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• Man charged in death of 15-year-old girl killed in school bus crash

  09-07-2018 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The driver of a big rig that crashed into a school bus in March, killing a teenage girl, has been charged.
  Edmonton-based Sukhdeep Deol, 40, was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and criminal negligence causing death in the collision that resulted in the death of Maisie Watkinson, 15, said an RCMP news release.
  Deol was released on Sunday after a judicial hearing and is expected in Fort Saskatchewan provincial court on Aug. 2.
  On March 7, a dump truck
  
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• 'A never-ending battle': Training Edmonton police to spot high drivers

  09-07-2018 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police are ramping up training to combat drug-impaired driving ahead of cannabis legalization.
  But the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely to reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to spot drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year.
  There are two international programs currently in place that are the focus of the training effort: Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFTS) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training, said Edmonton poli
  
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• Passenger dies in Spruce Grove ditch crash

  09-07-2018 20:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The passenger of a vehicle that hit the ditch in Spruce Grove Friday night died on scene while the driver survived, say RCMP.
  Police and emergency services crews responded to the single-vehicle crash in Spruce Grove at Range Road 262 around 9:55 p.m. Friday, said Mounties in a Monday news release.
  Investigators say the vehicle was heading south when the driver hit the ditch, spinning it into a tree line.
  The passenger was pronounced dead on scene while the driver was transported to hospital with
  
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• Edmonton men best dressed in Canada, women tell survey

  09-07-2018 20:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Don’t laugh. But men in Edmonton were rated by women as the best dressed in Canada, beating out their sartorial brethren in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, according to a survey by online stylist service MFMK.
  The City of Fashion Champions was chosen by 84.3 per cent of female respondents in the Google survey of 1000 people.
  Overall Montreal men were rated the best dressed at 31.8 per cent.
  Other findings from the survey:Only 15.3 per cent of men said they have ‘a lot of style&rsquo
  
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• Clear as mud: the weird rollercoaster of Milan Lucic trade rumours

  09-07-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost every hardcore Edmonton Oilers fan, blogger or pundit has some theory or some gossip about what’s going on with the trade rumours swirling around Milan Lucic.
  To bring some clarity to the situation — which seems about as clear as mud right now — let’s go through a brief history of what various insiders, reporters and hockey men have said about the deal, starting with a rumour coming from Oilers insider Bob Stauffer of the Oilers radio network on June 2, which at th
  
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• Edmonton dragon boat seniors prepare for international competition

  09-07-2018 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club’s seniors’ competitive team Tsunami will be travelling to Szeged, Hungary, to compete at the Club Crew World Dragon Boat Championships July 17-22. The mixed seniors team members range in age from 40 to 67. The competition will attract 6,000 athletes from 30 countries.
  
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• No injuries after car crashes through northwest Dynalife building

  09-07-2018 18:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A vehicle crashed through a northwest medical lab early Friday morning.
  Police were called to the Dynalife building at 12843 140 Avenue at approximately 7:20 a.m. to find a car fully lodged in the building.
  “There were no injuries reported as a result of this collision, however … there’s some significant damage to the front end of the building,” said Cst. Pierre Lemire. Dynalife was closed at the time, he said, and would remain closed indefinitely.
  Police do not believe
  
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• Canada has less than half the police officers needed to spot high drivers: Chiefs

  09-07-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ottawa — The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely to reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to spot drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year.
  Last fall, the agency representing about 90% of police agencies in Canada warned the government that before pot becomes legal, its members need more time to train officers in the new laws as well as to recognized drug-impaired drivers in a roadside stop.
  Natalie Wright, a spokeswoman for the
  
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• Boy, 10, drowns in Astotin Lake at Elk Island National Park

  09-07-2018 14:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  A day at the lake turned tragic Sunday after a 10-year-old boy drowned in Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park, east of Edmonton.
  Fort Saskatchewan RCMP were called to the lake at approximately 8:26 p.m. Sunday after a report of a missing child, police said in a Sunday evening news release. Park Wardens, along with EMS and RCMP responded to the call, and STARS was also dispatched to the area.
  Police said the child was found in the lake by family members, and was pronounced dead at
  
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• Edmonton weather: I'd rather be fishing

  09-07-2018 14:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 14.4 C with a 6 km/h wind coming from the southeast. Pockets of rain will dominate the morning but otherwise it’s still expected to be a hot day with the mercury expected to reach 27 C.
  Today: A few showers ending this morning then clearing. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. High 27 C. UV index 8 or very high.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Low 16 C.
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• Queen of the clouds: 100-year anniversary of Katherine Stinson's airmail delivery between Calgary and Edmonton

  09-07-2018 14:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  One-hundred years ago, Edmonton and Calgary played a role in pioneering aviatrix Katherine Stinson’s history-making airmail flight.
  July 9, 1918: A crowd gathered on a grandstand by present-day Borden Park in Edmonton. Spectators waited in anticipation of Stinson’s triumphant landing with Western Canada’s first airmail delivery, but left when she didn’t arrive at the scheduled time.Stinon’s Curtiss Special airplane came into sight from the south, according to report
  
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• Winterburn businesses frustrated by minimal services and rising taxes

  09-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After more than 35 years, it’s time for the city to pave the Winterburn industrial area’s “deplorable” roads and provide other necessary services, the president of the local business group says.
  “We’re living within the city limits, but without high-grade roads, no transit service, no sewer, no water, no sidewalks, no nothing,” said Brad Abel, head of the Winterburn Business Association and president of equipment rental and service firm Ketek Group.
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• Edmonton shisha bar owners say new rules ban culture and will ruin their businesses

  09-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shisha bar owners in the city are seeing their livelihoods go up in smoke.
  On Wednesday, city council’s community and public services committee proposed a ban on shisha smoking in bars. The committee passed a motion asking administration to prepare amendments to the city’s public places bylaw, which would prohibit shisha and water pipe smoking in public and commercial spaces. The restrictions would be in alignment with the regulation of tobacco and cannabis use.
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• Big backers: Who are the players the NDP wants out of Edmonton elections?

  09-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Regency Development executives face city council Monday to ask once again for permission to build towers on Holyrood Gardens, seven out of the 13 council members will be looking back at a campaign donor.
  Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson calls those donations “dark money.”
  He said he wants corporate and union donations out of Alberta municipal election campaigns when he launched a public survey on the issue last month.
  But corporate and union donors say it’s not so
  
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• St. Albert missing senior located: RCMP - CTV News

  09-07-2018 09:00 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  St. Albert missing senior located: RCMP  CTV NewsThe 62-year-old man who went missing in St. Albert Saturday has been found.
  
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• 9 Things Oilers-related, as we nod into quiet time in the NHL

  09-07-2018 05:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Busy season is all but over in the NHL. With the draft and the first week of free ggency past, it’s not that there are no story lines remaining. But (the Ottawa soap opera aside) most of the major ones have already been written.
  The Edmonton Oilers have been relatively quiet, so far this summer. The “big game hunting” that some forecast and predicted did not quite turn into the safari that we had perhaps come to anticipate.
  Still, there have been some Oilers comings and goings
  
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• Edmonton dragon boat seniors to breathe fire at world championships

  09-07-2018 04:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of Edmonton’s dragon boat teams is headed to Europe for the sport’s highest level of competition this week.
  As they entered the North Saskatchewan River in their last big practice at home, they chanted, “I don’t know but I’ve been told, someone here is getting old,” and continued with lyrics about beating cataracts and heart attacks.
  Members of Team Tsunami, the Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club’s mixed seniors competitive team, range in age from 40 t
  
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• From The Cult of Hockey: 9 Things Oilers-related, as we nod into quiet time in the NHL

  09-07-2018 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Busy season” is all but over in the NHL. With the draft and the first week of Free Agency past, it’s not that there are no story lines remaining. But (the Ottawa soap opera aside) most of the major ones have already been written.
  The Edmonton Oilers have been relatively quiet, so far this Summer. The “big game hunting” that some forecast and predicted did not quite turn into the safari that we had perhaps come to anticipate.
  Still, there have been some Oilers comin
  
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• Edmonton soccer superfan aims to start tournament for world peace

  09-07-2018 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton 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
  
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