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• Queen Elizabeth Welcomes Trump to Windsor Castle

  13-07-2018 23:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The president and first lady Melania Trump were delivered by chauffeured Range Rover at early evening Friday to the courtyard of Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II was awaiting them under a canopy on a dais — far from the anti-Trump protesters demonstrating across London.
  — The Associated Press
  
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• Vermentino grapes lead to lovely, summery white wines

  13-07-2018 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  We all need a great summer white wine. If you’re looking for an alternative to Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio, let me introduce you to Vermentino (pronounced ver-men-TEE-no) – an overlooked varietal that’s worth seeking out. The wines are vibrant and refreshing and will take you away with thoughts of Mediterranean vacations and cool breezes.
  — Juanita Roos
  
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• Homicide unit investigating after two found dead in Blue Quill home

  13-07-2018 23:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating after two people were found dead in a southwest home Thursday.
  Officers called to the address found the male and female dead inside the Blue Quill neighbourhood home around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, said police in a Friday news release.
  Autopsies are pending.
  A lone Edmonton police cruiser and officer remained stationed at the scene near 112 Street and 27 Avenue on Friday afternoon.
  Edmonton has had 17 homicides so far this year. A daylight drive-by shoot
  
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• Fourth person in three months dies at Edmonton Remand Centre

  13-07-2018 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 26-year-old man died Friday at the Edmonton Remand Centre, bringing the total number of deaths at the jail this year to four.
  Edmonton Police Service confirmed Friday they were dispatched to the facility in the north of the city around 8 a.m. for a report of a sudden death of the man who was found unresponsive in his cell.
  Correctional centre staff and Alberta Health Services members “responded immediately with Narcan and epinephrine administered to him without result,” Alberta Jus
  
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• Dining Out: Bold, comforting Filipino food, piping hot and fresh at Kanto 98 St.

  13-07-2018 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Casual, quick and delicious, “street food” restaurants have become a popular choice in Edmonton of late. They’re a step up from the awkward food truck experience of balancing flimsy plate, drink and curbside seating without the fuss and time commitment of a fancier restaurant.
  Tres Carnales was among the first to bring street food indoors. Now, chef Edgar Gutierrez of the celebrated downtown taqueria has opened his own little spot featuring the food of his homeland, the Philipp
  
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• Award-winning pop and soul singer likes to experiment

  13-07-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  She’s got one of those voices that can stop you in your tracks to find out who’s singing. That largely self-developed gift has led her experience in varied musical genres from an early age, and she has the songwriting craft to match.
  But in the end, the most important facet to the progressive-alternative pop and soul sound of the artist who calls herself Karimah might be the passion she brings to what she’s doing.
  “Songwriting is the way that I process my experience as a
  
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• New LED lighting technology brings the power of the sun to hydroponics

  13-07-2018 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A high-tech lighting system that mimics the huge variety of sunlight — manufactured by Edmonton company G2V and developed in a University of Alberta lab by research scientist Michael Taschuk —  is now being tested in four cannabis grow operations across Canada.
  The G2V lighting system wasn’t developed to grow plants. Instead it was built to test solar cells at the U of A’s National Institute of Nanotechnology. The goal with solar cells is to get even slight increases
  
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• Man who led police on 30-second chase, t-boned SUV gets 25-month sentence

  13-07-2018 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who t-boned an SUV while fleeing police in 2017 will serve a 25-month sentence.
  Justin Cole Larocque, 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle while being pursued by police causing bodily harm and one count of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while disqualified.
  According to an agreed statement of facts entered with the court by Crown prosecutor Alison Magill, police in Sherwood Park received a 911 complaint about 3:15 a.m. on January 29, 2017,
  
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• We're asking wrong question when we ask how Edmonton Oilers can best utilize Milan Lucic

  13-07-2018 20:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  The unrelenting focus needs to be on unleashing McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH and Puljujarvi, not on finding a choice spot for Lucic
  We’re asking the wrong question when we’re asking how the Edmonton Oilers can best utilize Milan Lucic.
  I say this even as Lucic, 30, has five years left on deal that will pay him $6 million per, which obviously makes him a key figure on the Oilers.
  I say this after hearing Oilers insider Bob Stauffer repeatedly insist that Lucic will be given a shot on the t
  
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• Edmonton weather: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for city, central Alberta

  13-07-2018 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here we go again.
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the city of Edmonton, and much of central Alberta.
  “Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, damaging hail and heavy rain.,” reads a statement from the national weather watchdog. “Conditions through central Alberta are most likely to develop strong supercells. Some of these supercells may have the potential to beco
  
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• Deadly Pine Lake tornado: 18 years since 'absolute chaos' descended on Alberta

  13-07-2018 19:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Soon after the deadly tornado struck the Green Acres campground near Pine Lake in 2000, first responder RCMP Const. Dan Doyle was asked by reporters to assess the aftermath.
  His response about the F-3 category storm that left 12 people dead, 140 injured and 1,000 others displaced, was nothing if not blunt.
  “It’s unbelievable to see what Mother Nature can actually do,” Doyle told reporters of what he saw on July 14, 2000.
  “It’s as though a steamroller had actual
  
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• Homicide police investigating after two people found dead in Blue Quill home

  13-07-2018 19:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating after two people were found dead in a southwest home Thursday.
  Around 3:30 p.m. police were called to the residence in the Blue Quill neighbourhood where a dead male and female were found.
  Autopsies are pending.
  
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• FISE World Series 2018 Edmonton

  13-07-2018 18:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  BMX competitors Daniel Dhers and Analia Zacarias speak about the FISE World Series Edmonton, which officially opened in Edmonton, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. FISE competition begins Friday at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, 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.
  
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• New York trio's "brasshouse" sound makes it out of subway, onto stage

  13-07-2018 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  You just never know what sort of musical surprises might come out of the underground.
  It has been five years now since Too Many Zooz started busking in the subways of New York to make some extra cash. These days, the trio seldom plays below the streets given an itinerary that sees them hitting clubs and concert stages across North America and Europe for up to 180 shows a year.
  But as they’ve moved on to more comfortable venues, the original sonic limitations persist. Leo Pellegrino’s
  
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• Councillor wants south-side seniors to get first dibs on housing

  13-07-2018 17:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A surplus school site on the city’s south side could be home to a seniors housing development with local residents having the first option to purchase units — a first of its kind in Edmonton if city council votes to approve the community’s wishes.
  The Ogilvie Ridge space was approved for a housing development in 2015 and through extensive public engagement, the community voiced their support for seniors housing to meet the needs of their aging residents.
  Area Coun. Tim Cartmell
  
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• 'Verging on malicious': Pay docked for Edmonton police officer who broke man's eye socket

  13-07-2018 15:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officer facing a discreditable conduct charge under the Police Act will have his pay docked $2,890, a disciplinary panel decided this week.
  Const. Sean Briegel received a conditional discharge in August 2016 after being criminally convicted of assault causing bodily harm for breaking an intoxicated man’s eye socket while attempting to remove him from a store on March 8, 2014.
  The 33-year-old was given a conditional sentence of 120 hours of communi
  
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• More than 60 drugs and weapons charges laid after Fox Creek bust

  13-07-2018 15:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eight people are facing a laundry list of drugs and weapons charges after Mounties raided two homes in the town of Fox Creek in northern Alberta.
  Fox Creek RCMP and the Western Alberta Rural Crime Reduction Unit located heroine, methamphetamine, cocaine and close to $11,500 in cash during their searches at the homes on July 4.
  Two loaded firearms were also recovered.
  Collectively, more than 60 charges were laid against the Fox Creek and Grande Prairie residents.
  Fox Creek is located about 260km
  
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• Edmonton weather: So how 'bout that thunderstorm?

  13-07-2018 14:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 14.8 C with a 16 km/h wind coming from the east. Well that was quite the show last night/early this morning, as the skies opened up and rained torrential downfalls and clapping thunder and lightning. I find thunderstorms particularly soothing, but my dogs weren’t exactly on board with the whole thing. What about you? Do you like thunderstorms or do you need
  
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• Opinion: Wounds still painful from the Srebrenica massacre

  13-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Most of my fellow Albertans associate July with a hope for a few days of hot weather and fewer road repairs. For me, July also means evoking some unpleasant memories of my homeland in the former Yugoslavia.
  The genocide in Srebrenica is one such memory. Over the past 11 summers I have been writing for Canadian newspapers about the Balkan slaughterhouse and the genocide perpetrated in July 1995 by the forces of the Republic of Srpska against the Bosnian Muslim civilians in the eastern Bosnian tow
  
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• Opinion: Rude millennials? Feh. How about rude seniors?

  13-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Attending a public event recently, I witnessed an elderly gentleman, cane in hand, come across an umbrella that blocked his passage ever so slightly. His response was to use his cane to whack the offending article two rows away.
  Such behaviour is symptomatic of an attitude I have witnessed all too often when around members of my own generation. Call it Aggressive Aged Syndrome. Of all the many demographic groups with which I am associated, my membership in the senior citizen category disturbs me
  
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• Friday letters: Edmonton's Imperial Oil refinery opened 70 years ago

  13-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  July 17 marks the 70th anniversary of the official opening of the original Imperial Oil refinery east of Edmonton, on what is now Imperial’s Strathcona refinery.
  After discovering oil in the Leduc field Feb.13, 1947, Imperial decided a refinery was needed in the Edmonton area. The original 360-acre site was purchased in the District of Clover Bar, now Strathcona County.
  There was a severe shortage of steel and other materials after the Second World War, so building a plant from scratch wou
  
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• Edmonton to extend city manager's contract

  13-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City manager Linda Cochrane’s contract will be extended.
  Postmedia learned from several sources Thursday that Cochrane has robust support from councillors who want to see her continue her work reforming city services.
  Although her contract does not expire until March next year, Coun. Tony Caterina had said in an earlier report that a decision needs to be made as soon as possible, otherwise the city could be left without a manager for months. That, he said, would put hurdles in the way of m
  
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• Condo developer fills up massive downtown hole

  13-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A gaping downtown hole is gone after the construction of a new highrise condo reached its latest milestone.
  “We’ve hit the ground floor … that hole sat open for almost four years,” said business development manager Sarah Itani with Calgary-based Cidex Group. “Everyone is really excited.”
  The building site at 95 Street and Jasper Avenue is home to the Hat at Five Corners project, which is billed as a 199-unit condo that will include retail space.
  “W
  
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• United Conservatives win Alberta byelections

  13-07-2018 06:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray — Laila Goodridge of the United Conservative Party has been elected MLA of Fort McMurray-Conklin.
  With 42 out of 43 polls reporting, Goodridge was elected with 65.89 per cent of the vote.
  Despite an aggressive campaign that saw visits from Premier Rachel Notley and large social media support, NDP candidate and municipal councillor Jane Stroud followed with 29.53 per cent.
  Sid Fayad of the Alberta Party followed with 2.75 per cent of the vote. Robin Le Fevre of
  
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• Calves headed to market roped in for Cross Cancer Institute fundraiser

  13-07-2018 04:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hooch, a friendly, orphaned Charolais-hybrid calf from a Mundare ranch, is going to market this fall. Instead of the calf’s auction earnings going to his rancher, they will go to the battle against cancer.
  The calf was the first of 50 entered into the Calves for Cancer campaign by Alberta country radio station 840 CFCW AM. Pledged calves will remain at their ranches until cattle auctions start in October. All proceeds from their sales will go to the Cross Cancer Institute for its 50th anni
  
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• Councillor wants south-side seniors to get first dibs on affordable housing

  13-07-2018 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A surplus school site on the city’s south side could be home to a seniors housing development with local residents having the first option to purchase units — a first of its kind in Edmonton if city council votes to approve the community’s wishes.
  The Ogilvie Ridge space was approved for a housing development in 2015 and through extensive public engagement, the community voiced their support for seniors housing to meet the needs of their aging residents.
  Area Coun. Tim Cartmell
  
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• Pot shops to be treated like liquor stores - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 03:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Pot shops to be treated like liquor stores
  St. Albert Gazette
  If you're wondering where pot shops in St. Albert will be allowed, you need not look further than the nearest liquor store. St. Albert will be treating cannabis stores like liquor stores once pot is legalized in October. On Monday, city councillors put ...
  
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• Letting loose from PTSD - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 03:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Letting loose from PTSD
  St. Albert Gazette
  DETAILS. Edmonton First Responders' Rodeo. Saturday, July 14. Gates open at 11 a.m.. Ron Hodgson Kids' Corral 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with mutton-busting, bouncy castles, A Couple Chicks Petting Zoo, obstacle course, charity dunk tank, face painting plus ...
  
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• Hundreds remember Wack, Joseph, Lukan and Hunter - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 02:46 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Hundreds remember Wack, Joseph, Lukan and Hunter
  St. Albert Gazette
  Four teams took the ice over the weekend in memory of their friends, Stephen Wack, Jaxon Joseph, Logan Hunter and Conner Lukan, in a charity tournament that drew in hundreds of spectators from the region. Ashley Verbeek, an athletic therapist, came ...
  
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• Emotional opening ceremonies for tournament - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 02:46 via stalbertgazette.com
  Emotional opening ceremonies for tournament
  St. Albert Gazette
  Parents, family, friends and loved ones of the four St. Albert boys who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash were moved to tears after an emotional opening ceremony kicked off a three-day long memorial tournament in St. Albert over the weekend.and more »
  
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• Yes vote for BLESS fix - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 02:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Yes vote for BLESS fix
  St. Albert Gazette
  A round of applause filled the air in council chambers Monday evening after St. Albert city councillors agreed to replace a bird-watching platform at Big Lake. The city will spend approximately $342,900 to shore up the platform's unstable structure ...
  
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• David Staples: New lamp that mimics the sun has major impact on cannabis growing

  13-07-2018 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The power of simulated sunlight is showing remarkable results in growing cannabis.
  A high-tech lighting system that mimics the huge variety of sunlight — manufactured by Edmonton company G2V and developed in a University of Alberta lab by research scientist Michael Taschuk —  is now being tested in four cannabis grow operations across Canada.
  The results have been astonishing, so much so that this lighting system could have numerous beneficial applications for food and plant gro
  
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• VIDEO: FISE World Series 2018 Edmonton

  13-07-2018 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  BMX competitors Daniel Dhers and Analia Zacarias speak about the FISE World Series Edmonton, which officially opened in Edmonton, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. FISE competition begins Friday at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, 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.
  
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• Trike stolen from autistic boy - St. Albert Gazette

  13-07-2018 01:30 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Trike stolen from autistic boy
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  Caleb Cenek misses his trike in a way that words cannot express. When he noticed that it was stolen on Tuesday, the 12-year-old autistic boy became distraught. “He's pretty quiet. He doesn't really say much. When he first saw, his lips started ...
  
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