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• Police searching for suspect who fled area near Highway 43

  03-07-2018 23:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police were searching for a suspect who fled the area of westbound Highway 43 near Chickadee Creek early Tuesday afternoon.
  Whitecourt RCMP were at the  scene, said a news release Tuesday.
  A large police presence is at the location to ensure public safety. There is extensive traffic delays on Highway 43 and the public is asked to avoid the area and use an alternate route, police said.
  The investigation is in the early stage and no further details were available.
  
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• Nestle in talks to buy Edmonton's Champion Petfoods for US$2 billion: report

  03-07-2018 22:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nestle is trying to buy control of Edmonton-based Champion Petfoods for more than US$2 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
  The article, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, says the global food giant is in talks to purchase a majority share of the specialty maker of dog and cat food, although the negotiations could break down before a deal is reached.
  Champion officials couldn’t be reached Tuesday, but in a statement the company declined to comment on wha
  
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• Infill builder abandons apartment complex to avoid web of costly city red tape

  03-07-2018 22:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Red tape is still driving up the cost of condos and new homes in mature neighbourhoods, homebuilders warned council as it endorsed a new infill plan Tuesday.
  “Infill is still a very challenging environment for builders,” said Sydney Bond, a builder who came to represent the Alberta chapter of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association.
  The development taxes, land costs, cost to upgrade public infrastructure plus the long and unpredictable permitting processes are all reducing affo
  
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• Les Miserables creator ensures cast respects the spirit of the show

  03-07-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Since it opened in London in October 1985, the musical version of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables in all its subsequent stage incarnations has grossed more than $2 billion worldwide and has played to more than 50 million people.
  The London production has run continuously for almost 33 years, making it the second longest-running musical next to The Fantasticks, which is in its 50th year in New York.
  Les Miserables returns to Edmonton for a limited run at the Jubilee Auditorium July 3-8.
  Les Mi
  
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• Police didn't fire a single shot during attempted arrest that led to officer's death

  03-07-2018 21:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police officers’ actions were lawful and reasonable the day a hate crime suspect opened fire through the door of his southwest Edmonton home, killing Const. Daniel Woodall, ASIRT said Tuesday.
  The results of the police watchdog investigation concluded that officers did not fire a single gunshot June 8, 2015, while attempting to arrest Norman Walter Raddatz, who lit his house near 62B Ave. and 187 St. on fire after fatally shooting Woodall.
  More than than 50 bullet holes were found
  
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• Daryl Katz selling $1.9-million fully furnished hand-crafted log cabin on Pigeon Lake

  03-07-2018 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Who wants live like a billionaire? Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz is selling his luxurious Pigeon Lake cottage for $1.9 million.
  The gated waterfront getaway at 67 Silver Beach Rd. in the Mulhurst Bay area, which according to land titles records Katz owns with Katz Group executive John Karvellas, is described in a new listing by real estate agent Larry Hahn as “spectacular.”
  “This is a rare opportunity to own what is unquestionably one of the signature lake front propert
  
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• Jesse Puljujarvi is NOT Nail Yakupov. As Chiarelli says: "He's going to be a really good player."

  03-07-2018 21:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s major consternation today in Oil Country, mainly because prominent Oilers insider Bob Stauffer of the Oilers radio network made a blunt assessment of the Jesse Puljujarvi’s future with the team on Oilers Now , comparing the 20-year-old Finnish winger to fellow Oilers forward prospect Kailer Yamamoto, who will be 20 in September.
  Said Stauffer on Monday: “Well it’s simple for Puljujarvi, if he doesn’t gain some traction at some point, he may be find
  
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• Wine column: Canada has come a long way since Baby Duck entered wine market

  03-07-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian wine industry has come a long way since Thomas Bright founded Niagara Falls Wine Co. in Toronto circa 1874.  With only decades under our belt, wines produced here are considered New World in style versus the Old World style from countries that have been making wine for generations.
  In the 1970s, Joseph Peller with the Andres brand entered the Canadian market. After unsuccessfully launching a sparkling wine called Cold Duck into the United States, he created the infamous and hig
  
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• Food Artisans of Alberta offers trail guide to local eats and experiences

  03-07-2018 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a tremendous amount of buzz about the importance of local food. But unless you’ve got a tight relationship with the vendors at your local farmers market, you may not know a lot about the purveyors and producers who bring Alberta food to your table.
  Karen Anderson set out to change that. Together with co-author, Matilde Sanchez-Turri, the food writer and passionate advocate for farmers and ranchers has just released Food Artisans of Alberta (published by Touchwood Editions). S
  
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• Nestle in talks to buy Champion Petfoods for US$2 billion: report

  03-07-2018 19:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nestle is trying to buy control of Edmonton-based Champion Petfoods for more than US$2 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
  The article, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, says the global food giant is in talks to purchase a majority share of the specialty maker of dog and cat food, although the negotiations could break down before a deal is reached.
  Champion officials couldn’t be reached Tuesday, but in a statement the company declined to comment on wha
  
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• Brick of Ketamine found in backseat of Red Deer taxi

  03-07-2018 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating a brick of Ketamine after a taxi driver found it in the back seat of their cab.
  On Saturday, just before 2 p.m. Red Deer RCMP responded to a report that a cab driver found what he thought was some drugs in the backseat of the car, a news release said Tuesday.
  When police came in they found the brick of Ketamine that weighed almost 1.6 pounds.
  Ketamine, used in powdered or liquid form is an anesthetic, usually for animals. It can be injected, consumed in drinks, snorted,
  
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• Edmonton police urge people to stop using cars as babysitters

  03-07-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  This week may feel more like fall than summer but hot days are on the way. And the Edmonton Police Service is reminding people that a vehicle is not a babysitter.
  Last year, first responders attended to 340 instances of children and pets left unattended in vehicles, said an EPS news release on Tuesday. More than half of these calls took place between May and September, with the most occurrences taking place in July.
  EPS responded to 83 of these incidents — all of which involved childr
  
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• Paul McCartney's back in Edmonton Sept. 30 at Rogers Place

  03-07-2018 18:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hey, Uncle Albert — Macca’s back Sept 30!
  Paul McCartney, legendary singer-songwriter of the Beatles, Wings and a superb solo career in its own right, is returning to our city for the first time since his 2012 show at Rexall Place — this time at the looming layer cake of Rogers Place.
  On his Freshen Up tour supporting his upcoming studio album Egypt Station, the Liverpool-born 76-year-old also hits Quebec City Sept. 17; Montreal Sept. 20 and Winnipeg Sept. 28. Take th
  
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• Homicide unit probing deadly Monday daylight drive-by shooting in Ellerslie parking lot

  03-07-2018 18:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A daylight drive-by shooting Monday has left a 21-year-old man dead, say city police.
  The victim died in hospital Tuesday morning after officers called to the Monday shooting found him in a parking lot near Ellerslie Road and 99 Street around 6:50 p.m.
  Homicide detectives have now taken over the investigation, said police in a Tuesday news release.
  A vehicle that was later found burning near Beaumont at Highway 21 and Highway 625 is believed to have been involved in the drive-by shooting, say po
  
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• NHL pundits divided on whether Edmonton were a winner or loser on July 1

  03-07-2018 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Sean “Down Goes Brown” McIndoe of Sportsnet, his list of winners and losers in NHL free agency, with Edmonton on his winner’s list: “Winner: The Edmonton Oilers – Peter Chiarelli didn’t have much room to work with, and given some of his recent UFA work, maybe that was a good thing. But picking up Kyle Brodziak and Tobias Rieder on cheap-ish deals was a decent day’s work.”
  Meanwhile over at The Hockey News, Ryan Kennedy had Edmonton as
  
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• Edmonton weather: Things get better

  03-07-2018 15:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  It’s Tuesday morning and the temperature at Edmonton Blatchford is 12 C with a calm wind. There’s a 60 per cent chance of showers today so maybe keep that umbrella near by.
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Fog patches in outlying areas early this morning. High 18. UV index 5 or moderate.
  Tonight: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. Risk
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Good hospital food just what the patients ordered

  03-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Patients like Misericordia Hospital’s new menu service,” June 28
  After years of watching my parents endure the inedible food that Alberta Health Services serves its vulnerable patients in Edmonton and area hospitals, I am happy that they have finally figured out a way to bring their patients food that is palatable.
  However, what a shame it is that after years of complaints from the patients and families concerned the only reason they implemented these changes was because i
  
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• We think it's a first: The all-new beach-lovers' guide to Edmonton

  03-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Before the Accidental Beach made headlines last summer, few people in Edmonton knew the city even has a beach season.
  But as the waters of the North Saskatchewan River recede and run clear late in the season, small pockets of sand appear in hidden pockets up and down the banks. Some are sandier than others, but many of the gravel bars and islands have at least pockets of sand waiting to be discovered.
  Earlier this year, City of Edmonton officials identified six locations where beach-like conditi
  
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• To beach or not to beach: Where exactly is the raw sewage in Edmonton's river

  03-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was the first downpour of the season and Epcor drainage engineers were antsy.
  Last fall, they completed a massive new tunnel and sewer gates meant to keep more of Edmonton’s raw sewage out of the North Saskatchewan River.
  This was the first big test. But soon they were grinning. It worked.
  “This is huge for us,” said Chris Ward, a former city branch manager who now leads Epcor drainage.
  “We’re seeing it right now,” he said on June 11 as a steady rain contin
  
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• New gay-straight alliance law takes effect: Not all schools appear to comply

  03-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a new law takes effect cementing protections for LGBTQ students and staff in Alberta schools, some have posted policies that may not comply with provincial law.
  As of June 30, the legislation known as Bill 24 requires all school boards, charter schools and private schools to publicly post policies that say school principals will immediately create a gay-straight alliance (GSA) upon student request.
  The updated law also requires:
  • Schools allow students to call clubs gay-straight allianc
  
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• Man shot in parking lot near Ellerslie Road

  03-07-2018 05:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A shooting in southeast Edmonton Monday has left one young man in hospital.
  Police responded around 6:50 p.m. to reports of gunshots in a parking lot near Ellerslie Road and 99 Street. One man was taken to hospital in stable condition, said Edmonton police Insp. Keith Johnson. The man was breathing and conscious when he was taken to hospital.
  -Stephen Cook
  
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• Man injured in shooting at southeast Edmonton parking lot

  03-07-2018 05:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  A shooting in southeast Edmonton Monday has left one young man in hospital.
  Police responded around 6:50 p.m. to reports of a parking lot shooting near Ellerslie Road and 99 Street. One man was taken to hospital in stable condition, said Edmonton police Insp. Keith Johnson. The man was breathing and conscious when he was taken to hospital.
  A vehicle left the area that might be associated with the incident but police are still in the early stages of the investigation, he said.
  City police were li
  
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• Nick Lees: Donors bring Old Strathcona mural project closer to reality

  03-07-2018 05:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aurora Cannabis has stepped up with a major gift to help local restaurateur Michael Maxxis realize his goal of bringing Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel here to paint a six-storey mural in Old Strathcona.
  “We needed just over $20,000 to reach our goal of $85,000,” Maxxis said. “With Aurora’s significant donation we are sure to reach our target by next week’s deadline.”
  Aurora Cannabis is one of the world’s largest cannabis companies and is headquartered i
  
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• Salwa Atwi holds out hope in the disappearance of her daughter

  03-07-2018 04:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Salwa Atwi says she still cries herself to sleep seven month after her daughter Nadia Atwi went missing early last December.
  In every room of their north Edmonton home are mementos of Nadia Atwi. A birthday gift, a candle, clothing and even the hijab keeps her memory and hope alive in the difficult months since her disappearance.
  
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• Oilers insider suggests free agent Lance Bouma as possibility in Edmonton. Hmm

  03-07-2018 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers organization, his suggestion that veteran fourth-line glue guy Lance Bouma might be a fit here: “I wonder about a guy like Lance Bouma. Milan Lucic is coming back, we know that, and he’s a big part of the team. And Lance Bouma is a guy who got the best out of Milan Lucic when those two played together in Vancouver. So would Lance Bouma make sense? Because the Oilers have got to get Lucic turned.”
  On the same show commentator John
  
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• Jazz fest closes on successful notes with help from younger crowds

  03-07-2018 03:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tuning into a younger audience has made the TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival a worthy, mid-size success on the local festival landscape.
  While there were only really three new acts on the program this year, there was still an impressive variety of sounds under the jazz umbrella. Over the course of 10 days you could take in everything from core traditional sounds to discordant, challenging acts and just about everything in between. Most dates were well attended and well run, leaving both t
  
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• Entrepreneurs working to set up Edmonton marijuana shops

  03-07-2018 03:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Terry Nyquvest is pretty chill about the prospects for the four marijuana stores his family-owned company wants to open in Edmonton this fall.
  “Our hope is we can get a couple of development permits and we will make some money at it,” said Nyquvest, whose firm runs liquor stores, a pet-food company and owned the now-demolished Cromdale Hotel.
  “We know so little, and nobody else seems to know a lot unless you go down to Washington (state) … We’re going to get into i
  
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• Edmonton couple hold onto hope for missing daughter: 'No bad news is good news'

  03-07-2018 02:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Memories of Nadia Atwi echo through her parents’ home.
  Her mother points to a gold-and-brown basket — a trinket that Atwi had painted — a vanilla-scented candle she bought, and the many, many jackets and clothes she gifted to her parents.
  On a dark brown wooden table by the doorway sits Atwi’s favourite perfume, a half-used bottle of Coco Chanel.
  Last Dec. 8, the 32-year-old went missing. She was last seen in the area of 48 Street and 146 Avenue at 6:30 a.m. About si
  
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