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• Province funds shuttle bus to Camrose, other rural transport services

  28-06-2018 23:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A shuttle bus service to Edmonton from Camrose is one of four new rural transportation projects that will receive provincial funding, Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Thursday.
  In a news conference, Mason said the government has earmarked $1.4 million for projects in Camrose, Grande Prairie and Spirit River as part of its rural transporation pilot project.
  “It’s just the start,” Mason said. “At this point (the pilot projects) are not meant to be comprehensive
  
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• Federal government announces $27.5 million to protect Wood Buffalo National Park

  28-06-2018 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal government has announced new funding for Wood Buffalo National Park, which is on a list of endangered world heritage sites.
  The government will give $27.5 million in funding over five years to develop a plan to secure the park, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said in a news release Thursday.
  The investment comes after recommendations in 2017 by the World Heritage Committee, which oversees UNESCO World Heritage Sites, it said.
  “As I have said many times before, the f
  
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• 'What a relief': Fire crew helps rescue pet parrot stuck in a tree

  28-06-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A parrot caused a mini-pandemonium when fire crews were called to rescue it from a tree Thursday.
  The bird’s owner, friends, passersby and firefighters turned their gaze to the tree canopy trying to spot the blue-fronted Amazon parrot before it was eventually coaxed to safety.
  Inca, the 12-year-old leaf-green bird had become startled and flew from her owner’s shoulder and perched atop the tree near 111 Street and 86 Avenue.
  Prior to being rescued, the bird occasionally responded to c
  
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• Woman killed in Stony Plain crash, two others injured

  28-06-2018 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman has died in hospital following a vehicle collision with a truck Thursday morning near Stony Plain.
  The woman was driving an SUV with two passengers eastbound on Highway 16 near Range Road 13 when it was struck by a truck attempting to turn east, RCMP said in a morning news release. RCMP and medical services responded to the collision shortly after 10 a.m.
  All three occupants of the SUV were transported to hospital by ambulance. The driver died as a result of her injuries and the two pass
  
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• Join me this fall on a food and music tour of Nashville

  28-06-2018 22:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the thought of listening to music in Nashville makes you hungry, this is the tour for you.
  For five days this fall, Oct. 22-26, I’ll be leading a group of food and music lovers on behalf of Newwest Travel through the buzzing street of Music City. The trip offers plenty of opportunities to sample classic southern dishes, including barbecue, grits and other down-home specialties.
  Plus, we’ll be taking a southern cooking class at Dabble Studio (complete with a bou
  
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• 'Heartbroken': murder charge laid in death of woman missing from Wabasca since 2015

  28-06-2018 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The daughter of an Alberta woman whose remains were discovered in rural Manitoba last week says she’s devastated after learning police believe her mother was murdered.
  RCMP arrested a 68-year-old man Wednesday afternoon in the death of Gloria Gladue, who went missing from the Wabasca, Alta. area in October 2015.
  Nicole Gladue-Weesemat said she was in shock and “heartbroken” after receiving the news from Mounties at the Edson RCMP detachment Wednesday.
  “I thought the
  
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• Federal government announces $27.5 million funding for Wood Buffalo National Park

  28-06-2018 21:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal government has announced funding for Wood Buffalo National Park which was placed on a list of endangered world heritage sites.
  The government will give $27.5 million in funding over five years to develop a plan to secure the park, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said in a news release Thursday.
  The investment comes after recommendations in 2017 from the World Heritage Committee, which oversees UNESCO World Heritage Sites, it said.
  “As I have said many times before,
  
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• Province funds free shuttle bus to Camrose, other rural transport services

  28-06-2018 21:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A free shuttle bus service from Camrose to Edmonton is one of four new rural transportation projects that will receive provincial funding, Transportation Minister Brian Mason Thursday.
  In a news conference, Mason said the government has earmarked $1.4 million for projects in Camrose, Grande Prairie, and Spirit River as part of its rural transporation pilot project.
  “It’s just the start,” Mason said. “At this point (the pilot projects) are not meant to be comprehensive pro
  
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• Woman in hospital with life-threatening injuries after Stony Plain crash

  28-06-2018 21:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a vehicle collision with a truck Thursday morning near Stony Plain.
  The injured woman was driving an SUV with two passengers eastbound on Highway 16 near Range Road 13 when it was struck by a truck attempting to turn east, RCMP said in a news release. RCMP and medical services responded to the collision shortly after 10 a.m.
  All three occupants of the SUV were transported to hospital by ambulance. The woman sustained life-threatenin
  
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• Suspicious death of 45-year-old man deemed city's 16th homicide of the year

  28-06-2018 20:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Tuesday morning shooting death in a home near downtown Edmonton was ruled a homicide Thursday morning as police continue to investigate.
  Darren Kevin Saile, 45, was identified as the victim following an autopsy Wednesday that determined a gunshot wound as the cause of death, Edmonton Police said in a news release Thursday morning.
  Northwest Division officers responded to the Spruce Avenue home in the area of 113 Avenue and 103 Street around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Saile was found dead upon police
  
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• Yum: Uber Eats will now deliver movie theatre popcorn to your home

  28-06-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Movie watchers craving theatre snacks when enjoying a movie night at home can now satisfy their sweet tooth through Uber Eats.
  Cineplex Entertainment launched delivery of popular concession items Thursday from 60 theatres across the country, including 10 in Alberta.
  Popcorn, candy, soft drinks, hot dogs, nachos and a variety of combos are available at these locations through Uber Eats delivery, the company announced in a news release.
  “Following a very successful pilot program in eastern a
  
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• 'What a relief': Inca the parrot has been rescued from tree

  28-06-2018 20:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton fire rescue was called to 111 Street and 86 Avenue after a pet parrot became stuck in tree.
  The 12-year-old parrot named Inca became startled and flew away, owner Wesley Cross said just before noon Thursday.
  The parrot belongs to Wesley Cross. The parrot’s name is Inca. She’s 12 years old. Inca is not a therapy parrot a pet parrot.The parrot just got startled and flew away, Cross said. pic.twitter.com/wkhEdsjg2L
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• Teen girl killed in six-vehicle crash that also injured three other people

  28-06-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 16-year-old girl died in a six-vehicle collision Wednesday evening near Camrose and three others are in hospital in serious condition.
  The crash, which happened about 6 p.m. on Highway 21 at Township Road 474, remains under investigation, Camrose RCMP said in a Thursday morning news release.
  Police said that a northbound box truck collided with a line of three vehicles from behind, the release said. These three northbound vehicles had slowed for traffic ahead making a left turn. RCMP said the
  
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• Domtar site: Soil tests find no contamination in residential area

  28-06-2018 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Testing at a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood located near the site of an old wood treatment plant found no hazardous chemicals in the top level of soil in a residential area.
  But a section of unoccupied land nearby was so contaminated that metal fencing was erected around the parcels Thursday.
  An Alberta Health official said Thursday that soil testing has been completed in the Verte-Homesteader community — located near the former Domtar wood treatment facility.
  “The results show no
  
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• Watch live: Recovering oil sector helped Alberta reduce its deficit to $8 billion last year

  28-06-2018 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A rebounding energy sector and stronger-than-expected investment income helped the Alberta government trim its deficit to $8 billion last year.
  Final results were unveiled Thursday for the 2017-18 fiscal year, showing a deficit that came in $2.5 billion lower than the $10.1 billion of red ink that was projected at budget time.
  Alberta posted a deficit of $10.8 billion in 2016-17.
  The province’s gross domestic product rose by a sizeable 4.9 per cent during the year, though the government wa
  
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• Out-of-control wildfire outside Hinton grows three times in size overnight

  28-06-2018 18:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  An out-of-control wildfire 15 km southeast of Hinton more than tripled in size overnight and officials are warning the public to be on alert.
  The now estimated 1274-hectare fire in the Edson Forest Area is moving east and winds are pushing smoke across the area creating visibility problems around the perimeter, Alberta Wildfire said in a Thursday morning press release.
  Fire crews and heavy equipment worked overnight to build a six-kilometre fire guard along the north flank and a two-kilometre gu
  
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• No cap room? Maybe that's no problem. It could force Peter Chiarelli & Todd McLellan to do the right thing

  28-06-2018 18:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  No cap room? No easy options?
  Maybe that’s no real problem for the Edmonton Oilers. In fact, maybe that’s a big part of the solution. Circumstances could well force GM Peter Chiarelli and coach Todd McLellan to do the right things in terms of making the most out of the player market and their current Oilers players.
  If they can’t easily switch out players, they’ve got to figure out a way to help the existing players thrive.
  In Chiarelli’s case, there’s not goi
  
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• Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment welcomes new commanding officer

  28-06-2018 18:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  As the unit prepares for deployment training, the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Regiment will be under new command by a familiar face.
  Lt.-Col. Eric Angell took the reins as commanding officer of the 3rd Canadian Division armoured regiment during a change of command parade Wednesday morning at CFB Edmonton.
  “As we begin the adventure of the road to high readiness, I can’t wait to soldier alongside you,” Angell said during his address to the soldiers and crowd
  
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• Canada Day salute finds new permanent home at Government House

  28-06-2018 18:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s annual 21-gun salute for Canada Day will be at a new home this Sunday when the country celebrates its 151st birthday.
  Traditionally held on the legislature grounds, the salute will permanently relocate to Government House at 12845 102 Ave.
  The ceremony conducted by the Royal Canadian Artillery Regiment’s 20th Field Regiment will begin at noon.
  Other festivities will be happening throughout the day across the city including at the legislature, Muttart Conservatory and the A
  
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• Transit bus shelters damaged in widespread rash of vandalism

  28-06-2018 18:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police and transit officials are investigating bus shelters that were damaged across the city in the early hours of Wednesday.
  As many as 38 bus shelters in southwest Edmonton have broken window panes, said Edmonton Transit Service spokesman Rowan Anderson on Wednesday.
  “It was first reported by an off-duty peace officer around 1:15 a.m. (early Wednesday morning),” he said.
  The majority of vandalized bus shelters are located in the communities of Rutherford, Callaghan, MacEwan, Twin
  
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• Edmonton's new driverless lawn mowers make debut at Coronation Park

  28-06-2018 18:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  The newest additions to Edmonton’s lawn care fleet look somewhat like large Roombas with headlights. They’re less than a metre across, one hand high, and move at a slower-than-walk pace.
  Two electric, driverless mowers are on a pilot run at Coronation Park’s soccer field where they will mow the grass for the rest of the summer, said Olivier Le Tynevez-Dobel, the City of Edmonton’s supervisor of turf and sports fields, at a media demonstration Wednesday.
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• Graham Thomson: Alberta's new farm safety laws are a compromise that might yet end up at the abattoir

  28-06-2018 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is a stallion that became a gelding.
  But at least it’s a gelding that escaped the slaughterhouse. For now, at least.
  The Alberta government’s farm safety legislation — the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act, but better known as Bill 6 — will be complete by the end of the year.
  The final regulations governing paid farm and ranch workers will take effect Dec. 1.
  Those regulations took almost three years to figure out because, in part, working on a farm or
  
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• Vance Joy packed Rogers Place

  28-06-2018 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vance Joy is a master of the mundane.
  The Australian singer-songwriter trades in small moments, crafting songs that zero in on the homiest of topics. Lyrics include advice from his mom, weather reports as relationship metaphors, amicable breakups, childhood accidents. Standard folk club stuff, slightly Hallmark tinged, but how does it translate to a hockey arena?
  Pretty well, actually, if that happens to be your musical cup of tea. His basic sound is the next logical step forward from 21st-
  
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• Edmonton weather: The sun will be out until it sets today

  28-06-2018 15:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  It’s Thursday morning and we’re sitting at a 14 C according to the temperature at Edmonton Blatchford. They say that clouds may be mixing in this afternoon but we’re looking at a high of 23 C. The temp will dip to 11 C this evening for sleepy time but all in all sounds like a nice day. Here’s a cute video about a cat and dog who love each other.Today: Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Win
  
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• Thursday's letters: All road users share in traffic safety

  28-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Rights on red may be banned in busiest areas,” June 23
  Apparently, 27 traffic deaths involved pedestrians and an additional 57 people were seriously injured. No information is offered as to over what period these injuries and deaths occurred — is it a year, two years, or 10 years?
  More importantly, is it an increase from previous years? And, is there a disproportionate number of deaths/injuries at one or more intersections? Although these deaths and injuries are unacceptab
  
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• NDP unveils 'bold' plan to repair Alberta's child intervention system

  28-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  More funding for kinship providers, a better process for assessing potential caregivers, and an aggressive tact with Ottawa are among the major promises of the NDP government’s new four-year strategy to fix Alberta’s child intervention system.
  The plan, entitled A Stronger, Safer Tomorrow, features 39 specific actions the government plans to accomplish by 2022, including 16 that are to be completed by next spring.
  “Some of these actions are pretty bold, but I think that’s
  
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• Candlelight vigil planned for woman found dead outside Sherwood Park

  28-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friends and family of Myrah Whitstone will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday to remember the woman whose body was found along a highway east of Sherwood Park earlier this year.
  The vigil will start at 7 p.m. Thursday on Okîsikow Way — a stretch of 101A Avenue between 96 and 97 Streets named in honour of women and girls who have been victims of violence.
  RCMP are awaiting toxicology results to determine how the 34-year-old died.
  She was last seen interacting with a man in a light-colo
  
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• A tour and review of the Works festival shooting out from its new legislature hub

  28-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Moving between the Works Art & Design Festival’s two dozen venues, you’re likely to notice something new about the city.
  This year in its typical curious-octopus way, the festival includes five permanent landmarks on its checklist map of stop-and-look stations — namely the Capital Boulevard Legacy Public Art Project, part of the Works’ Places series which runs all year under the open sky.
  Running along 108 Street between the fest’s new, wide-open core on the leg
  
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• Edmonton Oilers Summer Development Camp, Day Three: Kirill Maksimov shoots his way into prominence

  28-06-2018 12:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  We all know what a complex game hockey has become, but sometimes it’s the simple moments that bring clarity. So it was (or semed) for this long-time hockey watcher upon seeing, and hearing, Kirill Maksimov snap home a cross ice feed into a wide open net during a 2-on-0 drill early in Wednesday afternoon’s on-ice session of Edmonton Oilers Summer Development Camp. It wasn’t that he made the shot — give the other 19 skaters on the ice that same look and the vast majority wo
  
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• Wildlife: Gillian Willans takes city arts prize; Billy-Ray Belcourt wins for books

  28-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two of Edmonton’s great annual awards have been granted for visual arts and book authorship.
  Fresh from his win of the $65,000 Griffin Prize — Canada’s biggest poetry award — Billy-Ray Belcourt of Driftpile Cree Nation has taken the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize for his poetry anthology, This Wound is a World. Along with the award comes a $10,000 cheque, sponsored by Audreys Books and the Edmonton Arts Council.
  Belcourt is a 2016 Rhodes Scholar currentl
  
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• The Kubasonics return with a renewed mission from the Maritimes.

  28-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been seven long years since Brian Cherwick’s post-modern Ukrainian-Canadian dance band The Kubasonics ended their romance with Alberta’s folk scene. While fans mourned the group’s garlicky goodness, there was no real replacement for their good-humoured mix of traditional Eastern European dance grooves, Canadian song themes and unexpected splashes of hybrid musicality.
  The blame rested squarely with Cherwick’s wife for getting a good job at Memorial University i
  
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• Multiple people killed in two northern Alberta collisions

  28-06-2018 06:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person was killed in a multi-vehicle collision northwest of Camrose Wednesday night.
  RCMP responded to a six-vehicle collision on Highway 21 and Township Road 474, said police in a news release.
  Highway 21 between Township Roads 472 and 480 was closed indefinitely.
  An RCMP collision reconstructionist was assisting in the ongoing investigation, said the release. The public was asked not to post speculation or photos on social media out of respect for affected families.
  Fatal collision near Pr
  
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• Honest Dumplings launches crowd funding campaign for new expansion

  28-06-2018 06:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been four years since Ray Ma and Chris Lerohl launched their gourmet dumpling business, Honest Dumplings, at the farmers market. In that time, they’ve won awards for their delicious product sold at more than 20 outlets, and have not only purchased an automated dumpling machine, but have a new facility in development.To support all that growth, the small but feisty company has embarked on a crowd funding campaign with ATB BoostR to raise $10,000 to increase inventory, hire more s
  
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• Culina Muttart hosts celebratory summer pop-ups with local ingredients

  28-06-2018 06:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Culina Muttart is a great place to dine, summer or winter. But the patio makes it extra special when the sun is shining (and the pyramids work well in the winter so it’s win-win year around).
  For the next few Wednesdays, there are some special meals you might want to check out. They’re all $55 for three courses, including tax and tip. You can reserve at culinafamily.com. Wednesdays are adult nights when you can take your drink into the pyramids for a look at the seasonal displays.
  On
  
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• Firefighters battling out-of-control wildfire outside Hinton

  28-06-2018 06:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Firefighters were working to extinguish an out-of-control wildfire that was blazing 15 km southeast of Hinton on Wednesday evening.
  The estimated 350-hectare fire was moving east as 25 firefighters in the Edson Forest worked with heavy equipment and helicopters to contain the fire, according to a 7:45 p.m. news release from the Alberta government.
  There were no communities at risk, it said.
  Map of affected area of Edson Forest wildfire.
   
  
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• One person killed in multi-vehicle collision outside of Camrose

  28-06-2018 05:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person was killed in a multi-vehicle collision northwest of Camrose Wednesday night.
  RCMP responded to a six-vehicle collision on Highway 21 and Township Road 474, said police in a news release.
  Highway 21 between Township Roads 472 and 480 was closed indefinitely.
  An RCMP collision reconstructionist was assisting in the ongoing investigation, said the release. The public was asked not to post speculation or photos on social media out of respect for affected families.
  
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• Nature adds flair to Café Linnea's new patio

  28-06-2018 05:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Popular and acclaimed local restaurant Café Linnea is opening a new patio to bring the botanical beauty on display inside the restaurant to a new venue under the sun.
  Located at 10932 119 St., the new 16-seat patio at Café Linnea was handmade by co-owner and chef Kelsey Johnson and her family.
  Constructed of wood, with planters of nasturtiums, tomatoes and basil rimming the perimeter, the patio offers the same elegant ambience as the interior of the restaurant, which celebrates its
  
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• Man seriously hurt when train hits truck outside Morinville

  28-06-2018 04:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man received serious injuries when a train hit a truck outside Morinville Wednesday afternoon, RCMP said in a news release.
  Police said the truck went through a stop sign and was struck by a moving train at Range Road 264 and Township Road 562 in Sturgeon County.
  Morinville RCMP responded around 1:15 p.m. to find the 24-year-old male driver had sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries. He was extricated from the vehicle and transported by STARS to an Edmonton hospital.
  No one else w
  
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• J.D. Dudek at Oilers development camp day three

  28-06-2018 04:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  J.D. Dudek grew up around elite athletes and the lessons they’ve taught him have served him well.
  His dad Joe Dudek, played briefly in the NFL with the Denver Broncos, while his mom was selected to the U.S. Olympic field hockey team.
  J.D. is in his senior year at Boston College and has come to the Oilers organization from New Jersey in the Patrick Maroon trade in February at the NHL trade deadline.
  
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• Edmonton police will continue street checks after independent report

  28-06-2018 04:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police say they will keep conducting street checks after an independent report could not conclude the force’s use of the practice amounts to racial profiling.
  But the 306-page report on carding said there is confusion about street checks, and calls for more transparency from law enforcement.
  Simon Fraser University’s Curt Griffiths said in the police commission-funded study on carding it’s “not possible” to conclude officers racially discriminate against pe
  
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• Edmonton police to continue street checks, report says racial data 'contaminated'

  28-06-2018 04:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police say they will keep conducting street checks after an independent report found no evidence to conclude the force’s use of the practice amounts to racial profiling.
  But the 306-page report on carding said there is confusion about street checks, and calls for more transparency from law enforcement.
  Simon Fraser University’s Curt Griffiths said in the police commission-funded study on carding it’s “not possible” to conclude officers racially discriminate
  
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• Edmonton police to continue street checks, with tweaks, after report finds no evidence of racial bias

  28-06-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police say they will keep conducting street checks after an independent report found no evidence the force’s use of the practice amounts to racial profiling.
  But the 306-page report on carding said there is confusion about street checks, and calls for more transparency from law enforcement.
  Simon Fraser University’s Curt Griffiths said in the police commission-funded study on carding it’s “not possible” to conclude officers racially discriminate against peo
  
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• Province announces anti-racism action plan

  28-06-2018 02:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government is creating a provincial hate-crimes unit with police as part of broad plan to combat racism in the province, Education Minister David Eggen announced Wednesday morning.
  The province is also establishing an anti-racism advisory council and a grants program for community groups fighting racism in the province.
  The programs are part of a long-promised report on racism in Alberta.
  Indigenous and other ethnic groups will comprise the advisory council, and g
  
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• Paula Simons: 'No person leaves unchanged': New Aga Khan Garden a gift of paradise

  28-06-2018 01:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. Rumi, 13th century Persian poet. 
  On a sunny Wednesday morning, Lee Foote, director of the University of Alberta Botanic Garden, is leading a tour of the Aga Khan Garden.
  We walk along a raised path, winding through the spruce and jackpine and aspen wilderness to a long black granite reflecting pool which mirrors the sky and the trees above. Once, Foote jokes, this was a bog. Now, it’s been transformed
  
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• NDP creating provincial hate-crimes unit as part of plan to fight racism

  28-06-2018 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government is creating a provincial hate-crimes unit with police as part of broad plan to combat racism in the province, Education Minister David Eggen announced Wednesday.
  The province is also establishing the government’s first anti-racism advisory council and will award $2 million in grants to small organizations to fight racism.
  “We will not stop until we ensure all Albertans are treated with respect and have opportunities to build a prosperous life for themselves and
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Edmonton Music Awards, Canada Day, and Les Miserables

  28-06-2018 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tequila Mockingbird
  Fans of Mexican liquor and the oeuvre of author Harper Lee come together in appreciation of gypsy-folk-roots combo Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra. The hard touring, Victoria, B.C.-based five-piece have an assortment of albums and EPs under their belt, with last year’s We Make Really Party their most recent. Opening is Nanise.
  When: Thursday, June 28 at 8 p.m.
  Where: The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Ave.
  Admission: $20 to $25, available at the door or in advance from Ticketfly
  In
  
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• Teens' tragic tales: Meet some of children who died from fentanyl poisoning

  28-06-2018 00:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Child and youth advocate Del Graff reviewed the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 12 young people who died from opioid poisoning between October 2015 and September 2017. All had interactions with Alberta’s child welfare system.
  Among them were two brothers, called “Gabe” and “Owen” in the Graff’s report.
  Their mother used drugs, and their father was accused of physical and emotional abuse. By 14, Owen faced theft and gun charges, and was the intended tar
  
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• RCMP investigate homicide, lay charge in separate aggravated assault at Peerless Lake

  28-06-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 25-year-old man in a small northern Alberta community was killed Monday, and police are looking for information.
  In a separate incident that morning, a 22-year-old man from the same community was injured in an aggravated assault.
  The 25-year-old was pronounced dead on scene by emergency medical services after Red Earth Creek RCMP responded to a call about an injured man at a Peerless Lake residence around 4:15 a.m. Monday, said an RCMP news release Wednesday.
  An autopsy by the chief medical ex
  
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