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• 'Brazen' drug dealers had their own website, police say after $600k bust

  14-06-2018 23:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than $500,000 in cannabis goods, cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms has been seized by the province’s joint police team after an investigation led to the discovery of an illegal online drug dispensary in Edmonton.
  Officers from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) shut down the operation after a home near 80 Avenue and 174 Street was searched June 4, police said Thursday. A tip from the public led them to the house.
  Investigators said the house was being used to operate a
  
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• Editorial: An impossible man, a tough spot

  14-06-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  In any situation, Donald Trump needs an adversary. Whether it’s the free press, gun-control advocates or the FBI, Trump’s formula is to vilify a foe whose very existence supposedly victimizes America. 
  Shockingly, following the weekend’s G7 summit in Quebec, Canada is now that enemy.
  Because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had little choice but to confront Trump over his protectionism, the leader of Canada’s largest trading partner and, heretofore, its staunchest ally
  
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• What is good and bad about Drake Caggiula, who just signed two year deal with Edmonton Oilers

  14-06-2018 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  This just in, news that the Edmonton Oilers have signed up Drake Caggiula to a two-year deal.
  The #Oilers have agreed to terms with forward Drake Caggiula on a two-year contract. pic.twitter.com/P6E7amz8nE
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) June 14, 2018Cult writer Bruce McCurdy will post his analysis soon, but for now here’s a video (above) where me and Bruce discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Caggiula as a player.Related: Has Caggiula reached his ceiling as a player?At the Cu
  
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• Alberta votes: July byelections in Fort McMurray-Conklin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

  14-06-2018 22:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Voters in Fort McMurray-Conklin and Innisfail-Sylvan Lake will head to the polls on July 12 to fill seats left vacant by their former MLAs.
  Advance polls begin Tuesday, July 3, and end on Saturday, July 7.
  Parties settled on their byelection candidates some time ago in anticipation of the writ drop. Here are the names on the ballot.
  Fort McMurray-Conklin 
  Voters in Fort McMurray-Conklin are replacing Brian Jean, a former United Conservative Party MLA. He was elected to the seat in 2015
  
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• Stabbed man deemed Edmonton's 15th homicide of the year

  14-06-2018 20:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Autopsy results for a 36-year-old stabbing victim police officers tried in vain to save after he was attacked inside a 124 Street apartment confirm he is Edmonton’s latest homicide victim.
  Officers responding to a disturbance call at the building near 115 Avenue and 124 Street around 11 p.m. Sunday found the man suffering “significant injuries,” said police in a Thursday news release.
  Though the officers attempted first-aid, the man was later pronounced dead on scene by Emergen
  
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• 2018 FIFA World Cup: Neymar and Brazil likely to steamroll Group E

  14-06-2018 19:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2018 FIFA World Cup began Thursday with the hosts Russia defeating Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening game of the tournament.
  Four years ago, Brazil crashed out of the World Cup as hosts, getting pounded 7-1 by eventual champions Germany in the semifinal.
  Heading into Russia, Brazil have a much stronger side than they did four years ago and their superstar Neymar is four years better, faster and stronger.
  Neymar is looking to place his name up with the best the World Cup has to offer. Will this
  
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• Wildlife: Cindy Baker makes hard work look peaceful at dc3 Art Projects

  14-06-2018 19:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  As usual, dc3 Art Projects is a hive of activity — even though one of its key pieces of art by Cindy Baker is about embracing the opposite: inactivity.
  In her show Crash Pad, which wraps up after Saturday at the 10567 111 St. gallery, Baker addresses a number of topics, including being uncomfortable in our failing, so-called “imperfect” bodies.
  Through the show’s run, the artist has been doing durational performances, intentionally trying to rest and sleep in a giant
  
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• Everybody Have Fun Tonight: Q&A with Wang Chung ahead of Friday's concert

  14-06-2018 18:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are several mysteries in rock ‘n’ roll.
  Who wrote the book of love? Why do fools fall in love? For listeners of another generation, the burning mystery might be, what exactly does it mean to “wang chung tonight”?
  You won’t find answers to any of those queries here, though Wang Chung bassist and co-leader Nick Feldman has admitted that the phrase, thrown haphazardly into the chorus of their 1986 chart topping hit single Everybody Have Fun Tonight, was simply a
  
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• The Sword's Kyle Shutt doesn't apologize for band's developing style

  14-06-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  For guitarist Kyle Shutt of The Sword musical evolution is a very necessary thing.
  The Austin, Tex.-based outfit has moved a certain distance on from the almost traditional metal crunch of their 2006 debut, Age of Winter, adding new elements, dabbling in different textures, restlessly rethinking their sound over their six-album career. Now, with their latest effort, Used Future, they’ve upped the quotient of sonic elements like synthesizers to their usual gnarly, guitar-pummeling, rif
  
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• Edmonton Ballet dances into a new era with new relationships

  14-06-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  So long Citie Ballet.
  Hello Ballet Edmonton.
  The city’s oldest contemporary ballet company has re-positioned itself with a new name and several new professional associations.
  As the former Citie Ballet – now Ballet Edmonton – takes a name change the company will also start a new partnership with the Fine Arts & Communications Faculty at MacEwan University involving a performance space and other possible collaborations.
  Finally, Ballet Edmonton has announced that one of Cana
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Ian Bagg, Vocal Minority, and Trevor Noah

  14-06-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ian Bagg
  He went to school to study how to become an explosives engineer, but came out a comedian. B.C. born standup Ian Bagg moved from slots at the Montreal Comedy Festival and a CTV Comedy Now special to guesting with the big boys on such prestige programs as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. In his spare time he acts, showing up in features like The Cradle Will Rock, MVP 2 and MXP; in 2015 he placed in the Top 5 of Last Comic Standing, heading out on a s
  
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• Vehicular art Carbon Copy already a hit at Brewery District

  14-06-2018 17:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Would the owner of a 1988 blue Plymouth Caravelle please head back to the parking lot — you left your lights on. Oh, and your windshield seems to be scanning the sidewalk at 20-second intervals. Did I mention it’s balanced on its end, nose-first into the pavement?
  Over at Edmonton’s Brewery District, a new piece of public art is already turning heads — the full-sized, actual K-Car described above, with sculptural visual glitches in its shiny upright body that make it
  
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• Online cannabis probe nets $618K in drugs: provincial police team

  14-06-2018 17:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than half-a-million dollars in cannabis goods, cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms has been seized by the province’s joint police team after an investigation into an illegal online drug dispensary operating in Edmonton.
  Officers from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) shut down the illegal dispensary after a west Edmonton home was searched June 4, said police in a Tuesday news release.
  Investigators say the residence was being used to operate a mail-order drug distributio
  
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• Where will Milan Lucic end up next year? One destination stands out

  14-06-2018 16:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  If I had to bet, Lucic will be back on the Edmonton Oilers next year
  We’ve had more than a week now of trade rumours about Milan Lucic and a few things have come clear: a) that Lucic asked for a trade for family reasons, but he’s not demanding one, nor is he in any position to demand one, and it’s evident he understands the Edmonton Oilers may not be able to accommodate him this summer, b) that the Oilers are confident Lucic can be moved without swallowing too much of a poison
  
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• Edmonton weather: It might rain. It might not. The world is chaos.

  14-06-2018 14:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 10.6 C with a 11 km/h wind coming from the northeast. It’s supposed to be a bit of a soggy, wet day today with a chance showers in the forecast all day. Friday is shaping up to be much of the same, but the clouds are expected to recede Saturday as the heat starts to move in and temperatures climb to 25 C Sunday and 28 C Monday.
  Today:  Mainly cloudy.
  
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• Thursday's letters: Transit the real fix to traffic problems

  14-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Henday should have been wider,” Letters, June 13
  The Henday ring road is a provincial project conceived and designed by the former PC government of Alberta, as part of their long-conceived transportation utility corridor around Edmonton. Any incompetence in its design and completion can be parked there.
  Secondly, Edmonton was not initially designed for car traffic. Indeed, horse and wagon and then streetcars dominated the daily movement of people for decades. Edmonton had 90 kil
  
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• Opinion: Time to skip Suzuki's style of polarizing perfectionism for environment

  14-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I was at the recent convocation where the University of Alberta gave David Suzuki an honorary degree. I am an economist, and Suzuki finds some problems with that breed, as I have some problems with him.
  But first, there are some problems with his detractors. The folks who protested his degree that day, although they were commendably quiet, should have known better than to be there at all. The point of the day was to honour the young people who were receiving their degrees.
  Also, some donors to t
  
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• Opinion: On its fifth anniversary, Alberta Energy Regulator has made little progress

  14-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) was formed in June 2013 to much fanfare. Rest assured, it promised Albertans, the AER would be a “best-in-class regulator” that would ensure oil producers follow the rules or face “strong consequences.”
  At last, it vowed, the fox would no longer guard the hen house.
  Unfortunately, as many Albertans already know, the AER has failed to live up to these ambitious promises and shown time and time again that, despite its bluster, it is just a
  
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• Miraculous modern innovation the spaghetti cone comes to Edmonton

  14-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I often think about which modern innovations, mini-miracles, if you will, are my favourites. Laser eye surgery is right up there, along with online reservations for library books, and dutch ovens by Le Creuset.
  But now, I am thinking hard about adding another present-day invention to my list of faves. It’s the spaghetti cone.
  Yes, this little gem has just arrived in Edmonton, care of Seble Amelga, the owner of Tiramisu Bistro (10750 124 St). The cone, manufactured in New York, has bee
  
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• Wagging tails set to roam new off-leash dog park in Paisley development

  14-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The developing community of Paisley in southwest Edmonton is set to welcome an influx of furry friends with the ceremonial opening of an off-leash dog park to “connect people with pooches.”
  The 9,000-square-metre Paisley Dog Park was built by Brookfield Residential within their new development, senior development manager Peter Tsoulakis said.
  “What better way to draw people together?” he said of the fenced-in space for dogs to frolic. “We’re always looking at
  
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• Raised on blues, Jones sets his own challenge

  14-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Growing up in Texas with a love of the blues, singer-guitarist Carvin Jones was able to connect with some of the most famous guitar stars from the southern states. Opening a show for B.B. King at the age of 22 earned him a good piece of advice from the blues giant.
  “He told me, ‘You’ve got a good thing going; all you’ve got to do is keep coming up with new ways to challenge yourself.’ And that’s what I’m still trying to do. I’ve been a lucky guy.&r
  
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• 'Just a big wow': Couple wins prestigious Golden Arch Award from McDonald's

  14-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton and Sherwood Park McDonald’s franchise owners were awarded the company’s highest honour for their philanthropic work and unwavering commitment to Edmonton’s Ronald McDonald House.
  Hanif and Kristen Adatia, owners for nine years, received the Fred L. Turner Golden Arch Award in April — a biannual honour presented to only 37 franchisees worldwide this year.
  “It’s a tremendous honour,” Hanif Adatia said of the prestigious recognition. “It&rsq
  
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• Graham Thomson: Beer battle set to become campaign issue in May 2019 election

  14-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here’s a little scoop for you.
  Alberta’s provincial election will take place in May 2019.
  At least that’s what Premier Rachel Notley seemed to suggest the other day while speaking to journalists.
  She wasn’t talking specifically about the election date, but about one of her favourite topics: bashing United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney.
  Notley was taking a shot at Kenney’s promise that he’d not only scrap Alberta’s carbon tax after winning the ne
  
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• Paula Simons: Americans lose that loving feeling for Canada in latest poll

  14-06-2018 05:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Once, they loved us.
  On Feb. 28, Gallup released a poll showing Canada was the country viewed most favourably by Americans. Four month ago, Gallup found 94 per cent of Americans had a positive view of Canada. Only six per cent viewed North Korea favourably.
  That was then.
  On Wednesday, another American polling company, Public Policy Polling, released new numbers, tracking American public opinion on a wide range of issues. The polling was done on Saturday and Sunday, as Donald Trump and his senio
  
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• Man killed in head-on crash on Highway 16 at Edson overpass

  14-06-2018 04:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 23-year-old man died Wednesday in a head-on collision on Highway 16.
  The collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. The man was travelling westbound in a Honda Civic when it collided with an eastbound Dodge Ram pickup at the Edson overpass, RCMP said.
  The pickup driver sustained minor injuries.
  Police were still on the scene Wednesday evening, investigating with the Edson RCMP and collision analyst, as well as the Edson integrated traffic unit.
  Both lanes of traffic were being rerouted.
  RCMP were n
  
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• Paula Simons: America, we'll still be your best friend once this blows over

  14-06-2018 04:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons talks about how Americans opinions of Canada and Canadians are changing after U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the end of the latest G7 summit. Recent polling shows that Americans’ positive views of their northern neighbours are dropping.
  
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• CFB Edmonton change of command ceremony held

  14-06-2018 04:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, change of command ceremony to welcome new commanding officer Lt.-Col. Adam Moore was held at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Moore succeeds Lt.-Col. Derek Prohar.
  
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• World Cup 2026: Edmonton likely to host matches

  14-06-2018 03:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The biggest sporting event in the world could be on its way to Edmonton.
  The 2026 FIFA World Cup was awarded to the United North American bid submitted by Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday morning at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow.
  Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal are the three Canadian cities provisionally designated to host games at the 2026 tournament, which is expanding to 48 teams from the current 32-team format.
  The successful bid brings the men’s World Cup to Canada
  
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• Son-in-law was 'lower than a rat,' accused killer, 75, told police

  14-06-2018 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Roberto Robles was sitting handcuffed in the back of an Edmonton police squad car for 15 minutes when he suddenly broke his silence.
  “I’m sorry very much. I’m sorry,” the 75 year-old said in broken English to Const. Josianne Sagar, the Edmonton police officer who had arrested him.
  Earlier, as he handed an air pistol and a knife to Sagar, with the body of Robles’ son-in-law lying contorted in a pool of blood near the rear door of a Riverbend home, he told Sagar: &ldq
  
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• 'We're going to be warfighters': New commander takes over 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

  14-06-2018 02:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  The new commander of the Edmonton-based 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, was to the point when he gave his vision for the unit.
  “We’re going to be warfighters,” Lt.-Col. Adam Moore said Wednesday, shortly after dismissing his new soldiers for the first time. “We’re going to be ready to answer Canada’s call, whether that be in support of Canadians in need here at home or whether the government decides Canadian soldiers are neede
  
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• NorQuest College to run ATB branch, keep the profits

  14-06-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  ATB won’t be profiting from its new branch at NorQuest College — but the college will.
  The new location opened Wednesday. It will be fully operated by the college, and all of its profits will be kept by the college to fund scholarships, academic programming and student supports.
  “It’s a bit of a recycling machine,” said ATB CEO Dave Mowat. “Students pay their banking fees — who knows where their banking fees go to — but they know at this one,
  
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• After 50 years in the classroom, St. Albert teacher retiring - CBC.ca

  14-06-2018 01:55
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  After 50 years in the classroom, St. Albert teacher retiring
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  When Jenny Yakimik first started teaching in St. Albert in the 1960s, female teachers weren't allowed to wear pants. A lot has changed since then and Yakimik has been there every step of the way. This year, after 50 years of teaching Grades 1 to 3 in ...
  
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• Fort Edmonton Highland Games cancelled as 'not financially viable'

  14-06-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Fort Edmonton Highland Games, a summer staple, will not be held this year because the event was no longer financially viable, organizers say.
  The decision to cancel the event, slated for July 14-15, was not an easy one, Carl Damour, vice-president of operations with the Fort Edmonton Management Co., said in an email Wednesday.
  “After very careful review, we identified that this event was simply not financially viable,” he said.
  The decision was met with anger and disappointment b
  
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• People 'are going to die' protesting Trans Mountain pipeline: Former Bank of Canada governor

  14-06-2018 01:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The government must enforce rules allowing construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion even though opponents might die fighting it, former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge says.
  “We’re going to have some very unpleasant circumstances. There are some people that are going to die in protesting construction of this pipeline. We have to understand that,” he said at an event Wednesday in Edmonton put on by law firm Bennett Jones.
  “Nevertheless, we have to be willi
  
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• Roster review: Extensions for Nurse, Strome the top internal priorities for Edmonton Oilers

  14-06-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  As is the case every June, there is plenty of talk about potential trades in Oil Country just now. The shaky Milan Lucic situation is drawing much of the attention this year, while many turn their eyes further afield to dream of what or who the Oilers should target for acquisition. Much of the General Manager’s attention, however, surrounds the more mundane chores of managing his existing roster.
  In all the Edmonton Oilers have some 59 signed players currently associated with the club in s
  
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