St. Albert news

• Nick Lees: Lois Hole hospital society moves closer to buying new cancer-treatment equipment

  08-07-2018 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Celebrating their first-year anniversary, members of the Lois Hole Hospital Women’s Society announced they were $26,000 away from purchasing a $205,000 piece of high-tech equipment to “light up” cancer cells.
  Co-chairs Krista Ference and Melanie Nakatsui made the announcement last week when the society’s 78 members and guests, including 58 founding members, met at the Royal Glenora Club for an anniversary party.
  “Our $1,200 founding members’ campaign is direct
  
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• Police rescue 28 rafters tangled in trees on North Saskatchewan River

  08-07-2018 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Twenty-eight people rafting down the North Saskatchewan River near Rocky Mountain House Saturday needed to be rescued after their inflatables became caught on trees.
  One of the people trapped called the police around 4:15 p.m., said Sgt. Jason Penner with the Rocky Mountain House RCMP.
  It took nearly two hours for emergency services to rescue the group by shuttling people to shore on boats. The group, which came from Calgary, was celebrating a family event and had tied the rafts together, P
  
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• Borden Park natural swimming pool ready to open

  08-07-2018 22:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The long-awaited Borden Park natural swimming pool will welcome its first visitors at noon Wednesday following a hiccup involving a filtration system leak.
  The pool will be the first of its kind in Canada. Instead of using chlorine or salt to purify the water, aquatic plants, plankton and a combination of sand and granite filters will be used to keep the water safe.
  City staff posted plans for the grand opening on Facebook Sunday after cancelling the event in mid-June because crews had to d
  
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• Farm safety association appoints first executive director

  08-07-2018 22:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  AgSafe Alberta Society appointed Jody Wacowich as its first executive director last month, asking her to help strengthen farm and ranch safety culture across the province.
  The organization aims to develop programs about new safety guidelines laid out as part of Bill 6, controversial legislation that extended occupational health and safety as well as workers’ compensation coverage to paid non-family farm employees.
  Wacowich spoke to Postmedia ahead of taking on her new role Aug. 7 in this e
  
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• Police rescue 28 people on rafts tangled in trees on North Saskatchewan River

  08-07-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Twenty-eight people rafting down the North Saskatchewan River near Rocky Mountain House Saturday needed to be rescued after their rafts became caught on trees.
  Police responded to a call around 4:15 p.m., the Rocky Mountain House RCMP said in a news release.
  Emergency services including Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue were dispatched to transport the group to shore on rescue boats.
  No one entered the water and no injuries were reported.
  Rocky Mountain House is about 80 kilometres west of
  
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• Search for missing boy near Grande Prairie enters third day

  08-07-2018 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crews continued looking for a missing two-year-old boy near Grande Prairie Sunday as the search for the toddler entered its third day.
  Search and rescue workers spent all day Saturday trying to find the boy, who disappeared Friday evening when he was with family near the Wapiti River at the Canfor Bridge.
  Boats, all-terrain vehicles and helicopters as well as people on foot were dedicated to the effort, according to an RCMP news release.
  Some residents of Grande Prairie placed teddy bears in the
  
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• Silly season officially here with some wild Leon Draisaitl trade speculation

  08-07-2018 17:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some trade suggestions out of Boston, the first from sports commentator Jimmy Murphy on Twitter: “Habs need to trade Max Pacioretty and Carey Price! Do it now before what promises to be a miserable season and their value goes down! If I’m Bergevin, Pacioretty to Panthers for Bjugstad and Price, Alzner to Oilers for Draisaitl, Lucic, Talbot. Make it happen MB! (Montreal GM Marc Bergevin).”
  And this from Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston, his notion that the Bruins might be
  
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• Edmonton Public Schools bans most inflatable amusement equipment

  08-07-2018 17:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  April Cardinal believes the fun has been wrecked after Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) banned people from using bouncy castles, most other inflatables and trampolines at school.
  The regulation, which was issued June 14 and applies to all the district’s 213 schools, says using inflatable amusement attractions and trampolines is prohibited, including by organizations that rent school facilities.
  The new ban applies to any attractions supported by a blower, which schools sometimes have at
  
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• University of Alberta team heading for international competition unveils latest underwater robot

  08-07-2018 06:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A torpedo-shooting underwater robot may sound like a villainous gadget out of a James Bond movie, but instead the technological creation comes from a group of University of Alberta students hoping to win an international competition.
  The team unveiled its cutting-edge machine Saturday, trying out some of the features in a university swimming pool.
  “Every year we try to build a new robot … For us, it’s about the amount of progress we’ve made,” said project lead and
  
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• Underwater robot developed at the UofA heading for deeper waters

  08-07-2018 06:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta team of electrical, mechanical and software engineering students built an autonomous robotic submarine called Auri 2.0, that will head to California for competition.
  From July 30 to Aug. 5 in San Diego, robots will face off in a 15-minute obstacle course as part of the annual RoboSub competition organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
  The robots have to operate autonomously without any help from their creators, Waqar said. They have t
  
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• Active day camp caters to children with disabilities, chronic illnesses

  08-07-2018 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  An enthusiastic group of children who live with difficult medical conditions took part in a free camp Saturday that promotes dance, gymnastics and the chance to be a star for the day.
  “There are not a lot of opportunities for my daughter to do things that are more hands on,” said Sandra Berube, whose 13-year-old daughter Madison lives with an artificial heart.
  “She has a backpack she carries around 24/7 and an IV line that continuously runs,” she said. “Th
  
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• Indigenous entertainer plaques not stolen: festival society

  08-07-2018 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Plaques dedicated to successful Indigenous entertainers may not be missing as was previously reported.
  “As far as we know, there are no plaques stolen,” said Doreen Cardinal, who works with the Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society that maintains the Aboriginal Walk of Honour, in a voicemail to Postmedia on Friday. “We do have them here at the office.”
  The society was planning to do a check next week, she said.
  The site at Beaver Hills House Park on Jasper Avenue and 105 St
  
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• Local soccer superfan aims to start tournament for world peace

  08-07-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local soccer enthusiast says he’s recruiting teams for an August tournament that will celebrate world peace and multiculturalism.
  “It’s all about love,” said Abdullahi Mohamed, who coaches soccer and goes by the name Captain Abdul.
  On Aug. 25 and 26, teams will face off on soccer fields throughout the city for the Canada World Peace Soccer Tournament, he said, adding he hasn’t officially booked the space.
  “I’m still planning it,” he said.
  On
  
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• Hockey tournament honouring Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims seen as chance for community to unite

  08-07-2018 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A charity hockey tournament in honour of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash was praised Saturday as a chance for community members to come together.
  Spectators filled the stands of St. Albert’s Mark Messier Arena for the second day of the event, which aims to raise $50,000 through sponsors, public donations and a silent auction.The 84 players had raised about $17,000 toward that goal before play even began.
  Twenty per cent of proceeds will go to the Humboldt St
  
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