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• 'Series of … unfortunate events': No charges after toddler found wandering in traffic

  03-06-2018 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The parents of a young boy discovered wandering in north Edmonton have been found.
  Edmonton city police appealed to the public Saturday for help identifying the toddler, who was found wandering the streets in north Edmonton Saturday afternoon.
  The boy, who is thought to be about two-years-old, was found wandering into traffic on 153 Avenue between 117 and 120 Street, around 3:15 p.m., a news release said late Saturday. Police released a photo of the boy in hopes of locating his caregivers.
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• Are the Edmonton Oilers at risk of "losing" Jesse Puljujarvi?

  03-06-2018 22:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017-18 Edmonton Oilers in reviewJesse Puljujarvi
  When Edmonton GM Peter Chiarelli practically bounded to the draft podium to select Jesse Puljujarvi with the fourth overall selection back in 2016, the Oilers and their fans could scarcely believe their good fortune. The big Finn was a consensus top-three selection along with Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine, with all three projected as “NHL-ready” with stardom around the corner. As expected, Matthews and Laine went 1-2, but when Colu
  
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• Edmonton queer history app launches in time for Pride

  03-06-2018 22:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta research study has developed an Edmonton LGBTQ history app set to launch publicly Tuesday.
  Available on iPhone and Android, Edmonton’s Queer History App uses a map and a phone’s GPS to highlight key historical locations as users traverse the city.
  “It gives people an opportunity to have this added digital layer to the world around them,” said project lead Jason Harley, an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology as he sat near the gazebo
  
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• Alberta sheriff injured in firing range accident in northeast Edmonton

  03-06-2018 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta sheriff has been injured after a shooting accident at a northeast Edmonton firing range Sunday morning.
  Northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul Czerwonka said the female officer suffered a lower body injury after an “accidental discharge” during training at the William Nixon Training Centre.
  Police responded to a report of a training accident at around 11:30 a.m.
  The officer was transported to the Royal Alexandra Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No one else was inju
  
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• PHOTOS: Edmonton Oilers Locker Room Sale

  03-06-2018 20:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 12th Annual Edmonton Oilers Locker Room Sale was held at Roger’s Place in Edmonton on Sunday June 3, 2018. The family-friendly event was a chance for hockey fans to purchase unique new and used items at clearout prices. An Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Oil Kings autograph session was also held. (PHOTOS BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  The 12th Annual Edmonton Oilers Locker Room Sale was held at Roger’s Place in Edmonton on Sunday June 3, 2018. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
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• Nick Lees: Edmonton couple use funds to renovate Israeli tennis centre

  03-06-2018 19:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of Edmonton’s most lively couples will dedicate funds raised at a gala honouring them to an Israeli tennis centre uniting children of different races, religions and economic backgrounds.
  Lisa Miller and Farrel Shadlyn Q.C. will be honoured June 19 at the Jewish National Fund of Edmonton’s Negev Gala dinner at the Fantasyland Hotel ballroom.
  “The Ettenberg Israel Tennis Centre (ITC) in Haifa is at maximum capacity and must expand if it is to accommodate the needs of vulnerab
  
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• Minor-league rearguard Keegan Lowe signs two-year contract extension with Edmonton Oilers

  03-06-2018 18:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some quiet news on a quiet Sunday morning from Edmonton Oilers, namely the re-signing of minor league defenceman Keegan Lowe for a further two years:Let’s start with the elephant in the room: this is a signing that is bound to raise some eyebrows if not hackles in Oil Country due to the player’s famous surname. His father Kevin has deep and continuing roots in the Oilers organization: its first ever NHL draft choice in 1979 who went on to become a player, captain, coach, GM, and Pres
  
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• Keegan Lowe signs two-year contract extension with Edmonton Oilers

  03-06-2018 18:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some quiet news on a quiet Sunday morning from Edmonton Oilers, namely the re-signing of minor league defenceman Keegan Lowe for a further two years:Let’s start with the elephant in the room: this is a signing that is bound to raise some eyebrows if not hackles in Oil Country due to the player’s famous surname. His father Kevin has deep and continuing roots in the Oilers organization: its first ever NHL draft choice in 1979 who went on to become a player, captain, coach, GM, and Pres
  
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• Motorcyclist dead after striking guardrail near Gibbons

  03-06-2018 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead after his motorcycle struck a guardrail near Gibbons Saturday evening.
  Morinville RCMP and emergency services crews responded to the single vehicle collision at 6:11 p.m. Saturday, a news release stated. When they arrived, they found a motorcycle had collided with a guardrail at Highways 28 and 28A.
  The lone rider, a 34-year-old man, was pronounced dead on scene.
  Traffic was reduced to one lane. RCMP had left the scene just before 9 p.m.
  No other vehicles were involved in the crash
  
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• Edmonton weather: Fingers crossed for an evening thunderstorm

  03-06-2018 17:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Sunday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 15.2 C with a 2 km/h wind coming from the northwest. Looks like a gorgeous day today with sunshine and 22 C. There’s a chance of an evening thunderstorm tonight as the rain settles in Monday. After that, the rest of the week looks tremendous with sunny skies plus-20 temperatures every day.
  Today: Increasing cloudiness this morning. Wind becoming east 2
  
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• Police locate parents of toddler found wandering in north Edmonton

  03-06-2018 16:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The parents of a young boy discovered wandering in north Edmonton have been found.
  Edmonton city police appealed to the public Saturday for help identifying the toddler, who was found wandering the streets in north Edmonton Saturday afternoon.
  The boy, who is thought to be about two-years-old was found wandering into traffic on 153 Avenue between 117 and 120 Street, around 3:15 p.m., a news release said late Saturday. Police released a photo of the boy in hopes of locating his caregivers.
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• 'Fell off the edge of the Earth': 45 years since Edmonton couple vanished en route to Montreal

  03-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In June 1973, Terry and Ron Yakimchuk set out from Edmonton in an old beat-up Volkswagon Beetle to start the next chapter of their lives.
  Terry had been a reporter at the Edmonton Journal while Ron served as editor of the university’s alt-newspaper Poundmaker.
  But now they were heading to the Maritimes to find new jobs. Friends gathered at the Garneau home that served double-duty as co-op and printshop to say their goodbyes.
  They cheered when the couple returned half an hour after departur
  
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• City police officer's 2013 home encounter with tactical unit heard by LERB

  03-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police officer claiming she was handcuffed by tactical members while on medical leave at her home wants the men who conducted internal reviews of the 2013 case to provide evidence to the province’s Law Enforcement Review Board.
  Some details of the case concerning Const. Rhonda Sargent, who filed a 2014 lawsuit against the force, were heard by the LERB earlier this week but she wants the board to hear from two men who conducted an internal Edmonton Police Service (EPS) investiga
  
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• Police seek assistance in identifying toddler

  03-06-2018 07:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a toddler who was found wandering the streets in north Edmonton Saturday afternoon.
  The boy, who is thought to be about two-years-old was found wandering into traffic on 153 Avenue between 117 and 120 Street, around 3:15 p.m., a news release said late Saturday.
  Despite canvassing the area, police have not located the boy’s home or caregivers and are hopeful the public can assist.
  The boy is described as having blonde hair and blu
  
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• Coun. Ben Henderson wants report on best way to beat single-use plastic

  03-06-2018 04:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Coun. Ben Henderson will introduce a motion at the utility committee meeting Friday to help fight single-use plastics.
  He said he wants the city to report back on what other municipalities have done to fight plastic and what was the most effective solution. He wants to address single-use plastic bags, straws and coffee cups.
  “It’s all those plastic things that we use for 10 minutes and then are with us in our landfills for another thousand years,” Henderson said. “They ar
  
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• Father of four distraught over impending deportation to Kenya

  03-06-2018 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A father of four says his life is in danger if Canadian authorities follow through on an order to deport him to Kenya.
  Yussuf Madey Mahamed made a desperate public plea Saturday for more time to have his application to stay in Canada processed. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials earlier ordered him deported and he was unsuccessful in an appeal hearing Friday.
  He is scheduled to be deported on a flight out of Edmonton Monday.
  Mahamed has been in Canada since 2013 and is married to a C
  
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