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• Alberta steel manufacturers are 'extremely disappointed' over U.S. tariffs

  31-05-2018 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  The far-reaching ramifications caused by heavy U.S. tariffs imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum will trickle down to everyday consumers, says the president of an Edmonton manufacturing company.
  “When you walk into Home Depot and buy a piece of steel, there is a very real possibility … (it) will be more expensive,” said AltaSteel president Jon Hobbs Thursday.
  Twenty per cent of the more than 300,000 tons of steel produced each year by his company is exported across the
  
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• Grande Prairie school shooting threat leads to arrest

  31-05-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-year-old female has been charged after she allegedly made threats on social media to “shoot up” a school in Grande Prairie.
  The threat came just before 8 a.m. on May 7 and was viewed internationally by multiple police agencies in Canada and the United States including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mounties said Thursday.
  Officers located Morgan Cullen in the Clairmont area and arrested her without incident. She is facing a charge of uttering threats.
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• Can new AHL coach Jay Woodcroft turn the tide on Edmonton Oilers' weak developmental record?

  31-05-2018 22:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s moving time in the professional coaching ranks. That was apparent three times over this week, when three men with close historical ties to the Edmonton Oilers’ organization all moved on to new jobs.
  Notable among them, Todd Nelson, who today was announced as an assistant coach with Dallas Stars. Nelson coached the Oklahoma City Barons for 90% of their five years in OKC before being “called up” by the Oilers to replace the fired Dallas Eakins on an interim basis midwa
  
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• Gas-and-dash legislation in Alberta takes effect Friday

  31-05-2018 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Come Friday, you will have to pre-pay for your gas at every service station or convenience store in the province.
  Five Alberta workers have been killed and three seriously injured in gas-and-dash incidents over the past four years.
  Just this past Monday, RCMP charged 27-year-old Mitchell Robert Sydlowski with second-degree murder in the gas-and-dash death of Thorsby fuel station owner Ki Yun Jo, 54.
  The prepay requirement is just one of a raft of changes taking effect June 1 to protect work
  
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• Photo gallery: Baby Wild Animal Rescue near Edmonton

  31-05-2018 21:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A four to five week old rescued red fox is fed by Reice Bradley at the WildNorth Northern Alberta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation’s long term rehabilitation facility west of Edmonton Wednesday May 30, 2018.
  Four to five week old rescued red foxes are fed by Reice Bradley at the WildNorth Northern Alberta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation’s long term rehabilitation facility west of Edmonton Wednesday May 30, 2018. Bradley is wearing a mask to avoid having the foxes become to famil
  
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• Exploring Alberta's craft-distilled gin

  31-05-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s June and juniper bushes are developing “berries” which are not actually a fruit but female seed cones and at this stage they are hard, bright green beads.
  This bountiful Alberta resource is the main ingredient for the increasingly popular summer spirit: gin. Why not plan an Alberta craft-distillery road trip to experience firsthand the quality and uniqueness of each of our province’s top artisan gins?
  
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• Graham Thomson: Would a 'Premier Jason Kenney' have been able to get the Trans Mountain expansion built?

  31-05-2018 21:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the fascinating aspects of the Trans Mountain pipeline melodrama is the political contortion act performed by United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney.
  It’s like watching someone trying to get out of a straitjacket. It’s never done particularly gracefully.
  Kenney is trying to be both a reluctant supporter of the federal government deal to buy the pipeline and a vocal critic of the government deal to buy the pipeline. But he can’t have it both ways.
  On April 8, the day Kin
  
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• Cult of Hockey: The secret good thing about Darnell Nurse

  31-05-2018 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey writers David Staples and Bruce McCurdy discuss the secret good thing about Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.
  Born in Hamilton, Ont., on Feb. 4, 1995, Nurse is 6-foot-4 and shoots left.
  
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• Local Syrian writer/actor team tells international story as Hagar debuts

  31-05-2018 20:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  It seems so far away. Yet the humanitarian crisis in Syria is also close at hand as Alma Theatre launches a new show, Hagar, at the ATB Financial Arts Barns from June 1 to June 8.
  The play is a mother’s story. That it is penned and performed by two now-Edmontonians who fled Syria several years ago makes Hagar all the more relevant.
  The artistic duo, writer Aksam Alyousef, 51, and lead actor Amena Shehab, 45, are a married couple with three children. Though born and raised in Syria, Alyouse
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Nextfest, Weird Al, and Heart of the City

  31-05-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nextfest
  It may be hitting the grand old age of 23 this year, but the Nextfest Emerging Arts Festival isn’t resting on its laurels, oh no. The 11-day celebration of young local talent has added a number of new events to the festival, which shines a spotlight on emerging artists in music, theatre, dance, poetry, visual art, film, design, comedy, and much more. You can look forward to the Nextfest Workshop Series and Collaboration Project as fun additions to the festival, which boasts a rost
  
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• Homicide detectives probing two suspicious deaths within days

  31-05-2018 19:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives are investigating the second suspicious death of the week after a body was discovered in a Wednesday apartment fire that may have been arson.
  Officers driving by the apartment building at 117 Avenue and 80 Street spotted smoke coming from the building before alerting residents and calling in Fire Rescue Services (EFR) around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
  Minutes later, fire crews discovered the body of a male in a second-storey suite and homicide detectives were called to the scene.
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• Phone found at Clareview transit station leads to child porn charges

  31-05-2018 18:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 28-year-old man is facing child pornography charges after police recovered a phone found at a northeast Edmonton transit station.
  On May 14, police said a person found the phone at the Clareview Transit Station and reported it to officers, who made attempts to identify the owner of the phone.
  According to a Thursday news release, upon further investigation, police found evidence of child pornography on the device and commenced an investigation.
  A search warrant was later conducted at the
  
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• Iveson reappointed as chair of Big City Mayors Caucus

  31-05-2018 18:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson was reappointed as chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors Caucus Thursday.
  This is Iveson’s second time as chair extending his term to 2020.
  “I am honoured by the re-appointment and will lead Canada’s mayors in strengthening the partnership we have with the provincial and federal governments, reinforcing that city-building is nation-building,” Iveson said in a news release Thursday. “Our collective efforts have res
  
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• Edmonton fire ban lifted

  31-05-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thanks to the rain and cool weather, Edmonton’s fire ban was lifted Thursday.
  “Edmontonians are now able to use open burning permits, fireworks, backyard fire pits, cooking stoves and BBQs that use fuels such as wood and briquettes, provided they are used with caution,” Edmonton fire rescue services said in a release.
  The decision to lift the ban was based on the fire weather index, which is monitored daily and takes into account temperature, wind conditions, humidity and
  
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• Christmas in November 2018 announces lineup at the Jasper Park Lodge

  31-05-2018 18:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s crazy early for fruit cake. But regardless, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge has announced its lineup for Christmas in November, 2018.
  A bevy of local talent was on site at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, where the announcement was made earlier this week. The popular presenters, chef Blair Lebsack and Caitlin Fulton of RGE RD, will be at the Lodge once again, along with CIN newcomer, chef Ryan Hotchkiss of Bundök, currently the hottest new(ish) restaurant in town.
  Ken Hall, the gener
  
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• RCMP release photo of suspect in Stanley Cup ring theft

  31-05-2018 17:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP have released surveillance images of a man believed to have stolen a 1988 Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup ring.
  The ring belongs to Norm Lacombe, a winger on the 1987/88 championship team. Police said it was stolen from a vehicle in the Stony Plain area sometime between May 26 and 27.
  A wallet containing credit cards was also stolen, according to a news release Thursday.
  Mounties say the suspect recently used one of the credit cards in the Town of Devon, southwest of Edmonton.
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• Extradition hearing to begin for Alberta man facing U.S. terrorism-related allegations

  31-05-2018 15:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  An extradition hearing for a Canadian man wanted in the United States for allegedly conspiring to provide support to terrorists is expected to begin in Edmonton Thursday.
  The United States is seeking the extradition of Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, who was arrested in Fort McMurray in September 2017.
  In January, the United States unsealed a two-count indictment charging Abdullahi with conspiring with others in that country and Canada to provide support to terrorists in Syria carrying out kidna
  
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• Edmonton weather: Hello darkness, my old friend

  31-05-2018 14:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 6.7 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the northeast.
  The rain won’t be going away anytime soon, which isn’t entirely a bad thing because we definitely need it. The air is fresh and the grass is starting to turn that perfect shade of green, but wow is it dark in the mornings. Sunrise is supposed to be at 5:12 a.m. but I haven’t seen it in two da
  
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• St Albert MP predicts more months of delays in erasing 'zombie laws' - Globalnews.ca

  31-05-2018 14:02
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  St Albert MP predicts more months of delays in erasing 'zombie laws'
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  A constitutional cleanup of the Criminal Code is still several months away, according to the MP for St. Albert, as frustration grows for the family of Lyle and Marie McCann. Michael Cooper is having trouble understanding why the bill that would clear ...
  
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• Thursday's letters: Edmonton loses businessman, veteran Ross McBain

  31-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Solders are coming home. A shop that only sells cameras is opening on 100 Street. No one could take pictures during the war. People are happy. The most horrible war was over. A Spitfire pilot and a crowd of veterans who were away for years is back. Edmonton was looking to a new future.
  We are now losing our veterans such as Ross McBain and we should be so ever thankful.
  Zaniel Figol, Edmonton
  Taxpayers bear Trans Mountain risk
  Since when do governments own pipelines? Bill Morneau has just b
  
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• Opinion: Safe-access zones at abortion clinics are constitutional

  31-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s been much misinformation in the debate over Bill 9, the proposed safe-access zone law to protect Alberta’s abortion clinics. Surprisingly, those who oppose the bill seem unaware that British Columbia has enforced a very similar law since 1995 and it’s been held to be constitutional.
  Since the Alberta law was closely adapted from B.C.’s law, we can be confident it will also meet Charter scrutiny. In fact, based on the legal soundness of the B.C. law, similar laws h
  
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• Changes coming to parking at Century Park and Stadium transit stations

  31-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Beginning Friday, changes will be made to the park-and-ride stalls at the Century Park Transit Station.
  As part of the city’s plan to transition the Century Park land into a mixed-use urban village, some city-operated park-and-ride stalls will be transferred to the landowner. The number of city-operated stalls will be cut to 864 from 1,080, composed of 221 free stalls and 643 reserved paid stalls. Customers affected by the switch will have the option to go on a waiting list for anothe
  
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• Yong Fei Guan's lions fitting symbols of Works fest starting June 21

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Pink and joyful, Yong Fei Guan’s lion sculptures come off as coy at first sight — but the twin beasts were inspired by two disruptive events in our city, each connected to China. She’s one of hundreds of artists participating in this year’s 33rd annual edition of The Works Art and Design Festival, running June 21–July 3 all over Edmonton.
  For Yong, her sculptural project started with the city’s unceremonious plucking out of Harbin Gate last spring —
  
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• WILDNorth comes to the rescue of injured, vulnerable wildlife

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Their overall numbers may be down, but WILDNorth, Northern Alberta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation is still responding to large numbers of injured and orphaned baby animals.
  So far 547 animals were brought to the animal rescue centre at 125 Avenue and 128 Street in Edmonton this year.
  Although the number of animals brought in are a bit lower because of a long winter, they are still high, higher than last year, said WILDNorth manager Dale Gienow, on Wednesday, May 30.
  
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• Wildlife: Jill Stanton kicks off NextFest with symbolism-filled Varscona Theatre mural

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a sunny day in what used to be kind of a nowhere alley between the Varscona Theatre and Whyte Avenue.
  Suddenly, a flock of noisy kids rounds the playhouse’s corner, pulling out phone cameras to capture poses in front of a dynamic, on-the-go mural.
  “That’s been happening all week,” Edmonton muralist Jill Stanton says with a smile, noting it’s probably a good sign people are showing off the art in progress.
  The two-walled effort was commissioned by NextFest
  
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• Wild animals rescued: Ducklings, goslings, porcupine and fox kits at rehabilitation centre

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wild Rose nibbles on a fresh, crispy piece of lettuce.
  The 10-year-old porcupine settles in Carly Stenhouse’s lap in her enclosure — Porky Palace — at WILDNorth, Northern Alberta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, on Wednesday, unperturbed by the pitter-patter from the rain around her. Stenhouse is an education manager at WILDNorth.
  The golden and grey-haired porcupine will begin a new life and career at the animal rescue centre after living nearly her entire life with a famil
  
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• Support growing for private gondola project across North Saskatchewan River

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new gondola system over the North Saskatchewan River could be built entirely with private capital, possibly with 25 per cent of the shares offered to Edmonton residents, say promoters.
  Since winning the industry-sponsored Edmonton Project in March, the idea has attracted international attention from investors and gondola companies, said project leader Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, also director of business development at Edmonton construction company EllisDon.
  The group also has 40 letters of suppor
  
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• Jason Kenney can't have it both ways, says columnist Graham Thomson

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Journal political affairs columnist Graham Thomson speaks about whether a Premier Jason Kenney would have been able to get a pipeline project like the Trans Mountain expansion approved by a Trudeau government.
  Kenney is trying to be both a reluctant supporter of the federal government deal to buy the pipeline and a vocal critic of the government deal to buy the pipeline. But he can’t have it both ways, says Thomson.
  
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• Graham Thomson: Would a 'Premier Jason Kenney' been able to get the Trans Mountain expansion built?

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the fascinating aspects of the Trans Mountain pipeline melodrama is the political contortion act performed by United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney.
  It’s like watching someone trying to get out of a straitjacket. It’s never done particularly gracefully.
  Kenney is trying to be both a reluctant supporter of the federal government deal to buy the pipeline and a vocal critic of the government deal to buy the pipeline. But he can’t have it both ways.
  On April 8, the day Kin
  
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• Funk is just part of the game for Mercy Funk

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When is a funk band not exactly a funk band?
  When it’s Mercy Funk, of course.
  A recent treat hearing the core quartet of Edmonton’s Mercy Funk play their semi-acoustic set while chowing down on eggs benedict at an old downtown eatery left no doubt in my mind. They’ve got some tasty, spongy bass lines, but they’re mostly about the fun in funk.
  And that’s just fine. To be fair, “funk” is an old word that had a few different meanings before it came to be as
  
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• Dancer thrives on the limitless ocean of sound and movement

  31-05-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Usha Gupta glides into her seventh decade her artistic vision seems an ocean of opportunity.
  Edmonton’s preeminent mistress of Indian classical dance continues to expand and refine her notion of what the form and the music might involve. While her background is rooted in the classical kathak style and lucknow school of Northern India where she was born, Gupta admits that the works she choreographs today tend to be a hybrid of influences.
  “Kathak is a less formal style that lets yo
  
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• Man's body found in Edmonton apartment suite after 'suspicious' fire

  31-05-2018 07:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The investigation into the death of a man found in a northeast Edmonton apartment suite that was the scene of a Wednesday afternoon fire is now in the hands of homicide detectives.
  Police described the death as “suspicious” in a Wednesday night news release. Emergency crews discovered the body in the apartment near 117 Avenue and 80 Street after they arrived to fight a fire, according to an Edmonton Police Services statement.
  Edmonton firefighters responded to the blaze at 3:28 p.m.
  
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• Man's body found in Edmonton apartment suite after fire

  31-05-2018 07:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A body found in an apartment suite where there was a fire Wednesday afternoon near 117 Avenue and 80 Street is being investigated by police.
  Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation into the death of a man, said a news release from police Wednesday night.
  Working alongside Edmonton Fire Rescue, the Edmonton police arson unit determined the fire in the Parkdale-Cromdale neighbourhood to be suspicious, although the exact cause remains undetermined.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue responded to th
  
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• Improvements may be coming to Greater Hardisty's 101 Avenue

  31-05-2018 05:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Planters, benches, a shared-use path — community members in Greater Hardisty are rallying for at least temporary improvements to 101 Avenue after city officials said their area is not a priority for street reconstruction.
  In a report expected to be released publicly Thursday, city officials say Edmonton should be strategic in its investment, concentrating on traditional main streets, key bus corridors and locations where street improvements can make the most difference.
  But a group of Grea
  
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• Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli outlines team's No. 1 priority now: a top power play d-man

  31-05-2018 04:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com, Edmonton Oiler GM Peter Chiarelli’s take on what’s needed for next year: “We’re not going to do anything significant, generally speaking. We felt the year before wasn’t an anomaly. We felt we’d made significant progress (in 2016-17) on a number of different levels and [this season] things went south on a number of different levels. We really don’t want to throw out the baby with the bathwater here. From the p
  
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• Alberta doctors agree to fee freezes in two-year deal with province

  31-05-2018 03:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta doctors will receive no fee increases over the next two years as a part of a new funding agreement with the provincial government that is touted to save $95 million in health costs.
  Details of the compensation deal reached more than a month ago were finally revealed Wednesday by Alberta Health and the Alberta Medical Association, which also announced the pact received 89 per cent support from doctors in a recent AMA ratification vote.
  “We recognized government had no ability to inc
  
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• Community rallies behind new vision for Greater Hardisty's 101 Avenue

  31-05-2018 03:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Planters, benches, a shared-use path — community members in Greater Hardisty are rallying for at least temporary improvements to 101 Avenue after city officials said their area is not a priority for street reconstruction.
  In a report expected to be released publicly Thursday, city officials say Edmonton should be strategic in its investment, concentrating on traditional main streets, key bus corridors and locations where street improvements can make the most difference.
  But a group of Grea
  
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• Edmonton police investigating apartment fire

  31-05-2018 02:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  An apartment fire Wednesday afternoon near 117 Avenue and 80 Street is being investigated by police.
  The Edmonton police arson unit has taken over the investigation, said a news release Wednesday evening.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue responded to the blaze at 3:28 p.m. after receiving multiple calls. The fire was out at 3:43 p.m.
  The fire was contained to the second-storey suite of the three-storey walk-up, said Fire Rescue acting district Chief Darcy Sperling. He said the department is unsure if there
  
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• After seven years and a court ruling against police chief, officer accused of leaking colleague's career dreams heads to disciplinary hearing

  31-05-2018 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police officer accused of improperly providing information to a civilian about a colleague’s career aspirations is expected to enter a plea later this summer.
  The case has dragged on for more than seven years and earned Police Chief Rod Knecht a stern rebuke from the province’s civilian police oversight board for his handling of the disciplinary process.
  Const. Darren Cave faces charges of breach of confidence and discreditable conduct under the Police Act. His first
  
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• Paula Simons: Carol Lee Bivand died in remand, a day after a doctor deemed her unfit to stand trial. We should all be asking why

  31-05-2018 02:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Carol Lee Bivand, 29, had a short, tragic life. She was beautiful. She loved music. She had friends who cared about her. She was also a drug addict who struggled with paranoia, anxiety and other symptoms of mental illness, and was in and out of trouble with the law.
  On April 21, Bivand, who was homeless, was charged by police with making a false alarm of fire.
  On April 23, she was charged with breaking and entering the property of a downtown demolition company.
  On April 27, she was charged with
  
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• Abortion clinic bubble zone bill approved, UCP absent for vote

  31-05-2018 02:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Legislation to create protest-free zones around Alberta abortion clinics passed Wednesday after United Conservative Party MLAs again refused to vote on the bill.
  Bill 9 — called the Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act — aims to curb harassment that patients and staff experience outside abortion clinics.
  “Alberta women are tired of being bullied and harassed when they access health care,” said Health Minister Sarah Hoffman during the bill’s third re
  
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• Notes from the Dome: John Heaney kerfuffle continues, tourism grants awarded

  31-05-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The brouhaha over the NDP’s rehire of John Heaney continued Wednesday with yet more queries lobbed at the government in the legislature during question period.
  This time, it was about the exemption Heaney received to continue his B.C. cannabis lobbyist work while he’s employed by the Alberta government as an adviser in the finance and energy ministries.
  That exemption, obtained by Postmedia, is dated Feb. 7, 2018 — months after Heaney began his adviser role and weeks after he r
  
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• Club 82 owner hopes to rebuild after building fire on Whyte Avenue

  31-05-2018 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The owner of a Whyte Avenue nightclub is hoping to rebuild after his building was damaged by a suspicious fire Monday morning.
  Alex Kamaleddine, owner of Club 82 on Whyte Avenue, said Wednesday that the rear garage area of the nightclub was damaged by a fire early May 28. The full extent of the damage is not known, and the owner has not been given permission to re-enter the building.
  Neighbouring businesses Queen Donair and The Forge on Whyte may have sustained smoke damage. No one was in e
  
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• Arsenal of weapons seized from Edmonton brothers

  31-05-2018 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A total of eight firearms, including assault rifles, suppressors, and over-capacity magazines, were seized as the result of an ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) investigation in Edmonton and Fort McMurray.
  ALERT’s Edmonton organized crime and gang team seized the high-powered firearms following an investigation that primarily focused on two brothers. Alexander and Ryan Kurkut, both 27 years old, were arrested on May 18, 2018, and charged with numerous firearms o
  
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• Edmonton brothers charged after assault rifles and suppressors seized

  31-05-2018 00:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Twin brothers with lifetime firearm bans are facing almost 40 charges after assault rifles, suppressors and over-capacity magazines were seized in Edmonton by the province’s organized crime and gang team.
  A third man, who police allege is a known associate of the brothers, is facing close to two dozen firearm-related charges following the investigation launched last fall by the Alberta Law Enforcement Teams (ALERT).
  A tip about the two brothers’ alleged involvement in organized crime
  
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• Luminaries, returning faces and fan favourites highlight 2018 Edmonton folk fest lineup

  31-05-2018 00:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  This year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival lineup includes a solid number of luminaries, returning faces and fan favourites including Buffy Sainte-Marie; Neko Case; Flatlander Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Bill Kirchen; superproducer guitarist Ry Cooder; the crowd-pleasing Michael Franti & Spearhead; Ferron and Her All-Star Band as well as already-announced Regina Spektor, known lately for her Orange is the New Black title song.
  Festival producer Terry Wickham announced the full lineup at a
  
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