St. Albert news

• Edmonton city manager Linda Cochrane to stay on until fall 2020

  16-07-2018 22:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council has agreed to an 18-month contract extension for city manager Linda Cochrane that will keep her in the role until September 2020.
  Cochrane’s three-year contract was set to expire next March, putting councillors under some pressure to decide whether to keep her.
  Conducting a search for a new city manager is typically a long process that can go on for several months. The extension gives council more time to decide the long-term future of the role.
  “This contract extension
  
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• Rating Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli this summer: two good bets and one weak on major positional needs

  16-07-2018 21:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Did Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli answer the team’s three biggest roster questions heading into this summer: a back-up goalie, a puck-moving right shot d-man and a winger or two to who can play on one of the top three lines?
  The short answer is that Chiarelli attempted to answer each of the questions and found answers within the budget constraints faced by the Oilers, and he did so without trading low on any veteran player who had a down year in 2017-18, d-men like Oscar Klefbom and Adam Larss
  
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• Courtney Barnett brings her humble superstar vibe to Interstellar Rodeo

  16-07-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  To say Courtney Barnett is an exceptional songwriter is an understatement — her unpretentious, gum-chewing lyrical swagger is familiar to anyone who’s ever told it like it is, or even wanted to.
  This she pairs with such a straightforward, playful, softcore punk vibe — start somewhere in the neighbourhood of Patti Smith and Elastica — which she then cranks up to knock over crowds a la Sauron in the opening flashback of Lord of the Rings, all the kids from Smells
  
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• Underwear shortage: Bissell Centre asking for 5,000 new pairs in week-long campaign

  16-07-2018 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  With nothing left on the shelves for those in need, Bissell Centre is asking Edmontonians to “Drop Your Gonch” and donate new underwear for the city’s homeless.
  The 5th annual week-long campaign launched Monday is hoping to collect 5,000 pairs of new undergarments for men and women to meet the demand throughout the summer.
  “Underwear donations are so hard to come by, we’ve been completely out for months,” marketing and communications manager Devin Komarniski s
  
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• Calgary Stampede mainstay Indian Village renamed as Elbow River Camp

  16-07-2018 18:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Calgary Stampede’s Indian Village will now be known as Elbow River Camp following a two-year discussion to change the name.
  The Stampede and the teepee owners of the village, which sits on the banks of the Elbow River, announced the joint decision to rename Sunday morning.
  “In the camp, we all put names forward from each teepee and from that we whittled it down to two names. It was Elbow River Camp or Treaty 7 Camp,” said Michael Meguinis, Calgary Stampede teepee owner
  
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• Protester removed from Trump-Putin news conference

  16-07-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  An apparent protester has been escorted out of a joint press conference between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The individual seated with the American press corps was holding a sign about nuclear weapons.
  He identified himself as a reporter from the liberal magazine ‘The Nation.’
  A U.S. Secret Service agent spoke with the unidentified man, before Finnish security physically escorted him from the room minutes before the two presidents entered to begin the
  
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• The Top 25 Edmonton Oilers prospects for 2018: #25, D Ryan Mantha

  16-07-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prospect rankings change for all kinds of reasons.
  But it really sucks, for both the team and the player, when it does so because of injury.
  2018 Edmonton Oilers Prospects
  This year’s rankings were obtained by the average of five raters: our homegrown trio of David Staples, Bruce McCurdy and yours truly, along with Matt Mosewich of Edmonton Prospect Watch (@EDProspectWatch) and Sean Patrick Ryan of The Oil Knight (TheOilNight.ca).#25 Ryan Mantha
  Once upon a time the name Ryan Mantha w
  
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• Edmonton weather: Prepare city for ludicrous heat

  16-07-2018 14:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 16 C with a 18 km/h wind coming from the south.
  Heat Warning in effect
  A heat warning is in effect for the city of Edmonton and much of the southeastern portion of the province.
  Maximum daily temperatures near 29 C or above and overnight temperatures near 14 C or above are expected Monday and Tuesday, Environment Canada said.
  People are being advised to take prec
  
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• 'Mandatory dispute resolution': Court of Queen's Bench takes aim at civil trial delays

  16-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A proposal to introduce mandatory dispute resolution ahead of civil trials as a way to help clear a backlog in Alberta’s superior court would be a “small attempt to solve a much bigger problem,” a senior Edmonton civil litigator says.
  The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta announced this month it is seeking feedback on a proposed pilot that would lift a suspension on rules requiring parties to attempt dispute resolution before going to trial on civil matters.
  “Our ab
  
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• Grassy Mountain coal project at centre of provincial, federal review

  16-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta coal mine slated to open in 2021 is at the centre of a review by the provincial and federal governments.
  The Grassy Mountain Coal Project is a proposed open-pit metallurgical coal mine planned for a legacy mining area near Blairmore in southwestern Alberta.
  According to government documents, the Riversdale Resources mine is set to cover 2,800 hectares around 150 kilometres southwest of Calgary, 13 kilometres east of the B.C. border. It will have the capacity to produce
  
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• Edmonton engineering students build bridge in Bolivia

  16-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A small community in Bolivia has a new stone and concrete bridge after the help of several Edmonton engineering students.
  University of Alberta students spent the month of May in the South American village of Chavarria building a 39-metre cable suspension bridge through collaboration with Bridges to Prosperity, a United States-based non-profit.The goal was to give farming families across the river from the village a way to cross during the rainy season, said U of A club president Mabel Smit
  
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• Boarders and BMXers perform tricks to inspire youngsters in crowd

  16-07-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  From the handlebar twists of BMX champs to rail grinds of pro skateboarders, Louise McKinney Riverfront Park was alive with international competitors this past weekend.
  The FISE World Series came to Edmonton for its third summer in a row with international BMX, skateboard and scooter competitions. FISE sports director Johan Berthonneau said Sunday the Edmonton crowd had a good energy.
  “What the riders love at FISE is the energy,” he said on the final day of competition. “Having
  
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• Heat warnings issued for greater Edmonton, southeastern Alberta

  16-07-2018 02:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heat warnings were issued for much of the southeastern portion of the province Sunday.
  Maximum daily temperatures near 29 C or above and overnight temperatures near 14 C or above are expected Monday and Tuesday, Environment Canada said.
  People are being advised to take precautions including rescheduling outdoor activities until cooler periods, taking frequent breaks, spending time indoors and drinking water and non-dehydrating beverages.
  Motorists are not to leave people or pets inside a closed
  
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• Heat warnings issued for Edmonton, much of Alberta

  16-07-2018 00:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heat warnings have been issued for much of the southeastern portion of the province.
  Maximum daily temperatures near 29C or above and overnight temperatures near 14C or above are expected Monday and Tuesday, Environment Canada said in a notice issued issued Sunday afternoon.
  People are being advised to take precautions including rescheduling outdoor activities until cooler periods, taking frequent breaks, spending time indoors and drinking water and non-dehydrating beverages.
  It’s also rec
  
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