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• Edmonton crews kept busy cleaning up nearly 200 downed tree branches after Friday storm

  21-07-2018 22:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  City crews spent Saturday cleaning up hundreds of branches downed during the previous evening’s powerful thunderstorm.
  The City of Edmonton’s 311 service received 152 reports of hazardous broken branches as of noon Saturday, spokeswoman Lori Yanish said.Another 44 calls came in about broken branches on city trees and five reports of dead trees in the river valley.Most of the damage occurred south of the river in older neighbourhoods, Yanish said in an email.
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• Smooth sailing through stormy seas Friday at Interstellar Rodeo

  21-07-2018 20:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  This is going to sound strange, but if anything, the stormy weather and safety delays made Friday at Interstellar Rodeo better, as the good-natured, super-chill music festival repeatedly showed off its true character.
  From the get-go, year seven kicked off with the early bird crowd raising libations and coming together up front under the giant Heritage Amphitheatre tent in Hawrelak Park, creating an anticipatory excitement and early shared cheers as Jesse Jams and the Flams took the stage in the
  
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• U.S. investors eye Alberta thanks to petrochemical incentives

  21-07-2018 19:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government’s incentive program is working to lure petrochemical companies north of the 49th parallel, according to a natural resources research firm based in Houston, Texas.
  Wood Mackenzie senior vice-president of chemicals, Stephen Zinger, says although Canada has higher capital startup expense costs and a carbon tax, in Alberta those are offset by the government’s recent petrochemical incentives.
  Zinger outlined his findings in a recent report called Wanted: Chemicals I
  
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• Edmonton weather: Risk of thunderstorm tonight, 'extremely heavy' rainfall warnings in west Alberta

  21-07-2018 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environment Canada is calling for a another thunderstorm in Edmonton.
  Forecasters expect increasing cloudiness throughout the day Saturday with a 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm this evening. A high of 20 is expected.
  Tonight, the forecast is mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Expect 20 km/h winds from the northwest with gusts to 40 km/h. The overnight low should be around 13 C.
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• Teenage girl with gunshot wound dropped at Royal Alexandra hospital

  21-07-2018 17:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are investigating after a teenage girl was dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound.
  Officers were called to the Royal Alexandra Hospital near downtown around 4 a.m. Thursday after the girl was discovered. An Alberta Health Services spokesperson said a patient was dropped off by a private vehicle and was transported by EMS crews to the emergency department.
  A police spokesman said Friday that officers don’t know how she arrived at the hospital, or where she was
  
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• Saturday's letters: Replace Greyhound service with ride-sharing

  21-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “PM looking for Greyhound alternatives,” July 18
  The end of Greyhound’s service in Western Canada signals the end of safe, convenient travel for many. The solution to this problem isn’t costly government-subsidized buses. The solution is a well-screened, secure and accountable ride-sharing program such as Europe’s BlaBlaCar.
  BlaBlaCar matches people offering space in their vehicles with people looking for a ride. Searches link travellers based on towns at the be
  
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• Opinion: 'Major problems' with column on social studies curriculum

  21-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A July 19 David Staples column expressed anxieties present for over a year about the overhaul of the social studies curriculum. His article is a reaction to a prototype of the K-4 social curriculum, and is mainly a catalogue of perceived deficiencies in the curriculum and disapproval of its overall tenor.
  Instead of teaching Canadian history, he writes, or speaking of what it means to be “Albertan,” it talks about “First Nations, Metis, Inuit, francophone and diverse group
  
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• The trike came back - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 10:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  The trike came back
  St. Albert Gazette
  If only Caleb Cenek's trike could write an essay on what it did for its summer vacation. It would likely tell a fabulous story about having a great time with Caleb, getting stolen from in front of his Lacombe Park house, becoming a cause célèbre, and ...
  
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• Fish eggs develop weirdly when given cannabis - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 10:47 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Fish eggs develop weirdly when given cannabis
  St. Albert Gazette
  A University of Alberta study discovered that fish embryos exposed to cannabis took longer to hatch, had a lower survival rate, a reduced heart rate and developed weirdly shaped motor neurons. “We think this is a starting point, a place where we can ...
  
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• Miners start playoffs with victory, Rams nab silver at provincials - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 10:36 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Miners start playoffs with victory, Rams nab silver at provincials
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert Miners lacrosse team kicked off their best-of-five playoff series against the Edmonton Warriors with a 17-5 win on Wednesday. The Miners finished the season in first place, with 16 wins, one loss and a tie. The stellar season finished on ...
  
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• Impact 1 conquers Impact 2 in last-minute thriller - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 10:36 via stalbertgazette.com
  Impact 1 conquers Impact 2 in last-minute thriller
  St. Albert Gazette
  The premier Impact 1 women's soccer squad, chasing Impact 2 for most of the night, pulled out a last-minute miracle, beating its St. Albert rival 2-1 Tuesday. Chris Spaidal, head coach of Impact 1, said he was frustrated as his team spent most of the ...
  
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• Alberta Summer Games, rugby action set for this weekend - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 10:36 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Alberta Summer Games, rugby action set for this weekend
  St. Albert Gazette
  The provincial Summer Games will take over Grande Prairie this year with St. Albert athletes representing Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead). Forty-five athletes will be heading north from St. Albert to compete in events such as rugby, football, baseball, ...
  
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• Edmonton weather: K-Days rides reopen, storm watch no longer in effect

  21-07-2018 05:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Festivals were temporarily shuttered Friday evening as wind gusts, rain and hail battered Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:27 p.m. but lifted it around 5:20 p.m.
  The city remained under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7:44 p.m.
  Threats of hail and strong winds will remain into the evening, said Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang Friday.
  The storms all formed outside the city and moved inward, and a few more might come
  
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• Baseball camp takes flight under Blue Jays' wing - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 04:33 via stalbertgazette.com
  Baseball camp takes flight under Blue Jays' wing
  St. Albert Gazette
  As the young baseball player positions himself next to the tee, he swings the bat over his shoulder and thwacks the baseball clean off its rubber stand. Behind, Toronto Blue Jays alumni Jesse Barfield nods his head in approval. “This kid is a hitter ...
  
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• No time to waste: soccer space needed now - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 04:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  No time to waste: soccer space needed now
  St. Albert Gazette
  But with the St. Albert Soccer Association (SASA) making slow-but-steady progress on its Field of Dreams initiative, time is of the essence. The problem is the jury is out on a firm timeline for that project. Craig Cameron, SASA's program support for ...
  
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• Edmonton councillor eyes sports campus - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 04:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Edmonton councillor eyes sports campus
  St. Albert Gazette
  One Edmonton city councillor says a proposed multi-million-dollar sports campus in St. Albert could be the perfect project to work on together. Active Communities Alberta received conditional support from St. Albert city council late last month for its ...
  
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• Community gardens are not a free-for-all - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 04:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Community gardens are not a free-for-all
  St. Albert Gazette
  A pair of community gardeners in St. Albert are seeing the fruits of their labour stolen straight from their personal plots. Donna Marquardt, a St. Albert resident, shares a small plot in a community garden with another gardener. She was disappointed ...
  
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• Backpacking through history - St. Albert Gazette

  21-07-2018 04:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Backpacking through history
  St. Albert Gazette
  Want to do some time-travel for just three bucks? You can explore St. Albert's past this summer thanks to a little-known backpack tour now available at St. Albert's museum. The Gazette accompanied Musée Héritage Museum acting programs manager Roy ...
  
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• Bail hearing set for driver accused of running down elderly woman at Edmonton KFC

  21-07-2018 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman accused of intentionally smashing an SUV into an elderly woman outside of an Edmonton fast-food restaurant is to appear in court next week.
  Police arrested 60-year-old Donna Elder after she allegedly drove her Toyota RAV4 into a west Edmonton KFC Wednesday, striking an 85-year-old woman in the process.
  Police arrived on scene at 156 Street and 87 Avenue and found the elderly woman, identified in court documents Friday as Katherine Triplett, lying on the ground in front of the restaurant
  
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• High levels of toxins prompt new safety rules at former Domtar site: Alberta Health

  21-07-2018 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  High levels of dioxins and furans found on the former Domtar industrial lands in northeast Edmonton has prompted the Alberta government to issue new safety regulations for workers to wear additional protection and use decontamination facilities.
  In letter delivered to nearby homeowners on Thursday, the province said the enhanced measures were ordered after reviewing soil test results that were handed over by the landowner on July 13.
  The tests, from an undeveloped portion of the site that former
  
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• Edmonton weather: K-Days reopens rides, threats of hail and wind remain

  21-07-2018 02:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Festivals were temporarily shuttered Friday evening as wind gusts, rain and hail battered Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:27 p.m. but lifted it around 5:20 p.m.
  Threats of hail and strong winds will remain into the evening, said Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang Friday evening.
  The storms all formed outside the city and moved inward, and a few more might come into Edmonton in a similar pattern, Lang said. Residents sh
  
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• Graham Thomson: Ontario Premier Ford ducks from fight with Rachel Notley

  21-07-2018 02:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley went in to this week’s annual premiers’ conference expecting to go toe-to-toe with Ontario’s Doug Ford.
  After all, the two could not be further apart on the issues of carbon taxes and climate change.
  But while Notley was lacing up the boxing gloves, Ford was putting on the kid gloves.
  He didn’t want a confrontation
  That was a bit of a surprise given how clamorous he has been on the issue of governments putting a price on carbon. Shortly after taking
  
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• Paula Simons: Colony of Unrequited Schemes: Derek Fildebrandt launches party for patriots

  21-07-2018 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, said the great English wordsmith Samuel Johnson.
  Which brings us to the case of Alberta’s rogue and roguish MLA, Derek Fildebrandt.
  On Friday, Fildebrandt held a news conference in Calgary to introduce himself as the new interim leader of the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta.
  “I would describe us as an Alberta patriot party, or autonomous party,” Fildebrandt told the Calgary press.
  Fildebrandt, you may recall, started his car
  
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• Edmonton weather: All K-Days rides closed, as severe thunderstorm warning issued

  21-07-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by Environment Canada for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
  At K-Days, which kicked off Friday, all rides were stopped late Friday afternoon, and Northlands staff had ushered fair-goers inside the Expo Centre, where they were sheltering in place, said Carson Mills, communications manager for Northlands.People were packed inside the exhibition centre and staff were telling people they were not allowed outside, he said. Mills had not heard any ea
  
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• Education Minister responds to critics of new school curriculum

  21-07-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s education minister dismissed criticism that the new social studies K-4 curriculum is being driven by a political agenda.
  “To suggest anything (is) political about it, I think is very misleading and confused,” David Eggen told reporters Thursday.
  
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• Grande Prairie doctor who created 'culture of fear' suspended two years, fined $700,000

  21-07-2018 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Grande Prairie surgeon who fostered a “culture of fear and distrust” by frequently complaining and threatening legal action against colleagues has been banned from practising medicine for at least two years and ordered to pay more than $700,000.
  Dr. Mohammed Al-Ghamdi’s combative behaviour and failure to co-operate with coworkers made him a “disruptive” force to health services over a decade at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital, a tribunal of the College of Physicia
  
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