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• Mayor's State of the City calls on local investors to help build new economy

  24-05-2018 22:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton will be partnering with the social media company LinkedIn to analyze what talent the city lacks as it seeks to create a more resilient economy, Mayor Don Iveson said in his State of the City address Thursday.
  Speaking to a crowd of business leaders and other Edmontonians, the mayor laid out a new plan for economic development, arguing Edmonton doesn’t just need the TransMountain pipeline to get oil to tidewater; it needs four virtual “pipelines&
  
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• Oil Spills: The amazing Vegas Golden Knights are NHL playoff darlings

  24-05-2018 22:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is a distinct possibility that the Vegas Golden Knights — who the National Hockey League added as an expansion team this season — could win the Stanley Cup this year. But would a Vegas Cup title now be good for the league?
  Jim Matheson, Rob Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest discuss the possibilities as the team gets ready to face the Washington Capitals for the NHL’s Holy Grail. How did the Golden Knights get this far this quickly, and why are they so successful?
  
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• NDP rehires ex-staffer who is subject of investigation by privacy commissioner

  24-05-2018 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Opposition wants to know why the NDP has rehired a former premier’s office staffer who is under investigation by Alberta’s privacy commissioner.
  John Heaney, Premier Rachel Notley’s former chief of staff, resigned last August, citing a desire to be with his family in British Columbia.
  Heaney was quietly hired back by the NDP in October as an executive adviser in the finance ministry, with a salary of $130,500. The contract was signed in February.
  In April, his role was
  
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• Questions swirl after Edmonton police chief fails to secure contract extension

  24-05-2018 21:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Standing in a sunny foyer of city hall last month, Rod Knecht sounded confident about his future as chief of the Edmonton Police Service.
  For months, reporters had been asking about the chief’s contract — set to expire at the end of October. In interviews with media during the holiday season, Knecht, 61, said he was mulling whether he wanted to stay on. By April 19, he seemed to have made up his mind, telling reporters that he and the commission were discussing a contract extens
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Dirt Buffet, Ukrainian Festival and Bon Iver

  24-05-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dirt Buffet
  The season closer for Mile Zero Dance’s Dirt Buffet Cabaret will be something special indeed. Securing the estimable talents of multidisciplinary artist Mustafa Rafiq as curator, they’ve once again assembled a crew of likeminded artists for an evening of anything goes, drawing from music, art, poetry, and film. Collaborators for Dirt Buffet No. 33 include spoken word artist Shima Robinson; filmmaker and sound artist Parker Thiessen; textile and new media artist Kelly Ruth
  
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• It's official: Edmonton police commission begins search for new top cop

  24-05-2018 20:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Police Commission has announced it is commencing a search for a replacement for Chief Rod Knecht, whose tenure is ending this fall.
  In an internal message Wednesday, Knecht — who joined the force in 2011 — said he will leave his post at the end of October.
  In a statement Thursday morning, police commission chairman Tim O’Brien said a national search for his replacement is starting immediately.
  “Chief Knecht has been committed to delivering a professional leve
  
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• NDP rehires ex-staffer under privacy investigation

  24-05-2018 20:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The opposition wants to know why the NDP has rehired a former premier’s office staffer who is under investigation by Alberta’s privacy commissioner.
  John Heaney, Premier Rachel Notley’s former chief of staff, resigned in August last year citing a desire to be with his family in British Columbia.
  Heaney was quietly hired back by the NDP in October as an executive advisor in the finance ministry, with a salary of $130,500. The contract was signed in February.
  In April, his role w
  
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• Live: Mayor Don Iveson to pitch new economic vision in State of the City address

  24-05-2018 18:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson is expected to reveal a new vision for economic resilience during his State of the City address Thursday.
  He promised this would be his top priority during last fall’s election. In a blog post published prior to the speech, Iveson said he’ll have new details now, adding: “Edmonton must adapt to ensure that its economy remains resilient in the face of change.”
  The speech is scheduled for about 12:45 p.m. at the Shaw Conference Centre and will be strea
  
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• St. Albert International Children's Festival creates calm amidst whirlwind activities with new pilot program - Edmonton Journal

  24-05-2018 18:57
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  St. Albert International Children's Festival creates calm amidst whirlwind activities with new pilot program
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  Children's festivals are often bright, noisy, crowded affairs during which youngsters are reminded to sit still and keep quiet. This particular set of contradictions can be hard to cope with for many children, but particularly for those who have autism ...
  
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• Learn How to Prepare Your Family for any Emergency

  24-05-2018 18:45
  Public Safety Open House – June 3, 2018 Emergencies can happen anytime, anywhere – either at home, in your neighbourhood... Read Post
  
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• Youth camp north of Edmonton faces opposition from neighbours

  24-05-2018 18:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Neighbours are livid about the prospect of the Hope Adventure Camp, formerly the Boysdale Camp, near Gibbons, reopening near their homes. 
  Executive Director John-Mark Gal with Hope Adventure Centre speaks about the camp during an interview on site in Sturgeon County on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
  
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• St. Albert International Children's Festival creates calm amidst whirlwind activities with new pilot program

  24-05-2018 18:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Children’s festivals are often bright, noisy, crowded affairs during which youngsters are reminded to sit still and keep quiet.
  This particular set of contradictions can be hard to cope with for many children, but particularly for those who have autism or other sensory processing disorders. That’s why, for the first time, the St. Albert International Children’s Festival of the Arts has launched a program, designed along with the Centre for Autism Services Alberta and Autism Edm
  
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• Edmonton weather: 30 per cent of the time, it rains every time

  24-05-2018 14:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 16.2 C with a 6 km/h wind coming from the southeast. The heat warning for Edmonton has been lifted, however, it remains in effect for communities in the northern portion of the province including Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan, High Level, Peace River, and Wabasca.
  Heat Warnings are issued when very high temperature conditions are expected to pose an elevated ri
  
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• Thursday's letters: Tail wagging dog in pipeline saga

  24-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  This whole pipeline saga seems to be spinning in circles and not getting anywhere. It’s time our prime minister demonstrates leadership and addresses the nation on national television with a clear outline as to what the pipeline means to the entire country and a clear plan as to how it is going to get built.
  If the military needs to be brought in to deal with protesters, so be it. We can’t continue to have the tail wag the dog in this country and stifle our economic growth.
  Jack Jone
  
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• Opinion: Choke off jet fuel to send Horgan a message

  24-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley’s government has passed Bill 12 which gives her the right to turn off the oil and gas taps to B.C. That’s a good thing. It shows that Notley is serious and that she understands the existential implications of Alberta becoming landlocked.
  The NDP government of B.C. has launched a constitutional challenge to Bill 12. It is very likely that some helpful B.C. judge will give them an injunction against Alberta using Bill 12 until the legal issues are sorted out.
  Notl
  
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• Wildlife: Faunts send off the incomparable Dave Regnier with concert love

  24-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A three-piece band illuminated by dusky blue projector light, a well-dressed crowd gathered as Edmonton’s Faunts took to the stage. To say the least, it was an unusual and difficult Friday night gig for them at the cavernous hall at Centennial Park. The bar was buzzing and crowded, full of sorrow — but more so with love.
  We were all saying goodbye, you see, to our beloved party bear, Dave Regnier, who died a week earlier surrounded by his family — including his wife, Christine
  
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• Blues Hall of Fame inducts three who helped Edmonton be a blues centre

  24-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Willie MacCalder could only guess what he was getting into when he started exploring blues oriented sounds back in the 1960s and ’70s. But his pioneering experience will live on as one of the newest members of Edmonton’s Blues Hall of Fame following an induction celebration Sunday.
  Now based in Victoria, veteran keyboard player and vocalist MacCalder is this year’s EBHOF inductee in the Performer category.
  The late talent promoter and booker, mentor and sound technician Kirby (
  
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• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is a winger? Who knew? Not the Edmonton Oilers' braintrust, apparently

  24-05-2018 10:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017-18 Edmonton Oilers in review:Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  Funny how long it took Edmonton Oilers’ coach Todd McLellan to figure out that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins might be his Edmonton version of Joe Pavelski.
  Especially odd given it was McLellan himself who drew a comparison between the two back in the fall of 2015, barely two months into the coach’s tenure with Edmonton Oilers. When asked who the Nuge reminded him of, McLellan replied:
  “Joe Pavelski. Because he’s small, he’
  
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• Boater missing in northern Alberta feared dead

  24-05-2018 06:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rescue teams were searching Wednesday for the body of a man who reportedly fell out of his boat on Skeleton Lake near the town of Boyle in northern Alberta.
  A witness called the Boyle RCMP detachment at around 9:30 a.m. to report that an adult man was calling out for help after he apparently fell into the water.
  The man is not believed to have survived, Mounties said Wednesday night.RCMP, along with Lac La Biche Search and Rescue, Alberta Conservation Officers, Boyle Volunteer Fire Departme
  
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• Janvier residents put on alert as crews fight wildfire

  24-05-2018 05:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray — Residents of Janvier are being warned to prepare for a possible evacuation after an out-of-control wildfire was spotted 10 kilometres south of the rural hamlet.
  No evacuation order has been issued and as of 9:34 p.m., municipal and provincial officials say the hamlet is not in danger.
  No evacuation orders or warnings have been issued for any industry sites or commuter camps in the area.
  As of 9:20 p.m., water bombers have been recalled as they are not able to work during th
  
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• Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht to leave at end of October, memo reveals

  24-05-2018 05:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht will leave his position at the end of October, ending almost eight years as the city’s top cop, Postmedia has learned. 
  Knecht thanked his officers for their “tireless efforts and unwavering commitment toward our common goal of making Edmonton a safe and secure place to live, work and raise a family” in an internal message Wednesday obtained by Postmedia.
  “I truly believe we have succeeded in making the Edmonton Police Service the bes
  
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• Paula Simons: NIMBY neighbours vow to block camp for former foster kids in Sturgeon County

  24-05-2018 05:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sturgeon County — John-Mark Gal and Pat O’Connor are evangelical pastors with a dream. For two years, they’ve been working to turn a long-vacant summer camp on the banks of the Sturgeon River, near Fort Saskatchewan, into a year-round educational retreat, one they call the Hope Adventure Centre. They want to work with a very specific group of students: teens and young adults who’ve aged out of the foster care system.
  There are few programs, they note, for youth ages 18 to
  
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• Edmonton Oilers hire two former head coaches to help Todd McLellan next year, Gregor confirms

  24-05-2018 04:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Sask Boys Club rules the Oil
  This in from TSN1260’s Jason Gregor, confirmation that the Oilers have hired Glen Gulutzan and Trent Yawney as asst. coaches, with one more hire to come: “I have it confirmed that Gulutzan and Yawney have signed with the Oilers. There’s another coach they’re going to sign, they’re just waiting, and there will be an announcement with that in the near future.” 
  TSN’s Ryan Rishaug added: “I like this staff they&rs
  
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• Prehistoric theme unveiled for 2018 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

  24-05-2018 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s world-renowned international Fringe Festival is taking a very big step back in time for this year’s theme.
  Organizers unveiled the theme of Fringe “O” Saurus Rex at an official launch party held Wednesday evening at the ATB Financial Arts Barns, one of more than 40 venues this year.
  “Whether it’s an obsession with dinos from early childhood, or a love for prehistorical pop culture, we think Fringers will really connect with the theme,” Fringe
  
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• Edmonton blacksmith shop on National Trust's top 10 endangered places list

  24-05-2018 03:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton blacksmith shop slated for demolition has landed on a list of top 10 endangered places compiled by the National Trust of Canada.
  The A. Minchau blacksmith shop, a red brick building that opened in 1925 on 81 Avenue and 101 Street, earned a spot on the 2018 cross-Canada list.
  “Weak legislation and inadequate financial incentives place this Old Strathcona boomtown gem at risk,” said the National Trust website.
  Scott Ashe, the city’s principal heritage planner, sa
  
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• Edmonton begins expropriation proceedings on Valley Line west LRT

  24-05-2018 03:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors voted to begin expropriation proceedings Wednesday against nine landowners on the Valley Line LRT west extension.
  The nine landowners will have 120 to 180 days to continue negotiating compensation after Edmonton files official notice of expropriation to settle.
  They have the right to have their legal fees paid by the city, and to appeal to a provincial Land Compensation Board.
  In addition, some properties have already been purchased; others are in areas where the line is still b
  
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• Edmonton 2018 Fringe Theatre Festival: Fringe 'O' Saurus Rex

  24-05-2018 03:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fringe Festival artistic director Murray Utas reveals details about the 2018 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival that will take place Aug. 16-26 in Old Strathcona. This year’s festival, named Fringe “O” Saurus Rex, will be complemented by found fossils, dinosaur discovery and paleontology prowess, and will include over 1,600 live theatre performances in over 40 venues featuring artists from around the world. 
  
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• Alberta drone test could show faster, cheaper way to replant forests

  24-05-2018 02:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The massive task of restoring land denuded by fires, drought or human activity might eventually be helped by swarms of drones that can plant almost 400,000 tree seeds a day.
  “There’s an absolutely huge, huge area across Canada in need of … reforestation activities,” Lauren Fletcher, chief executive of England’s BioCarbon Engineering, said Wednesday after a demonstration of his company’s drone equipment.
  “What we could do is make tree planters right now
  
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• Edmonton food bank launches new effort to connect clients to more services

  24-05-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. That seems to be Edmonton Food Bank’s new mantra.
  On Wednesday, the organization formally unveiled its new program, Beyond Food, at 11434-120 Street, available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The service began in November and has served about 200 people so far. It addresses some of the many challenges Edmontonians face.
  “We’re here to link people to what we can do and also
  
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• Seniors coach seniors on health literacy in new University of Alberta program

  24-05-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two years ago, Joyce Schwan, 77, had a stroke that paralyzed the right side of her body and took away her ability to speak and walk.
  But with encouragement and healthy active living options, Schwan went from 200 steps a day to over 6,000 and decided to re-enter the workforce as a part-time office assistant with the Royal Canadian Legion. 
  Now, Schwan is interested in learning more tools to live a healthy lifestyle through a new University of Alberta program offering peer-to-peer health lite
  
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• Aggravated assault charges laid after soccer player attacked in St. Albert - Edmonton Journal

  24-05-2018 01:20
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  Aggravated assault charges laid after soccer player attacked in St. Albert
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  A verbal disagreement at a soccer game in St. Albert ended up with one man being sent to an Edmonton hospital with serious facial injuries and two men being charged with aggravated assault. Mounties said the 50-year-old victim, whose injuries are ...
  
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• Aggravated assault charges laid after soccer player attacked in St. Albert

  24-05-2018 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A verbal disagreement at a soccer game in St. Albert ended up with one man being sent to an Edmonton hospital with serious facial injuries and two men being charged with aggravated assault.
  Mounties said the 50-year-old victim, whose injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, was assaulted last Friday at Lions Park at around 8:30 p.m.
  In a release Wednesday, RCMP said the man had been playing soccer with other people in the park when a disagreement erupted between the victim and three mal
  
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• Cyclist sought as possible eyewitness to city's latest homicide

  24-05-2018 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  A cyclist riding near where a man was shot in the Callingwood neighbourhood last week is being sought as a potential witness to the city’s latest homicide, police said Wednesday. 
  Ibrahim Zoker became the 12th homicide victim of 2018 when he was shot on a west Edmonton school ground. Officers found the injured man near 172 Street and 64 Avenue around 11 p.m. on May 16. He later died in hospital.
  Homicide detectives said a cyclist was seen travelling westbound on a path just north
  
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• Warning from Moody's as Alberta spurns agreement at western premiers'conference over pipeline spat

  24-05-2018 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s signature will be conspicuously absent from a communique Canada’s western premiers have agreed to send Ottawa.
  Deputy premier Sarah Hoffman wanted the final letter from the Western Premiers’ Conference in Yellowknife to express support for the Trans Mountain pipeline from every premier at the table, but that didn’t happen. 
  So Alberta said “No thank you” to signing its support to shared priorities around a multitude of issues, includin
  
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• City council votes to explore multiple beaches in river valley

  24-05-2018 00:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s accidental beaches could multiply.
  City councillors voted Wednesday to further explore the feasibility of encouraging multiple beaches for public use all through the river valley, replicating last year’s Accidental Beach in Cloverdale. 
  But that’s going to require Edmonton beachgoers to clean up their act, said Mayor Don Iveson. 
  “For me, quite frankly, the beach is a little bit on probation. … But if we can make this thing work, why wouldn&rsq
  
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• Spider-bite victim enters guilty plea in 'novel' weapons trafficking case

  24-05-2018 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man will be the first person sentenced in Alberta for a so-called “straw purchasing” offence related to domestic weapons trafficking.
  Justin Scott Shipowich, 38, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of possession of restricted firearms for the purposes of trafficking.
  Court heard that straw purchasing is when a person with a non-existent or minor criminal record buys weapons and then sells them to someone who wouldn’t legally be able to themselves. 
  According
  
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• Edmonton preparing to get stinky as corpse flower prepares to bloom

  24-05-2018 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is about to get a little bit stinky. 
  The Muttart Conservatory is expecting one of its younger Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, to bloom soon and if it’s anything like last year when Putrella the giant corpse flower blossomed, interest will be high.
  Maybe it was because there have been fewer than 200 corpse flower blooms recorded in conservatories around the world that Putrella attracted thousands of visitors to the conservatory
  
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