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• Alberta to announce expansion plans for Anthony Henday Drive

  11-06-2018 22:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Southwest commuters packed tight on the Anthony Henday Drive may see relief — at least after a new period of road construction.
  Transportation Minister Brian Mason is scheduled to make an announcement at 11 a.m. Tuesday on an expansion of southwest Anthony Henday Drive.
  Provincial officials sent out a brief media notice Monday, offering a bus tour of the southwest Edmonton portion of the ring road following an announcement.
  Alberta’s Budget 2018 included $2.1 billion for both Calgary
  
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• Alberta's small brewers grant knocked down in panel ruling

  11-06-2018 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will modify its small brewers grant after an appeal panel ruled it “provides a competitive advantage” to locally produced beer.
  The decision is the latest in a long-running battle against changes the government set in motion in late 2015 when it overhauled the beer markup system.
  At first, it imposed a higher markup of $1.25 a litre, except on beer from Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta. In summer 2016, that price was slapped on beer produced in every provi
  
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• Councillor backs off tweet against city funding for Pride parade

  11-06-2018 22:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A defensive city councillor threatened to vote against funding for Edmonton’s Pride parade if it refused to allow him to march in military uniform next year.
  Coun. Jon Dziadyk, a reservist, made the statement in on Twitter on Sunday, saying today’s military is “incredibly tolerant of LGBT people.”
  He deleted the tweet a short time later.
  He now says he wants to meet with Pride organizers to understand how military members may march in uniform but will not tie that discuss
  
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• Alberta's small brewers grant knocked down in court ruling

  11-06-2018 19:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will modify its small brewers grant after a court ruled it “provides a competitive advantage” to locally produced beer.
  The decision is the latest in a long-running court battle against changes the government set in motion in late 2015, when it overhauled the beer markup system.
  At first, it imposed a higher markup of $1.25 a litre, except on beer from Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta. In summer 2016, that price was slapped on beer produced in every provin
  
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• Edmonton police investigating sudden death following disturbance

  11-06-2018 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are investigating a suspicious death discovered after they were called to a disturbance Sunday.
  Officers who went to deal with the disturbance report around 11 p.m. at a suite near 115 Avenue and 124 Street found a 36-year-old man with significant injuries, according to a news release.
  They performed first-aid on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Emergency Medical Services.
  Police haven’t made any arrests and continue to investigate. An autopsy has yet to
  
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• Edmonton weather: Wind warning issued for city of Edmonton

  11-06-2018 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 7.0 C with a 34 km/h wind coming from the west. Today is going to be an onslaught of rain and wind as essentially nothing has hanged overnight from yesterday. The rain is expected to taper off near noon.
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the city of Edmonton and surrounding area. The warning was issued at 10:08 a.m. and says the wind is expected to
  
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• Early morning blaze rips through small businesses on Stony Plain Road

  11-06-2018 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Traffic is being redirected around the area of Stony Plain Road and 154 Street in the city’s west because of a fire in a strip mall Monday morning.
  Both eastbound and westbound lanes of Stony Plain Road between 154 and 155 Streets are closed as Edmonton Fire Rescue Services tackle the blaze that was first reported at 6:03 a.m.
  Fire crews arrived at 6:08 a.m. and there are currently 12 crews on scene.
  “When we got on scene five minutes later we determined that the building was no
  
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• Edmonton weather: Rain? Check. Wind? Check. Monday? Ugh.

  11-06-2018 14:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 7.0 C with a 34 km/h wind coming from the west. Today is going to be an onslaught of rain and wind as essentially nothing has hanged overnight from yesterday. The rain is expected to taper off near noon but the wind will be blowing all day with gusts as high as 70 km/h.
  There are wind warnings in effect for areas surrounding Edmonton, including St. Paul, Bonnyvil
  
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• The last straw: Restaurants look to ban single-use plastics to cut waste

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Local restaurant owners, as well as national chains, are banning straws from their businesses, part of a global move to reduce plastic use and waste.
  Chef Paul Shufelt, owner of Workshop Eatery, made the change in his Summerside-area restaurant in January. Highlevel Diner co-owners Kim Franklin and Adam Stoyko initiated a ban in the south-side eatery in May. On Friday, the Vancouver-based chain, A & W, pledged to eliminate all straw use from its 925 restaurants nationwide, a move the co
  
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• Seven-storey tower, garden to highlight massive CapitalCare Norwood revamp

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new seven-storey tower of specialized beds, a clinic facility with a rooftop garden, and plenty of green space are among the highlights of a $364-million overhaul of CapitalCare Norwood set to start construction next year.
  Alberta Health Services has unveiled its designs for the giant project touted to transform the facility into a “centre of excellence” for complex continuing care residents.
  An open house will be held Tuesday for area residents to get a preview of what’s in
  
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• Public shuttles, congestion pricing best way to welcome driverless technology, says expert

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With sensors on major roads tracking volunteer vehicles and the first test of a driverless shuttle in the works, Alberta is on the cusp of a transportation revolution.
  Rules set now will have huge consequences, said Stantec automated and connected vehicle expert Rod Schebesch.
  Based in Calgary, Schebesch travels the world for the large architecture and engineering company, advising cities, highway departments, universities and resorts on the implications of this new technology. He also help
  
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• Protection plan coming for threatened Alberta grizzlies, province says

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government says a long-awaited plan to help protect grizzly bears and their habitat is nearly ready, two years after the draft was completed.
  “Grizzly bears need large tracks of contiguous habitat in order to recover,” Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips said Wednesday. “We need to strike the balance in terms of what the priorities of the province are right now.”
  She said conservation strategies already in place have focused on minimizing cont
  
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• Northern Alberta company plants 80,000 trees to help restore caribou habitat

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A northern Alberta company has planted more than 80,000 trees along old seismic lines as part of a long-term plan to protect threatened woodland caribou.
  The 10-metre-wide cutlines built for oil and gas exploration allow wolves and other predators to catch caribou more easily than if they have to push through forest, said Jason Supernault, assistant manager of Eric Auger & Sons Contracting Ltd.
  Studies have determined that’s one factor in the decline of caribou herds that disappeared i
  
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• Guards' union 'lied' to justify Edmonton remand 'wildcat' lockdown, charges lawyer

  11-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The union representing Alberta’s correctional officers “lied” to justify a lockdown at the Edmonton Remand Centre that led to more time in cells for some inmates, charges a veteran city lawyer.
  Inmates at the provincial jail in northwest Edmonton were locked down for 12 hours in mid-December after what Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) leaders called a series of assaults on guards.
  A number of inmates were then placed on a “tier rotation” schedule that me
  
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• Edmonton Oilers "confident" they can move Milan Lucic, but where might he end up?

  11-06-2018 08:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman in his 31 Thoughts column, his clearest statement yet on the future of Edmonton Oilers winger Milan Lucic: “I’d heard rumours he’d asked for a trade, but that was denied. However, it’s clear he and the Oilers are working together to gauge interest. It doesn’t look like an easy trade to make without taking back a big contract, but the team seems confident there will be a fit.”
  My takeFriedman does not spread nons
  
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• Photo gallery: 2018 Cappies Gala at Citadel Theatre

  11-06-2018 06:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Cappies is a program established in 1999 to celebrate high school theatre. The Cappies of Greater Edmonton was formed in 2007, and since then thousands of local high school students have participated, learning the skills of acting, stage hands, stage managers, set design, critical writing and much more. The season runs from November through May, and this year 19 Cappies productions were assembled throughout the region.
  On May 12, Cappies critics who had reviewed a minimum of four shows met t
  
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• Cappies celebrate achievements by high school technicians, actors and writers

  11-06-2018 06:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 200 nominees from 21 area high schools paraded across the Maclab stage at The Citadel Theatre Sunday to open the awards gala of the Cappies of Greater Edmonton. In front of an exuberant sold out house, the high school theatre and writing program celebrated its 11th year, honouring outstanding student achievement in performing, technical and writing categories.
  Austin O’Brien High School joined the Cappies winners circle this year claiming the trophy for best play, with their perf
  
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• Freeland calls U.S. war of words on Trudeau inappropriate

  11-06-2018 03:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says attacks on Justin Trudeau from U.S. President Donald Trump and his aides won’t help Canada-U.S. relations. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer agreed the U.S. rhetoric is not helpful.
  
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• Alberta mothers join MP in calling for changes to impaired driving laws

  11-06-2018 03:29 via globalnews.ca
  St. Albert - Edmonton MP Michael Cooper wants the federal government to reconsider proposed changes to the way impaired drivers are prosecuted in Canada — and he's not alone.
  
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• Nick Lees: Edmonton gala and fashion show raises thousands for canine causes

  11-06-2018 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a woof-woof here and a woof-woof there, the second annual Haute Dawg gala and fashion show last week raised more than $184,000.
  Funds raised in the Westin Hotel ballroom will help buy a mobile animal surgical unit and support the Edmonton Humane Society and Dogs with Wings.
  “The pet mobile, as I call the surgical unit, will help seniors who face a choice of whether they should spay their pet or take care of their own dental problem,” show organizer and philanthropist Diane Kyle-
  
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