construction and services operation has grown to include earthworks, logistics
  
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• Edmonton Oilers at the Worlds: McDavid-Nuge chemistry is real, and it is spectacular

  15-05-2018 20:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Team Canada wound down the round robin portion and its time in Herning, Denmark, with a 3-0 shutout of Germany in a lacklustre contest that meant little to either side. Canada won 5 of its 7 games in Group B, but losses to fellow group powers USA (5-4 in the shootout) and Finland (5-1) dropped the team into third place resulting in a tough match in the crossover round in Copenhagen on Thursday. There they will meet the second place team in Group A, namely the loser of today’s final showdow
  
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• Photo Gallery: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette visits Alberta Legislature

  15-05-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette was welcomed to the legislature building Tuesday morning as part of her first official visit to Alberta. 
  Payette will meet with Alberta premier Rachel Notley and officials before she heads into the house to address MLAs. It will be the third time in Alberta’s history a Gov. Gen. has done so. 
  As part of the proceedings, Payette received military honours, including a 100-person guard of honour from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia
  
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• Stop. Wait. Backup. Wait more: Edmontonians react to 50 Street train announcement

  15-05-2018 19:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  If there’s one thing south Edmonton residents can rally around, it’s that we all hate the 50th Street train — fact.
  Not a day goes by without someone taking to social media to complain about getting stuck at that darn intersection.
  Case in point …
  Shhhhhh. #stupidtrain is napping at the 50th street crossing. #yegtransit #yeg pic.twitter.com/aicuaGGf8B
  — Sally Banek (@SallyBanek1) May 15, 2018That was earlier Tuesday morning, mere hours before Prime Minister Justin
  
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• Regina Spektor the first name announced in Edmonton Folk Fest lineup

  15-05-2018 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  It begins with a little Russian-American alliance! Moscow-born, classically-influenced indie musician Regina Spektor is the first name in for this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival, her debut on the hill. The EFMF runs Aug. 9-12, and she’ll play Saturday.
  Best known for her song Fidelity, Spektor — a whiz on the piano — often underscores her soaring, wistful lyrics with electric guitar, and has noted of her narrative style, “It doesn’t feel natural for me to
  
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• Screening of Bag It — with popcorn — at MacEwan University

  15-05-2018 19:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Locals concerned about plastic bag use are trying to start a chapter of Boomerang Bags and are hosting an open house at MacEwan Roundhouse, located in Allard Hall.
  People from Waste Free Edmonton and MacEwan’s office of sustainability will be showing the movie, Bag It, which explores plastic pollution in a humorous and informative way. After the movie, there will be a discussion about reducing plastic use. Boomerang Bags YEG will also be demonstrating how they make bags from reused materia
  
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• Man, 40, dies of injuries after May 3 motorcycle crash

  15-05-2018 19:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 40-year-old man who suffered serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle in south Edmonton earlier this month has died in hospital, say police. 
  The man was driving east on Saskatchewan Drive from 116 Street on May 3 when he lost control of the machine, skidding several metres before striking the south curb. 
  He was transported with serious injuries to hospital where he died Friday. 
  Police say neither speed nor alcohol were factors in the crash.
  On Saturday afternoon, a 25-y
  
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• Woodlands Water Play Park Presented by RE/MAX and Grosvenor Outdoor Pool Openings

  15-05-2018 18:34
  Splash and play with us all summer long at the opening of the City’s two outdoor aquatic facilities! Woodlands Water... Read Post
  
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• Trudeau announces $40 million for railway underpass, more lanes on 50 Street

  15-05-2018 17:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $39.8 million Tuesday to build a railway underpass and to add lanes to 50 Street, addressing one of the city’s biggest traffic headaches.
  The project includes widening 50 Street to six lanes between 76 and 90 Avenue and building the underpass at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing north of Sherwood Park Freeway. 
  The province had previously promised $28.3 million, with the city paying the balance on the $87.5 million project.
  Trudeau was joine
  
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• Residents Encouraged to Attend Lacombe Lake Park Open House

  15-05-2018 17:44
  May 22, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Bellerose Composite High School Are you an avid Lacombe Lake Park user? Do you... Read Post
  
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• Collision slows morning rush hour on Anthony Henday

  15-05-2018 17:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A minor collision in southeast Edmonton slowed early morning traffic Tuesday.
  Just before 9 a.m., Edmonton police confirmed the collision at Anthony Henday Drive eastbound and 27 Street had been cleared away, but posts on social media showed traffic remained slowed to a crawl in the area.
  Traffic Jam on South Henday going Eastbound.Accident has traffic backed up from 127st to Terwillegar Dr.Photo is from Rabbit Hill Rd looking West to Terwillegar.#yegtraffic pic.twitter.com/dusbCIb9lG
  — Ty
  
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• Edmonton weather: Sunshine, lollipops and sunburn. Ouch.

  15-05-2018 14:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 13.1 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the northwest. Today is going to be a hot one, that’s for sure. The perfect day to skip work and hit up a patio (did I say that out loud?). An early look at the long weekend is encouraging with forecasters calling for sunshine and 23 C Saturday, 26 C on Sunday and 27 C on Monday. Remember when it used to snow on May lo
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Reduce speed limits around crosswalks

  15-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Teen’s tragedy fuels crosswalk talk,” May 11
  Has anyone at city hall or working for the city considered lowering speed limits to a mandatory 30 km/h around all crosswalk locations, as is now done in playground locations?
  There are some crosswalk locations that have 30-km/h speed zones “when lights are flashing” only.
  If the city wants to put in safe crosswalks and have co-operation between pedestrians and drivers, drivers need to be aware of crosswalk locations
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make Edmonton, Calgary infrastructure announcements

  15-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest trip to Alberta will include two infrastructure announcements Tuesday in Edmonton and Calgary.
  Trudeau will be joined by federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Transport Minister Marc Garneau at Edmonton City Hall for the first announcement at 9:30 a.m.  
  At 12:45 p.m., Trudeau will again be joined by Sohi and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi at Stampede Station in Calgary for the second announcement. 
  Prime Minister Justin T
  
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• Governor General begins first visit to Alberta at legislature

  15-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With canons booming in the background, Canada’s Governor General was welcomed to the legislature building Tuesday morning 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.
  Around 100 members of the public gathered to welcome Payette to Edmonton on a perfectly sunny spring day, watching as a guard of honour marched onto the grounds just after 9:30 a.m.
  Payette arrived around 10 a.m., welc
  
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• Edmonton infrastructure projects should spur redevelopment, panelists say

  15-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bonnie Doon and other malls along new LRT routes offer strong redevelopment possibilities, but the companies involved will need money and patience, a commercial real estate specialist says.
  Many mature neighbourhoods with aging populations and homes have shopping centres that could be repurposed to provide the modern housing and amenities tenants want, says Jonas Locke, Western Canadian vice-president for Altus Group. 
  “There’s a natural integration between retail and residentia
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sorely missed Andrej Sekera, even after he returned to the line-up

  15-05-2018 09:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017-18 Edmonton Oilers in reviewAndrej Sekera
  If one were to choose a single member of the 2016-18 Edmonton Oilers who epitomized their crash from excellent to awful, Andrej Sekera would surely be the choice.
  The Slovak defender represented much that was right about the 2016-17 version of the club, playing crafty two-way hockey, producing on both special teams, providing stout defence and delivering nicely at the good end of the ice as well. 
  More memories of those happier times are but a
  
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• Prime minister visits Sikh place of worship in Edmonton, no word on Trans Mountain pipeline

  15-05-2018 04:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Edmonton on Monday ahead of a fast-approaching deadline handed down by Kinder Morgan Inc. to settle shareholder doubts over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  “There’s 17 days to go before the prospective cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline,” Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney told reporters before the scheduled visit. “The premier should take every possible opportunity to meet with the prime minister and demand a
  
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• Red Cup Distillery moves moonshine operation to Edmonton International Airport

  15-05-2018 03:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A distiller who specializes in Alberta moonshine hopes his product will quench more parched throats after moving to Edmonton International Airport from Vegreville.
  “The future really was getting to the international airport. Rural Alberta is extremely difficult to start a business,” Red Cup Distillery co-owner Rob de Groot said Monday.
  “In Edmonton it’s night and day … Things move twice as fast for half the price.”
  He and his wife Barb de Groot opened their c
  
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• 'Firm and fair’ public land penalties announced ahead of May long weekend

  15-05-2018 02:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans will face 38 new and increased penalties for public land and water body offences in time for the summer vacation season.
  “It’s not our intent to be heavy-handed, but (to be) firm and fair,” Environment Shannon Phillips told a news conference Monday outside the legislature.
  New on-the-spot tickets will allow enforcement officers to spend less time in court and more time on patrol, Shannon said.
  Occupying public land without authority will now garner a $350 fine, while
  
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• Should you remain a bystander? In wake of Southgate mall killing, authorities offer tips

  15-05-2018 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bystanders should take mental pictures if they witness a crime, instead of stepping in, police say.
  While many things can be done to prevent crime, bystanders should avoid getting directly involved, Edmonton police Supt. David Veitch told a Crime Prevention Week news conference Monday at Giovanni Caboto Park.
  The first thing to do is move away and be safe, he said.
  “It’s human nature to want to assist, but they should do so in a manner that includes their own safety as well, not just
  
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• Paula Simons: Clarke Stadium soccer dreams could leave Edmonton to foot the bill

  15-05-2018 02:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a literal turf war brewing at Clarke Stadium, Edmonton’s storied football field. 
  How fitting — given the stadium was named for Fighting Joe Clarke, Edmonton’s most pugnacious rogue of a mayor, a man who never backed down from a brawl.
  Built 80 years ago, the stadium, also known as Clarke Park, was the original home of the Edmonton Eskimos. The CFL team still uses the facility — which was completely rebuilt and refurbished in 2001 — as its practic
  
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• Five Edmontonians honoured with Alberta Order of Excellence

  15-05-2018 02:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five more Edmontonians are to be awarded the highest honour the province can give a citizen.
  The latest Edmonton area inductees include a judge, a labour leader and the first female pilot for a commercial airline in North America. The Alberta Order of Excellence was established in 1979 by royal assent and is administered by the office of Alberta Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell.
  Solomon Rolingher was travelling with the provost martial of the Canadian Forces Military Police when he received notice of
  
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• Wildfire update: Fire crews continue to battle blaze northeast of Edmonton

  15-05-2018 02:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Emergency crews are trying to prevent fire spreading in a rural area of northern Strathcona County as more and more fire bans are enacted around the province.
  As of Monday afternoon, 15 firefighters and an arsenal of brush trucks, dozers, water tankers and a helicopter were controlling a blaze first detected around noon Saturday in the area of Township Road 564 and Range Road 211. 
  An aerial tanker was called in to protect property near Range Road 213 and Township Road 562.
  No buildings hav
  
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• Graham Thomson: Jason Kenney's 'grassroots guarantee' still missing in action and online

  15-05-2018 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  It would seem United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney needs a new digital team.
  The guys he has now have put him in a terribly awkward spot.
  They’re the ones, according to Kenney, who pulled the plug on his personal web page shortly before the UCP founding convention 10 days ago.
  In politics, timing is everything. And the plug-pulling couldn’t have come at a worse time.
  Kenney’s web page talked about how he would listen to party members when it came to drafting party poli
  
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• Notes from the Dome: A caregiver rally, museum love

  15-05-2018 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Caregivers affected by the Family Support for Children with Disabilities parent training model for children gathered on the steps of the legislature Monday to voice their concerns.
  Liberal house leader David Swann told the rally the training model is putting extra strain on caregivers.
  In some cases, he said, it is also being used as an inadequate substitute to providing families with the professional services they need for a child with a disability.
  The rally was organized by a concerned m
  
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• Calgary company buys World Health Edmonton

  15-05-2018 00:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary’s International Fitness Holdings Inc. announced Monday it has bought World Health Edmonton.
  World Health Edmonton, started in 1985, runs eight fitness centres in the city and was purchased in 2012 by 18 Edmonton investors.
  It closed its Sherwood Park outlet in March due to a dispute with the landlord, forcing more than 1,500 members to use other World Health gyms. 
  The company shared the brand and other links with the eight World Health gyms in Calgary, but that operation was
  
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• Prime minister in Edmonton as Trans Mountain deadline nears

  15-05-2018 00:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Edmonton Monday ahead of a fast-approaching deadline handed down by Kinder Morgan Inc. to settle shareholder doubts over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  “There’s 17 days to go before the prospective cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline,” Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney told reporters ahead of the scheduled visit. “The premier should take every possible opportunity to meet with the prime minister and deman
  
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