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• Jasper Avenue fire causes estimated $1.5 million in damage

  11-07-2018 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fire in a two-storey commercial building shut down sections of Jasper Avenue early Wednesday morning.
  Fire Rescue Services was alerted to the fire at a two-storey commercial building at 11725 Jasper Ave. at 5:51 a.m, according to a news release.
  Twelve units and 48 firefighters arrived on scene at 5:55 a.m. to find the building on fire.
  There were no occupants and no injuries but surrounding businesses were evacuated as a precaution, said the release. The fire was brought under control at
  
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• Lucky find! An independent coffee shop on city's south side

  11-07-2018 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown, Old Strathcona, and 124 Street are chock-a-block with independent coffee shops, each with its own vibe. But where, outside of the Italian Centre, does a girl go for a refreshing java after a hectic trip to the Superstore on 51 Avenue?
  Last week, facing that same urgent question, I popped into Crum Coffee Bar (4640 Calgary Trail) for a cafe latte after grocery shopping. Open for a year, Crum is run by sisters Mila Gossain, 27, and Christine Gossain, 25. I liked it right away, attracted
  
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• Rural communities disappointed by Greyhound decision to stop services, says association

  11-07-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rural communities are disappointed by Greyhound’s decision to cancel routes and hope to fill the service gap for those who depend on buses, says the president of Rural Municipalities of Alberta.
  “It is unfortunate,” said Al Kemmere Wednesday. “A lot of the people living in rural areas have their own transportation but there are those select few who don’t.”
  The association, which advocates for Alberta’s 69 counties and municipal districts, was the latest
  
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• Edmonton backtracks on hard-line public smoking ban in parks, Whyte Avenue

  11-07-2018 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city council is walking back tough new rules that would have banned cigarette smoking, as well as cannabis smoking, in public parks and busy streets like Whyte Avenue.
  Councillors voted Wednesday to consult with the public further following public feedback on lumping tobacco rules with marijuana.
  The backtracking came after council on Tuesday passed a bylaw prohibiting people from smoking cigarettes, cigars and cannabis in any park where children are likely to congregate, affecting abou
  
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• Police lasso two men after ATM machine chained, ripped out of bingo hall

  11-07-2018 21:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two men have been collared after thieves used a chain to tear an ATM machine out of a bingo hall, say police.
  The cash machine was stolen from a bingo hall near 137 Avenue and 122 Street just before 5 a.m. on March 13, said police in a Tuesday news release. Thieves broke into the hall, chained the ATM to the back of a pickup truck and then hit the gas, tearing the machine out of the location.
  In a similar case, this one June 27, officers responding to a pub break-in call near 45 Avenue and Gatew
  
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• Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has done well NOT to sell low on Milan Lucic

  11-07-2018 19:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Based on the play of Lucic-style comparable players, he’s got a decent-to-good chance to bounce back in 2018-19
  There’s been some criticism of Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli for not moving out power forward Milan Lucic.
  Most notably, of course, we’ve had NHL insider Frank Seravalli of TSN compare the Lucic situation to the Erik Karlsson fiasco in Ottawa, saying that Lucic’s situation here was “almost untenable,” and that Chiarelli should move out Lucic jus
  
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• Edmonton bans tobacco smoking in most parks, Whyte Avenue along with cannabis

  11-07-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new, widespread ban on cigarette smoking in parks was approved by city council Tuesday as a byproduct of a debate on cannabis regulations.
  In a 7-6 vote, council decided to restrict cannabis and tobacco smoking in any park where children are likely to congregate.
  That means as of Oct. 17, smoking of any substance will be banned in parks with a playground such as Hawrelak Park, parks with an off-leash area like Terwillegar Park, in parks with sports fields or in school yards.
  Smokers will have
  
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• Jasper Avenue reopened after fire breaks out at downtown restaurant

  11-07-2018 16:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have reopened sections of Jasper Avenue after firefighters were called to the area to tackle a fire at a downtown restaurant Wednesday morning.
  Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Katie Stewart said crews were alerted to the fire at a two-storey commercial building on 117 Street and Jasper Avenue at 5:51 a.m.. Twelve units, and 48 firefighters arrived on scene at 5:55 a.m. to find the building on fire.
  Stewart said there were no injuries, but people were evacuated from a building direct
  
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• Jasper Avenue closed at 116 and 118 Street as firefighters tackle blaze

  11-07-2018 15:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have shut down sections of Jasper Avenue for the next several hours as firefighters tackle a blaze in downtown Edmonton.
  Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Katie Stewart said crews were alerted to the fire at a two-storey commercial building on 117 Street and Jasper Avenue at 5:51 a.m.. Twelve units, and 48 firefighters arrived on scene at 5:55 a.m. to find the building on fire.
  Crews are currently working to get the fire under control, said Stewart. No injuries have been reported, but
  
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• Edmonton weather: At least it's a dry humidity

  11-07-2018 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 16 C with a 15 km/h wind coming from the west, northwest. Waking up to the sound of rainfall is extremely soothing, so I’m not even mad at it. The showers are expected to stick around today with another risk of an afternoon thunderstorm. Looks like the rain will continue right through ’till Sunday, so don’t put that umbrella away just yet!
  To
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Glenora residents right to protect trees

  11-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Outcry over LRT impact overblown,” Letters, July 4
  Old Glenora is not elitist. The trees in the area are old and many have been around for 100 years —  why is it elitist to want to protect them? If over 1,600 trees were being destroyed in any number of combined neighbourhoods, shouldn’t there be objections from all communities?
  Glenora was created 100 years ago to follow an English garden plan and it became a desirable place to live. Now you can drive to an
  
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• Short sleep, snoring may affect infants' learning skills: University of Alberta study

  11-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Babies who fail to get enough sleep or are plagued by persistent snoring are more likely to experience some developmental delays by age two than other infants, new University of Alberta-led research has found.
  In particular, nighttime sleep duration was found to have the greatest influence on early childhood learning, according to the study that followed the progress of hundreds of Edmonton-area children.
  “It’s not a mystery that if you have poor sleep or poor sleep quality like snor
  
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• Gaming commission says charity fundraisers will have to roll the dice on casino venue

  11-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charities hosting fundraising nights at Edmonton casinos will no longer have a guaranteed choice of venue to ensure some don’t always get stuck at “less convenient locations.”
  This change is to make the process more fair for the thousands of user groups that apply for a casino licence at the five Edmonton venues, the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) said in an email Monday sent to the user groups.
  “We recognize that some casino facility properties hav
  
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• 'Always had a smile on his face:' Street pals recall man crushed to death in recycle bin

  11-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A gruesome death at a recycling centre last week has left some of Edmonton’s street community in mourning.
  Lenny Bowman, the 35-year-old homeless man whose body was discovered at a north Edmonton recycling centre last week, was identified by friends and a homelessness advocate.
  Police said in a news release the victim had no fixed address and was “known to frequent areas in central Edmonton.”
  “He always had a smile on his face,” Nathan Steinhauer said of Bowman
  
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• Die Pie restaurant … a vegan pizzeria 'to die for'

  11-07-2018 03:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Neil Royale and his sister Karuna Goodall, owners of Die Pie restaurant, talk about their vegan restaurant located in downtown Edmonton.
  Die Pie restaurant is Alberta’s first plant-based pizzeria serving gluten-free and non-dairy pizzas and pastas to the rapidly growing segment of diners choosing plant-based eateries.
  
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• David Staples: City council blows it with new crackdown on cigarette smokers

  11-07-2018 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council took a small and arguably reasonable step by putting in greater limits on smoking cannabis in public on Tuesday.
  But council also made a radical, aggressive and needless change by enacting a massive new ban on outdoor cigarette smoking.
  The new rules, which will come into effect when cannabis is legalized in October, mean that both cannabis and tobacco smoking (and vaping) will be banned in 600 city parks, including off-leash areas and almost all major parks, as well as all but elim
  
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• City council cannabis debate turns into tougher tobacco smoking rules, too

  11-07-2018 03:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new, widespread ban on cigarette smoking in parks was approved by city council Tuesday as a byproduct of a debate on cannabis regulations.
  In a 7-6 vote, council decided to restrict cannabis and tobacco smoking in any park where children are likely to congregate.
  That means as of Oct. 17, smoking of any substance will be banned in parks with a playground such as Hawrelak Park, parks with an off-leash area like Terwillegar Park, in parks with sports fields or in school yards.
  Smokers will have
  
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• Council approves new tobacco smoking ban in parks, most of Whyte Avenue in cannabis debate

  11-07-2018 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new, widespread ban on cigarette smoking in parks passed Tuesday as a byproduct of city council’s debate on cannabis.
  Coun. Michael Walters introduced a motion to align the rules around cannabis and cigarette smoking and to simplify them by preventing smoking anywhere in a park that has facilities that attract children. That means cigarette smoking would be banned anywhere in Hawrelak Park, Terwillegar Park or most school yards.
  “We have a principle that says we don’t want to
  
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• Cold Lake soldier charged with child luring offences

  11-07-2018 01:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Cold Lake soldier is facing a series of criminal charges related to child luring and attempted sexual assault.
  Cpl. Jean-Francois Paquette is facing six charges in connection to a July 3 “internet based” incident, said a news release from the Department of National Defence on Tuesday.
  Paquette is a member of the 4 Mission Support Squadron at CFB Cold Lake and was charged July 5 with luring a child under 16 years old; making, printing or publishing child pornography; distributing o
  
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• Watching Fast and Furious may make you drive fast and furious: University of Alberta study

  11-07-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  When you jump in the car after watching a chase film, be sure not to model your drive home on the example of its heroes.
  On Tuesday, University of Alberta psychology doctorate faculty member Deanna Singhal presented findings from two studies that suggested movies with aggressive driving may encourage its viewers to drive more aggressively.
  “We definitely saw a relationship between the release of Furious 7 and changes in speeding behaviour,” Singhal said after the presentation.
  Singha
  
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• Council passes new tobacco smoking ban for parks, Whyte Avenue in cannabis debate

  11-07-2018 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new, widespread ban on cigarette smoking in parks passed Tuesday as a byproduct of city council’s debate on cannabis.
  Coun. Michael Walters introduced a motion to align the rules around cannabis and cigarette smoking and to simplify them by preventing smoking anywhere in a park that has facilities that attract children. That means cigarette smoking would be banned anywhere in Hawrelak Park, Terwillegar Park or most school yards.
  “We have a principle that says we don’t want to
  
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• New virtual reality game coming to West Edmonton Mall

  11-07-2018 00:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new virtual reality gaming experience is expected to open in West Edmonton Mall later this summer.
  THE VOID at The Rec Room will be the second Canadian location after the first opened in Toronto last summer. Cineplex, which is partnered with the entertainment company for Canadian locations, plans to open a minimum of five locations in Canada in the next few years, said a Tuesday news release.
  Founded in 2015, THE VOID sells itself as “hyper reality,” featuring VR headsets and other
  
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• Fort McMurray bans public consumption of cannabis

  11-07-2018 00:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray — Consuming or producing cannabis publicly in Wood Buffalo will not be allowed after the municipal council unanimously passed three bylaws regarding marijuana regulation at a special council meeting Monday.
  Council also passed bylaws keeping cannabis retailers in urban areas at least 150 metres away from schools and provincial health-care facilities, child care centres and rehabilitation centres.
  In rural areas, this barrier would be at a minimum of 100 metres.
  Production fac
  
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