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• Protesters halt parade, demand police no longer march in Pride

  09-06-2018 22:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Pride parade was stalled Saturday when dozens of protesters blocked the route, demanding police and military officers be excluded from marching.
  Brandishing signs with messages such as “no justice, no pride” and “racism is a queer issue,” demonstrators called on the Edmonton Pride Festival Society to ban police in future parades.
  “We’re only here because it’s been denied so many times,” said protest spokeswoman Alexis Hillyar
  
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• A new meal delivery service launches in Edmonton

  09-06-2018 22:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A variety of web-based food services — from restaurant meal delivery to the delivery of fresh, meal preparation kits geared towards busy folk — have launched in Edmonton of late. Now, there is another entrant to the market, one with a slightly different approach.
  Business partners Josh Wong and chef Keegan Nanan have recently kicked off Gourmet Prep, a service that works with customers to design menus they will love, and then delivers those meals, fully cooked, to the home or office.
  
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• Edmonton motorcyclist killed in late night collision with deer

  09-06-2018 19:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 36-year old man was killed early Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a deer in northwest Edmonton.
  Edmonton police said the crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. as the motorcyclist was travelling south on Anthony Henday Drive near Yellowhead Trail.
  The deer was crossing the east and west lanes of the highway, police said.
  The force of the crash caused the motorcyclist to lose control. He sustained serious injuries and died a short time after being taken to hospital.
  Alcohol is not believed t
  
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• Concert review: Bryan Adams rocks Rogers Place with history lessons

  09-06-2018 18:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  “It was a proper s***hole,” Bryan Adams was laughing Friday night, walking us through his localized origin story. Just 22 at the time, Adams was playing a hotel bar — the long defunct Riv Rock Room off Calgary Trail — when, no way man, “That night, in walked Mick Jones from Foreigner.”
  Their conversation led Adams and his band to support the Double Vision-eers on tour, which the now 58-year-old singer asserted, “Right here, in this town, we got to s
  
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• Social Seen: Haute Dawg 2

  09-06-2018 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie and follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie)
  Haute Dawg 2
  Where: Westin
  When: June 2
  What: Annual fundraising event put on by the Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation, raising money for a mobile surgical unit for d
  
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• 102 Avenue bike lane being ripped up, repaved

  09-06-2018 16:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Recently paved bike lanes in parts of the city are being ripped out and redone.
  The asphalt in the 102 Avenue bike lane from 121 to 111 streets failed to meet city specifications and needed replacing, city spokesperson Adriana Amelio said Friday.
  The work is being done at the contractor’s cost, she said.
  “There are no taxpayer dollars being utilized … Ensuring the taxpayers receive the high-quality project that we have asked for,” Amelio said.
  Paving began Thursday morni
  
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• Mom column: Encouraging boys to care for youngsters will prepare them for fatherhood

  09-06-2018 16:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  I came home from work one night last week to find my husband at home with our three sons. After a day of zigzagging across the city for various work appointments, he’d picked up Chile and Tripp from school, then Indy from daycare. Dinner was almost ready, with 15 minutes to spare before he had to take our oldest, Chile, to baseball for a few hours.
  He was in full-on dad-mode.
  “Thank you, honey! You’re better than most moms,” I cracked. We both chuckled, but I immediately
  
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• Wine column: Inexpensive, interesting wines to stock your summer survival case

  09-06-2018 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s time to gather my top value picks for a summer survival case that will leave you prepared for impromptu al fresco dinners and parties that require a glass of good wine, not the bottles you are saving for special moments. So, stock up with a case of summer savers!
  I find that under $20 is the mark where we find the most homogeneous and boring, commercial, mass-produced products. The challenge is to find inexpensive, interesting wines under or close to $20 without sacrificing quality, o
  
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• Saturday's letters: Ban the single-use drinking straw

  09-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Which is more important? Drinking from a straw? Or saving our environment? I, for one, am all for the idea to place a ban on disposable straws.
  Studies show that around 71 per cent of sea birds, and 30 per cent of turtles have attempted to digest plastic. An example of this is the poor sea turtle with a straw up its nose, as well as a young sperm whale, washed up on a beach, with 30 kilograms of plastic and straws in its stomach.
  Single-use straws cannot be turned to paper because their fibres a
  
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• Opinion: A new Genesee dam could protect and enhance Edmonton's river valley

  09-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  David Staples’ June 1 article about the provincial report assessing the flood risk on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton should be the catalyst for a public discussion about building a new control dam on the river west of the city.
  Such a facility would permanently protect the valley from catastrophic flooding or drought and enable the development of recreational, cultural and commercial amenities in the valley that would greatly enhance the quality of life for the 1.3 million people
  
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• Rudd's lone music efforts speak to his passion for the planet

  09-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Xavier Rudd is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, surfer and … activist?
  After some two decades singing about issues like the environment, reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples and human foibles such as greed and power-lust, Rudd has been branded with the activist appellation more than once, but the Australian folk-pop artist chooses to qualify such labels.
  “I’ve never really called myself an activist,” he said in a recent conversation. “I guess what I c
  
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• Punk rock legends Social Distortion sees fans get younger as decades roll by

  09-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Social Distortion gets older, the crowds get younger.
  “The progression has been kind of strange,” muses frontman Mike Ness over the phone from Seattle, where the punk rock legends are performing before heading up for a series of shows in Canada.
  “Most bands have their heyday early on, but for us it’s been a gradual movement upwards. I look out in the audience and I see all these young faces, and that’s a great feeling. It’s like we’re the band that ev
  
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• Five tips to help you stick to a long-term weight-loss strategy

  09-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  According to Women’s Health magazine, close to 80 per cent of women say they would feel better about themselves if they could lose a few pounds.
  Not overly Earth-shattering. Most people would like to lose a couple pounds. The interesting thing about the research, however, was that more than half of women who exercise become depressed after losing five per cent of their weight.
  I guess you can think of it this way: You’ve decided to scale an imposing mountain slope while your friend r
  
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• Photos: Bryan Adams kicks off Edmonton show with loud message of love

  09-06-2018 05:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian rocker Bryan Adams played Rogers Place in Edmonton on June 8, 2018, bringing two new songs along. Fans heard a set list spanning the decades of international hits from the Kingston, Ontario-born artist.
  The show began with a funny multimedia presentation that saw Adams joking virtually with a lively crowd until the real Adams, 58, strode on stage in blazers and jeans with his band to play. They played hits new and old, from a career that has garnered 20 Juno Awards, 15 Grammy Award nomi
  
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• Graham Thomson: Political landscape likely to heat up this summer

  09-06-2018 05:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Although the spring session at the Alberta legislature has drawn to a close, political affairs columnist Graham Thomson doubts the political landscape over the summer will be dull.
  The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will continue to grab headlines over the summer break, as Ottawa is set to become the owner of the Kinder Morgan’s Canadian assets and Premier Rachel Notley continues to push for construction to begin in Alberta and move west to the Pacific Coast.
  
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• Edmonton police remind cyclists to lock up their rides

  09-06-2018 05:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are reminding cyclists to use a good quality lock to secure their bikes.
  To date in 2018, police have recorded nearly 600 bicycle thefts in Edmonton, which is on par with the previous year.
  But with more people riding the bike lanes and the nice weather upon us, police maintain that an inexpensive lock will cost cyclists more in the long run. Spending more money on a quality U-shaped lock could be the difference between walking home or riding home, they said.
  
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• Edmonton bike lanes being ripped up, repaved

  09-06-2018 02:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Recently paved bike lanes in parts of the city are being ripped out and redone.
  The asphalt in the 102 Avenue bike lane from 121 to 111 streets failed to meet city specifications and needed replacing, city spokesperson Adriana Amelio said Friday.
  The work is being done at the contractor’s cost, she said.
  “There are no taxpayer dollars being utilized … Ensuring the taxpayers receive the high-quality project that we have asked for,” Amelio said.
  Paving began Thursday morni
  
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• Gender-inclusive ID documents introduced

  09-06-2018 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans can choose F, M or X in the sex category on driver’s licences and other official identification after the government rolled out a third option Friday.
  “This is an important step in supporting transgender people, those who are transitioning or who do not identify with a specific gender,” Premier Rachel Notley told a news conference. “The X marker also offers privacy to those who don’t wish to disclose their gender.
  “Everyone has the right to be who th
  
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• Fort Edmonton Park looks to reduce admission to $5, add attractions

  09-06-2018 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Major changes at Fort Edmonton Park could lower admission to as little as $5 per person, add a spa and allow for winter camping.
  Darren Dalgleish, president of the Fort Edmonton Management Co., gave some insight in a phone interview Friday about early ideas being proposed as part of a new strategic direction for the park.
  Major renovations are already underway as part of a $165-million enhancement plan, funded by all three levels of government.
  Dalgleish said it has four main project aims &mdash
  
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• Graham Thomson: Is Doug Ford's win an omen for Alberta politics?

  09-06-2018 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Autopsies are never neat and tidy, and they don’t always offer satisfactory answers to important questions.
  But that won’t stop the politicians and pundits breaking out the bone saws and scalpels to dissect Thursday’s provincial election in Ontario.
  Of course, we’re talking politics, so the post-mortem is less like doctors performing a scientific autopsy and more like soothsayers rummaging through chicken entrails.
  And Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s official Oppo
  
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• Video of second fatal Mac's store robbery shown at double murder jury trial

  09-06-2018 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  In an attack that lasted less than two minutes, Ricky Massain Cenabre was brutally beaten, robbed and shot at close range.
  Ricky Cenabre
  An Edmonton jury watched security footage of the violent attack on Cenabre, a Mac’s store clerk, as part of the evidence entered n Friday at the double first-degree murder trial of Laylin Delorme.
  Delorme, 27, was one of three people arrested following two deadly robberies at separate south Edmonton Mac’s stores on Dec. 18, 2015. He faces two counts
  
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• Provincial grant to help Edmonton kids with autism

  09-06-2018 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Culture Minister Ricardo Miranda announced Friday a $1.25-million grant to Children’s Autism Services of Edmonton to support its purchase of a facility in south Edmonton.
  The purchase and renovations will cost $3.3 million, with CASE providing $1.95 million from its capital campaign and private financing. The facility will help about 200 families in the city and northern Alberta with services and support.
  
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• Paula Simons: Edmonton's pride Billy-Ray Belcourt scoops Canada's biggest poetry prize

  09-06-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the days leading up to the announcement of the Griffin Prize, Edmonton poet Billy-Ray Belcourt imagined what might happen if he won. Or if he didn’t.
  As the youngest and least experienced of the three shortlisted finalists, he had no expectation of winning.
  “I developed a whole host of scenarios in my mind. A series of windows. I could see it going any way. I could see the genius in the other two works. I was prepared to lose. And to win.”
  He tried to write an acceptance spe
  
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• Staff threatened after cats left in vehicle for 22 days, humane society says

  09-06-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Humane Society staff are receiving threats after it revealed last week three cats had been left in a vehicle for 22 days, says a spokesperson.
  “The staff and volunteers that work here … who dedicate their lives to animal welfare every single day … many of us are receiving threats through cyberbullying, as well as verbal threats,” Jaiime Caza said Friday, adding police were notified.
  “It’s pretty disturbing,” she said, adding she didn
  
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• Third sex option for government IDs rolled out by Alberta NDP

  09-06-2018 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans can choose F, M or X in the sex category on driver’s licences and other official identification after the government rolled out a third option Friday.
  “This is an important step in supporting transgender people, those who are transitioning or who do not identify with a specific gender,” said Premier Rachel Notley at a news conference. “The X marker also offers privacy to those who don’t wish to disclose their gender.
  “Everyone has the right to be who
  
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• Lower water bills? Epcor passes on drainage savings

  09-06-2018 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton residents saw their water and wastewater bills drop slightly this spring as Epcor passed on savings from its takeover of city drainage services.
  The saving is worth $1 per month for the typical homeowner.
  “It’s a commitment we made,” said Darrell Manning, Epcor’s director of regulatory services. The change took effect April 1. “Some people noticed, others have not.”
  Edmonton transferred responsibility for drainage to the city-owned utility Sept.
  
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• Silk Bar and Kitchen launches downtown with Asian, Mediterranean-inspired dishes

  09-06-2018 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oh, to be young and own a restaurant.
  The adrenalin rush of working endless hours in that thrilling state of agonized uncertainty. Will anyone come? What about the promised parking lot next door, still locked up tight? Have the award-winning bacon croquettes become the hoped-for smash hit?
  Such is life for Silk Bar and Kitchen co-owners Cory Allen, 28, and Stephan Zaiffdeen, 31. The two, with chef Earl Briones in tow, have recently opened a sleek, 84-seater downtown, just a couple of blocks from
  
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• $1.25-million building grant will help Edmonton children with autism

  09-06-2018 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tears ran down Ashley Willis’s face Friday as she described how much Children’s Autism Services of Edmonton (CASE) means to her and her family.
  “This place equipped us with having a life … having a close to regular life with Derek,” she said.
  Derek, her five-year-old son, began experiencing developmental challenges when he was about 12 to 18 months old. 
  “We didn’t know what we needed, but we knew we needed help,” she said. “We did
  
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• Notes from the Dome: UCP won't investigate conduct complaint, Jason Kenney congratulates Doug Ford

  09-06-2018 00:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The new United Conservative Party board has decided not to investigate an official complaint lodged against two members over their conduct at the founding convention.
  The complaint, submitted by Lethbridge West constituency association president Warren Mitchell, stemmed from postcards that attacked an Edmonton UCP board candidate.
  The bright red cards were distributed around the convention in Red Deer last month.
  Party executive director Janice Harrington told Postmedia in an emai
  
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• Northeast tattoo artist charged with sexually assaulting client

  09-06-2018 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tattoo artist has been charged with sexually assaulting an adult woman during a tattooing session at a business in northeast Edmonton.
  The woman, who made the report to police June 5, said the assault happened at Second Skin Custom Tattoos at 12981 50 St.
  Scott Pettitt, 57, is charged sexual assault, police said Friday.
  Police were asking anyone else who feels they have been victimized to contact them at 780-423-4567.
  
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• Specially built bike simulates struggle of living with MS

  09-06-2018 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A specially built bike that simulates multiple sclerosis symptoms will be featured at a charity bike tour this weekend.
  “The Bike That Has MS” will be available to ride at the finish line of the Johnson MS Bike — Leduc to Camrose event, where more than 1,500 riders will cycle approximately 180 km with an aim to raise $2 million for MS research. According to its website, the two-day event is the largest and oldest MS Bike event in Canada.
  On loan from pharmaceutical company Roch
  
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• Edmonton Oilers acquire college winger Nolan Vesey from Toronto Maple Leafs, then sign him

  09-06-2018 00:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  With those pesky Stanley Cup games finally put to rest, the Edmonton Oilers got back to the serious task of building a powerhouse on Friday, acquiring college winger Nolan Vesey from Toronto Maple Leafs for a conditional 7th round draft pick in 2020.
  Like his older brother Jimmy, drafted but unsigned by Nashville Predators and now a member of New York Rangers, Nolan didn’t sign with the team that picked him. That would be Toronto, who spent a 6th round pick on Nolan back in 2014. Technical
  
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