St. Albert news

• The burning question: Where are the hot spots for Canada Day fireworks?

  26-06-2018 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every Canada Day, Edmontonians must decide — will you trek downtown and face the patriotic fireworks horde? Or will you catch a more suburban show? Here’s your guide to the gunpowder gaiety and other tomfoolery throughout the city.
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  The river valley by the High Level Bridge will once again be host to the city’s main fireworks show starting at 11 p.m. July 1. The following roads will be accessible by foot only:Victoria Park / River Valley Road
  Walterdale Hill Road and Q
  
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• Inmate who fled Edmonton jail collared at St. Albert grocery store - Edmonton Journal

  26-06-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
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  Inmate who fled Edmonton jail collared at St. Albert grocery store
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  A man who took off from a downtown Edmonton minimum-security jail Saturday was collared Monday after a hawk-eyed citizen in St. Albert spotted him at a grocery store, say RCMP. Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan, 28, — who was serving 2-1/2 years for firearms ...and more »
  
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• Inmate who fled Edmonton jail collared at St. Albert grocery store

  26-06-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who took off from a downtown Edmonton minimum-security jail Saturday was collared Monday after a hawk-eyed citizen in St. Albert spotted him at a grocery store, say RCMP.
  Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan, 28, — who is serving 2-1/2 years for firearms and motor vehicle-related offences — fled the 9516 101 Ave. Stan Daniels Healing Centre on Saturday.
  Correctional Service of Canada notified Edmonton city police and media after discovering Saskatchewan had taken off. The federal agency rel
  
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• Eskimo helmet decals to commemorate Humboldt Broncos tragedy

  26-06-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Eskimos will wear #HumboldtStrong ribbon decals on their helmets Friday as part of a CFL commemoration of the Broncos bus crash.
  The Eskimos, who play the B.C. Lions at Commonwealth Stadium on Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night, asked fans in a news release Tuesday to donate to the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation.
  All CFL teams playing in Week 3 of the league schedule will wear the helmet decals.
  Sixteen people on the Broncos hockey team bus were killed Apr
  
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• Inmate apprehended after escaping Edmonton healing centre Saturday

  26-06-2018 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said a 28-year-old man who disappeared from the Stan Daniels Healing Centre on Saturday was arrested Monday in St. Albert.
  
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• Ex-Oilers owner Pocklington vows 'aggressive counter-attack' against California charges

  26-06-2018 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington says accusations of securities fraud laid against him in the United States are “spurious” and will eventually be dismissed.
  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused him of securities fraud in April for allegedly hiding his criminal history and misappropriating investor funds related to a California-based company he founded now called Nova Oculus Partners.
  Pocklington couldn’t be reached for comment at the time, but a No
  
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• Correctional facility escapee detained in St. Albert - CTV News

  26-06-2018 20:55 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
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  Correctional facility escapee detained in St. Albert
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  An inmate who escaped a downtown Edmonton correctional facility Saturday was apprehended in St. Albert Tuesday morning. Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan, 28, escaped the Stan Daniels Healing Centre sometime on Saturday. St. Albert RCMP responded to a ...
  
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• Inmate missing from Edmonton correctional centre arrested in St. Albert - CBC.ca

  26-06-2018 20:34 via cbc.ca
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  Inmate missing from Edmonton correctional centre arrested in St. Albert
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  An inmate who went missing Saturday from the minimum-security Stan Daniels Healing Centre in Edmonton is back in custody, St. Albert RCMP said Tuesday. Police arrested Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan, 28, in St. Albert on Monday morning after being tipped ...and more »
  
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• Morinville adding bus runs to St. Albert - FortSaskOnline.com

  26-06-2018 19:43 via fortsaskonline.com
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  Morinville adding bus runs to St. Albert
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  The Community Bus Link Service is launching a pilot program to extend service to St. Albert starting on July 2. The new service is scheduled to run two times daily. It will go every Monday from July 2 to August 27 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Each ...
  
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• South Korea resumes Canadian wheat imports

  26-06-2018 18:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  South Korea is importing Canadian wheat again eight days after suspending purchases following the announcement that a handful of unauthorized genetically modified plants were found in Alberta.
  Rigorous testing showed there was no evidence of genetically modified wheat in commercial shipments, the Alberta Wheat Commission said in a Tuesday news release.
  “This resolution is a critical step forward in providing assurance to Canadian wheat customers that Canada does not produce or ship genetic
  
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• Suspicious death near downtown Edmonton

  26-06-2018 18:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are probing what may be Edmonton’s 16th homicide of the year.
  Officers called to reports of gunshots found a male dead in a home near 113 Avenue and 103 Street around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  Investigators are asking anyone with information about the Spruce Avenue case to contact police.
  The city’s last confirmed homicide was June 14.
  Police in that case charged Nathan Joshua Piche, 26, with second-degree murder.
  Officers responding to a disturbance call at an apartment building ne
  
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• 12 teen deaths spur opioid addiction strategy from Alberta child advocate

  26-06-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government should create a youth-specific strategy by the end of 2019 to respond to an epidemic of deadly drug use, Alberta’s child and youth advocate said.
  In a review of the deaths of 12 young people who died from opioid poisoning in two years, advocate Del Graff said the support available for youth with addiction issues is inadequate, and that staff in schools, hospitals, and other public service roles missed critical opportunities to intervene as the teens’ lives spir
  
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• Sheahan? Rieder? Pirri? Duclair? Which bargain bin forward should Edmonton Oilers sign?

  26-06-2018 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers won’t be going after the top unrestricted fee agent John Tavares. They’re not on his list and they couldn’t afford him if he was.
  If the talk of giving Tavares more than $10 million per year are true, I’m OK with the Oilers not being in this market.
  But Oilers also lack the cap space to bring in a forward from the next rung of free agents, players like David Perron, James van Riemsdyk, James Neal, Tyler Bozak, Riley Nash, Michael Grabner and Patrick Ma
  
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• DIY horsepox created from mail-order DNA prompts search for new gene editing rules at U of A

  26-06-2018 17:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  An extinct horsepox virus — cousin of the deadly smallpox virus — has now been stitched together by University of Alberta researchers and now law professors at the school are drafting a policy to regulate gene editing research.
  In January, David Evans and Ryan Noyce published a paper in the free journal PLOS One that detailed their steps to build horsepox from scratch. The paper explained how their team bought and assembled bits of mail-order DNA from the internet, and shared how the
  
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• Paula Simons: Festivals evicted from Churchill Square making it work at legislature grounds

  26-06-2018 17:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Since 2000, artist Tim Koslo has been a regular fixture at The Works Art and Design Festival. Most years, you’ll find him in a vendor’s booth in Churchill Square, selling his ink pointillism prints of rock ‘n’ roll icons.
  Not this year. This year, Koslo has pitched his tent at Capital Plaza, the sun-soaked patio in front of the Federal Building. That’s where the whole Works Festival has moved this year, displaced by the LRT construction in and around Churchill Squar
  
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• Edmonton weather: Clouds and rain expected, it's Tuesday

  26-06-2018 15:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  It’s Tuesday morning and we’re sitting at a nice 14 C. Things are expected to warm up a little during the day with a high of 21 C. It’s supposed to get cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers and winds could blow as hard as 40 km/h. It also doesn’t look great for the rest of the week.
  Today: Cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gust
  
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• Suspicious death in downtown Edmonton

  26-06-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  At 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning Edmonton Police Service received reports of gunshots in the area of 113 Avenue and 103 Street.
  EPS homicide detectives are now investigating a suspicious death of a male found dead inside a home in the Spruce Avenue area.
  Cops are asking if anyone has any information to please contact the police at 780-423-4567 or #377 from your cellphone.
  If this is confirmed a homicide, it will be Edmonton’s 16th in 2018.
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Racing for a Cure too loud for neighbours

  26-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Noise complaints gas charity car rides,” Letters, June 23
  There are 2,500 children, adults and seniors who live between 106 and 112 Street from 100 Avenue to the river valley. Weekend days are one of the quieter times for residents to enjoy the legislature grounds, Ezio Faraone Park, the trails along River Valley Road or their own balconies.
  Noise levels from these race cars were so bad in 2016 that I purchased a sound meter for the 2017 onslaught. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., we
  
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• Opinion: Prepaying for gas will help save lives of gas and retail workers

  26-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last year’s gas-and-dash fatality in Thorsby reminded us all that gas theft is a serious danger in both urban and rural settings.
  As Albertans, our hearts break when we see incidents of preventable workplace violence occur. This is why the government took action to improve the safety of Alberta’s gas stations and convenience stores across the province.
  On June 1, new rules came into effect to protect our gas and convenience store workers. Albertans are now required to prepay for fuel
  
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• Tiny homes, small apartments could be easier to build as city eyes loosening infill rules

  26-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tiny homes, small-lot apartments and duplexes are all on the table now as Edmonton looks to launch Phase 2 of its infill work.
  Planners rolled out two dozen new action items for city council Monday, the product of a nearly two years of research projects and workshops with community groups and the development industry.
  The moves in Infill Roadmap 2018 would increase options for smaller units in most mature neighbourhoods, try to ease the biggest construction irritants for neighbours, and focus ci
  
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• Frankengenes: U of A law prof says rules for gene-editing should be sensible

  26-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An extinct horsepox virus — cousin of the deadly smallpox virus — has now been stitched together by University of Alberta researchers and now law professors at the school are drafting a policy to regulate gene editing research.
  In January, David Evans and Ryan Noyce published a paper in the free journal PLOS One that detailed their steps to build horsepox from scratch. The paper explained how their team bought and assembled bits of mail-order DNA from the internet, and shared how the
  
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• Alberta child and youth advocate to release report on opioid deaths

  26-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The provincial child and youth advocate is expected to release a report Tuesday into the deaths of 12 young people who died from opioid poisoning.
  Alberta child and youth advocate Del Graff will make recommendations to government, and bring “attention to the critical need for a youth-specific response to the opioid issue,” Graff’s office said in a news release.
  Graff will discuss his review at 10 a.m., accompanied by representatives from a Blood Tribe medical clinic, the Sunris
  
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• Edmonton Oilers Summer Development Camp, Day One: nothing to see here

  26-06-2018 07:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  OK, OK, not quite “nothing”, but not a whole lot as two dozen Oilers hopefuls took to the ice at the Edmonton Downtown Community Arena adjacent to Rogers Place. A little more accessible to hockey followers in the capital region than the event’s frequent recent home in Jasper, so I took the opportunity to drop in by the prescribed time of 16:45 and was mildy surprised to find the first group already in session.
  The event has been streamlined from what was once a sprawling six da
  
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• Theatres, large and small, garner recognition in Sterling Awards

  26-06-2018 06:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Simple stories, artfully told, proved a highlight of the 2017/18 theatre season as the winners of the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards were announced Monday evening at the Mayfield Theatre.
  Sheldon Elter’s one-man memoir Métis Mutt, scooped honours for Outstanding Production of a Play. The Theatre Network/One Little Indian production, directed by Ron Jenkins, was the result of a multi-year process of writing and rewriting by Elter. The actor also won the Sterling for Outstandin
  
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• Graham Thomson: Alberta finance minister takes political game-playing to Ottawa for a 'better deal' on equalization

  26-06-2018 05:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’m not sure whether Alberta’s finance minister is overly optimistic or wilfully naive or just playing political games.
  Joe Ceci is off to Ottawa to meet with finance ministers from across Canada where he will, among other things, make a pitch to change the formula governing the federal equalization program.
  “As long as the program doesn’t work for Alberta, I am going to continue to fight for a better deal,” said Ceci in a statement.
  Those sound like fightin’
  
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• Expect traffic delays on Stony Plain Road after water mains break

  26-06-2018 05:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  One resident living near a broken water main on Stony Plain Road called the break “a new water feature” as it fountained out of the pavement.
  Two water main breaks washed out the ground beneath the main thoroughfare between 145 Street and 146 Street Monday, creating a risk of collapse risk and stalling traffic. The road remained closed Monday night and motorists can expect delays on the Tuesday morning commute along Stony Plain Road.
  Epcor crews fixed the first break but will work on
  
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• 'They took my soul': Family of murder victim thankful for jury's guilty verdict

  26-06-2018 04:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Armando Aspillaga’s mother and sister wept when a jury convicted her son’s killer of second-degree murder Monday.
  “I feel so much pain sometimes I can’t even express myself. They took my life, they took my soul,” the victim’s mother Georgina Aspillaga said, speaking about her son through tears outside the courthouse after her son’s father-in-law Roberto Robles was found guilty.
  The jury deliberated for several hours Monday after hearing evidence at trial
  
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• Draft picks already in Edmonton at Oilers development camp

  26-06-2018 04:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two dozen prospects of the Edmonton Oilers opened Day 1 of a development camp at the downtown community arena at Rogers Place Monday.
  Physical testing and then a late-afternoon skating session was open to the public for 12 forwards, eight defencemen and four goalies.
  Some familiar faces were among the players including Kailer Yamamoto and Tyler Benson, but most eyes were on defenceman Evan Bouchard, who the Oilers picked 10th overall in the NHL draft last Friday night.
  The camp continues through
  
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• Jury finds man guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing of son-in-law

  26-06-2018 03:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A jury found an elderly Edmonton man guilty of second-degree murder Monday for killing his son-in-law in an attack with two knives and a pellet gun.
  Roberto Robles, 75, remained calm while sitting next to his lawyer while his wife and daughter sat behind him in the courtroom gallery.
  The judge explained to jurors that they can (but don’t have to) make recommendations about Robles’ parole eligibility.
  The son-in-law, Armando (Mandy) Aspillaga, was killed in 2016 while Robles&lsqu
  
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• Nurses union launches grievance over staffing at Red Deer hospital

  26-06-2018 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nurses working in the Red Deer Regional Hospital’s emergency department are being pressured into extra shifts, working excessive overtime, and experiencing psychological distress due to a chronic failure to hire sufficient staff, the United Nurses of Alberta says.
  The allegations are contained in an official grievance filed by the union, which is calling on Alberta Health Services to hire more than two dozen registered nurses and make other changes needed to alleviate the problem.
  “I
  
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• Paula Simons: New location for The Works Art and Design Festival works

  26-06-2018 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons talks about The Works Art and Design Festival which for the first time has moved to Centennial Plaza from Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton.
   
  
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• Paula Simons: The Works is working well in its new Capital Plaza home

  26-06-2018 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Since 2000, artist Tim Koslo has been a regular fixture at The Works Art and Design Festival. Most years, you’ll find him in a vendor’s booth in Churchill Square, selling his ink pointillism prints of rock ‘n’ roll icons.
  Not this year. This year, Koslo has pitched his tent at Capital Plaza, the sun-soaked patio in front of the Federal Building. That’s where the whole Works Festival has moved this year, displaced by the LRT construction in and around Churchill Squar
  
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• Roster review: Edmonton Oilers qualify three restricted free agents, allow three others to walk

  26-06-2018 00:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The clock ticked down on Monday’s 15:00 MDT deadline to issue Qualifying Offers to restricted free agents, it became apparent that the three QOs the Edmonton Oilers quietly announced on Saturday would be it.Absolutely no surprises here. The writing was on the wall back on June 13 when last we looked at the Oilers roster pending these decisions, under the headline Roster review: Extensions for Nurse, Strome the top internal priorities for Edmonton Oilers.
  Obvious then, obvious now. In
  
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