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• Sherwood Park RCMP officer charged after alleged Taser threats

  12-07-2018 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A constable from Strathcona County is facing charges for allegedly pointing a Taser at the head of a municipal employee last December, say RCMP.
  The alleged incident occurred inside the county’s RCMP headquarters on Dec. 19, said Strathcona RCMP in a Thursday news release.
  A similar incident between the officer and the employee also allegedly occurred two years earlier, RCMP said.
  Const. Steve Burgess was charged last Friday with assault with a weapon, along with and two counts of pos
  
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• Edmonton animal control centre will not accept cats for a week

  12-07-2018 23:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Animal Care and Control Centre (ACCC) has too many cats.
  So it’s put a temporary halt on taking in any healthy cats for one week starting Friday, said a news release Thursday.
  The move will give the centre — which is at 137 per cent of their capacity for cats — time to transfer animals to partner agencies that provide shelter to cats. However, the centre says it will still accept injured or sick kittens.
  Each year, the centre takes in more than 4,000 cats. On average, only
  
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• PHOTOS: FISE World Series 2018 Edmonton

  12-07-2018 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  BMX riders from around the world practiced at the FISE World Series Edmonton, which officially opened in Edmonton, Canada on Thursday July 12, 2018. FISE competition will start Friday July 13, 2018 at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park in Edmonton, an outdoor action sports arena where some of the world’s best pro riders and amateurs will compete in BMX Freestyle, BMX Flatland, Skateboard and Scooter competitions. The competition ends Sunday July 15, 2018.
  Logan Martin (BMX Freestyle Park com
  
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• Body of missing two-year-old boy found on Peace River

  12-07-2018 19:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Peace River Mounties have recovered the body of a two-year-old boy more than 200 kilometres from where he was last seen on the Wapiti River in northern Alberta.
  An exhaustive search effort by Saskatchewan and Manitoba members of the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team was launched after the child went missing on July 6.
  Boat patrol teams searched the river using sonar and physical dives and the search efforts also included an air operation.
  Mounties were called Thursday to a constructio
  
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• Edmonton animal control centre will not accept anymore cats for a week

  12-07-2018 19:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Animal Care and Control Centre (ACCC) has too many cats.
  So it’s put a temporary halt on taking in any healthy cats for one week starting Friday, said a news release Thursday.
  The move will give the ACCC — which is at 137 per cent of their capacity for cats — time to transfer animals to partner agencies that provide shelter to cats. However, the centre says it will still accept injured or sick and kittens.
  Each year, the ACCC takes in more than 4,000 cats. On average, only
  
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• New grain terminal coming to county (maybe) - St. Albert Gazette

  12-07-2018 18:50 via stalbertgazette.com
  New grain terminal coming to county (maybe)
  St. Albert Gazette
  Sturgeon County may soon be host to a second grain terminal – the first new one to be built in decades. County council passed first reading Monday on a land-use bylaw amendment requested by the grain company G3 Canada Limited. The amendment, if ...
  
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• NDP candidate vying for nomination in Morinville-St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  12-07-2018 18:50 via stalbertgazette.com
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  NDP candidate vying for nomination in Morinville-St. Albert
  St. Albert Gazette
  Shawna Gawreluck, a resident of the region for over 15 years, is running for the NDP nomination in the newly formed riding that captures the northeast region of St. Albert, the town of Morinville and surrounding area. The medical laboratory ...
  
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• City pursues more pool, less price - St. Albert Gazette

  12-07-2018 18:50 via stalbertgazette.com
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  City pursues more pool, less price
  St. Albert Gazette
  If you think you know how to solve St. Albert's ice and aquatics needs and you've got a plan to get there, the city wants to hear from you. The city is looking for proposals on a swimming pool complex with an eight-lane, 25-to 50-metre pool, an ice ...
  
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• Milan Lucic not fight enough? Not hustle enough? No, that wasn't the issue in his slump

  12-07-2018 18:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The other day my colleague Bruce McCurdy was joking with me about the number of posts I’ve written on the troubles and turmoil around Milan Lucic. McCurdy suggested it was something like 27, Lucic’s number.
  In fact, the number is 11 posts with Lucic in the headline, which is indeed a lot.
  That said, I make no apologies. I’ve been fascinated by a number of major mysteries around Lucic, first whether or not he’ll be traded and for what, second, just what went wrong with Luc
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle near Maskwacis

  12-07-2018 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 29-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle earlier this month near Maskwacis.
  Police said Thursday that the collision happened at around 1:30 a.m. on July 6 on Schoolhouse Road on the Ermineskin Cree Nation.
  An autopsy conducted on July 10 revealed the injuries sustained by Delaina Lace Cutarm were consistent with the victim “having been struck by a vehicle.”
  Anyone with information about Cutarm’s activities during the evening of July 5 or the early morning of
  
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• Jasper Avenue blaze deemed 'suspicious' by police arson investigators

  12-07-2018 17:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million worth of damage to a two-storey Jasper Avenue commercial building Wednesday morning has been deemed suspicious by arson investigators.
  Multiple fire crews arrived at 11725 Jasper Ave. just before 6 a.m. to find the building on fire. At its peak close to 50 firefighters were involved in containing the blaze.
  There were no occupants and no injuries but surrounding businesses were evacuated as a precaution. The fire was brought under control at 7:03 a.m.
  
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• Cannabis exposure harms zebrafish embryos: U of A study

  12-07-2018 16:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cannabis exposure resulted in malformations and lower survival rates for zebrafish embryos, shows a new study by biologists at the University of Alberta.
  The developing embryos exposed to chemical components of cannabis, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), suffered detrimental effects, said Declan Ali, professor in the department of biological sciences, in a Thursday news release.
  “We found that fewer eggs hatched and fewer fish survived,” said Ali, autho
  
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• Champion Petfoods facing charges over worker injury

  12-07-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton pet food company will go to trial in 2019 on occupational health and safety charges related to a worker sustaining a serious lower-leg injury.
  Champion Petfoods and staffing agency Kelly Services charges related to a worker being struck from behind by a lift truck while on foot in a warehouse.
  Champion recently made headlines when the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is negotiating a US$2 billion sale to Nestle.
  The article, citing unnamed sources familiar with the
  
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• Champion Pet Foods facing charges over worker injury

  12-07-2018 15:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton pet food company will go to trial in 2019 on occupational health and safety charges related to a worker sustaining a serious lower-leg injury.
  Champion Petfoods and staffing agency Kelly Services charges related to a worker being struck from behind by a lift truck while on foot in a warehouse.
  Champion recently made headlines when the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is negotiating a US$2 billion sale to Nestle.
  The article, citing unnamed sources familiar with the
  
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• Edmonton weather: A gorgeous morning turns into evening thunderstorms

  12-07-2018 14:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 17.1 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the west, northwest.
  Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. High 26 C. Humidex 27. UV index 8 or very high.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Low 15 C.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of shower
  
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• Thursday's letters: Flair Airline's move to Edmonton a good sign

  12-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There wasn’t much excitement surrounding the announcement last month of Flair Airline’s head office relocation to Edmonton.
  Eight years ago, the closure of the municipal airport was supposed to improve our region’s air service through consolidation, provide a once-in-a-lifetime real estate development opportunity in the heart of our city, and facilitate densification in our core with higher towers. Only the last promise has been fulfilled.
  We should be thrilled that Flair is mo
  
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• Opinion: Better Internet service crucial for Indigenous communities

  12-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The government of Canada has devoted millions of dollars to expanding broadband in Canada. But it’ll take more than money to connect all First Nations communities.
  In rural, remote and northern communities across Canada, First Nations technicians are taking on Internet connectivity challenges themselves. Digital innovators like Bruce Buffalo in Maskwacis and Marc Awashish in Opiticiwan are climbing roofs and digging trenches to build local solutions, treating broadband as a community resou
  
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• Editorial: Time for governments to look at other options once Greyhound service ends

  12-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Greyhound buses have roamed Western Canada for almost 90 years, carrying people and freight between communities that often had few other good options for getting around.
  But with the company’s plan to end all service Oct. 31 in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C. (except for a run between Vancouver and Seattle), its long-distance coaches appear set to join such vanishing prairie icons as passenger trains and grain elevators.
  Many travellers have fond memories of Greyhound trips, wheth
  
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• Sixth round picks are supposed to be longshots, as current group of Edmonton Oilers centre prospects can attest

  12-07-2018 13:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects:Depth centres
  Depth picks produce depth prospects. It’s not invariably so but much more often that not. Such is the case with the four centres on the Edmonton Oilers’ extended roster who landed outside the top 25 on our eighth annual Cult of Hockey prospects series. Three of them were picked in the sixth round of their respective NHL Drafts, while the fourth wasn’t picked at all.
  This year’s rankings were obtained by the average of five rate
  
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• Edmonton pet food company facing charges over worker injury

  12-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton pet food company will go to trial in 2019 on occupational health and safety charges related to a worker sustaining a serious lower-leg injury.
  Champion Petfoods and staffing agency Kelly Services charges related to a worker being struck from behind by a lift truck while on foot in a warehouse.
  Champion recently made headlines when the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is negotiating a US$2 billion sale to Nestle.
  The article, citing unnamed sources familiar with the
  
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• Alberta Justice counsel grapples with how to police cannabis and driving

  12-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Changes to the Criminal Code wrought by Bill C-46 may aid prosecutors but will face battles in the Supreme Court for years to come, said Robert Palser, senior policy counsel for Alberta Justice and the provincial traffic safety co-ordinator Thursday.
  In his opening address on the fourth day of the International Conference on Traffic Safety, Palser addressed some of the changes to impaired driving offences that would come with the overhaul of the Criminal Code in December following cannabis legal
  
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• Man's body recovered from Pembina River near Highway 16 bridge

  12-07-2018 06:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  The body of a 37-year-old Edmonton man was found in the Pembina River 103 km west of the city Wednesday.
  The death is not considered suspicious at this time, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.
  Evansburg RCMP responded to a report of a body near the edge of the Pembina River near Entwistle below the Highway 16 bridge at about 1 p.m., the release said.
  The rugged terrain and steep cliffs in the area made the recovery somewhat dangerous, lasting several hours, RCMP Cpl. Curtis Peters said. A po
  
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• Bulldogs, barrel tricks and birth control: Theatre Network debuts its 2018-19 season

  12-07-2018 03:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The plebian among us are fascinated by the artistic mind. We imagine it swirling with grand thoughts, its every decision infused with meaning.
  So when interviewing Bradley Moss of Theatre Network about the upcoming 2018-19 season, I am excited to hear how the artistic director, entering his 20th year at the network helm, has managed to pull together an important, yet entertaining lineup sure to sell a whack of tickets. Was he up nights, pondering a theme?
  Ah, no. Here’s the truth of it.
  &l
  
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• Graham Thomson: Fort McMurray byelection could be a toss up if voters don't show up

  12-07-2018 02:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s election day in Alberta.
  Well, more accurately, it’s byelection day in two ridings — Innisfail-Sylvan Lake and Fort McMurray-Conklin.
  Odds are you had no idea there were a couple of elections on. Even if you live in either riding, you might only have a foggy inkling something was up.
  That’s because the United Conservative Party is expected to win them both. The riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake has voted conservative — either Progressive Conservative or Wildrose
  
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• Mayor mum on city manager contract vote, expects public announcement this week

  12-07-2018 01:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city remains quiet on a private vote by council Wednesday morning on whether or not to renew city manager Linda Cochrane’s contract, but Mayor Don Iveson said an announcement should be coming later this week.
  Two attachments were added to the verbal contract update report. Council voted in favour of adding them.
  When asked about the result of the vote on the contract, Iveson said, “I can’t yet because council gave instructions to take a couple more steps on that and as
  
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• Alberta votes: Byelections Thursday in Fort McMurray-Conklin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

  12-07-2018 01:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Voters in two Alberta ridings will cast their ballots Thursday following a week of advance polls that saw high turnout.
  In both Fort McMurray-Conklin and Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, more votes were counted during the five-day advance polls July 3-7 than in similar polls during the 2015 general election.
  There were 1,074 ballots cast in Fort McMurray-Conklin advance polls compared to 719 in 2015. Innisfail-Sylvan Lake also had an uptick with 2,845 votes cast compared to 2,826 three years ago.
  Both emp
  
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• Vegan restaurants bring crunchy variety to Edmonton's food scene

  12-07-2018 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Consumers may line up for cheese made from cashews because it’s trendy. Or there may truly be a plant-based movement afoot. Either way, more dining options for vegans are sprouting up in Edmonton.
  By the end of the summer, three well-known, non-meat brands are due to open. The Green Moustache and Copper Branch are chains from B.C. and Quebec respectively that are devoted to whole, plant-based and organic foods.
  Come August, American celebrity chef Matthew Kenney launches Kanu, an upscale e
  
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• Viking Mountie charged with impaired driving

  12-07-2018 01:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  An RCMP officer is facing an impaired driving charge after allegedly driving to an eastern Alberta public swimming pool while intoxicated.
  Const. Andrea Bole, a Mountie with the Viking, Alta. detachment, was off duty when she was arrested at the Killam Agriplex Swimming Pool on July 5, said a Wednesday RCMP news release.Killam RCMP responded to the pool after receiving a report that Bole had driven there after drinking alcohol.Officers decided to arrest and charge Bole after an initial investig
  
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• Council Briefs for July 9th

  12-07-2018 00:23
  Council Briefs are provided for the benefit of community members with the intent of giving a short, informal report on... Read Post
  
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• Council pours more money into $665-million Metro Line but won't say how much

  12-07-2018 00:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Taxpayers will be on the hook for additional costs to solve the signalling problem on the $665-million Metro Line LRT, but the city won’t disclose the amount until it’s running on track.
  Council unanimously voted on Wednesday — following a private meeting — to approve the undisclosed budget increase for costs associated with an alternative signalling system plan, separate from the current contract with Thales Canada.
  “We have to approve the dollars for that alt
  
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