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• Hudsons on Whyte, Nyala Lounge fined thousands of dollars for overcrowding

  23-07-2018 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges of overcrowding at two Edmonton bars led to the city doling out $12,000 in fines.
  Hudsons on Whyte Ltd. was fined $7,000 under the Alberta Fire Code and Alberta Safety Codes Act after pleading guilty on May 14, 2018, to charges related to overcrowding during an Edmonton Oilers playoff night on April 12, 2017, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) said in a news release Monday.
  Nyala Lounge, located at 98 Street and 108 Avenue, received a fine of $3,000 for a charge of overcrowding on
  
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• Attempted murder added to list of charges against woman accused of running down senior at KFC

  23-07-2018 23:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman accused of intentionally mowing down a senior with her vehicle at a Meadowlark neighbourhood KFC will undergo an assessment to see if she is fit to stand trial.
  Donna Colleen Elder, 60, who was originally charged with aggravated assault after the crash last week, will also face two new charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and attempted murder, provincial court heard Monday.
  Appearing via CCTV from Edmonton Remand, Elder stood with her hands clasped behind her back and spoke b
  
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• Interstellar Rodeo lives up to its great name as Courtney Barnett rocks the cone

  23-07-2018 23:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  You certainly can judge a book by its cover, but also a festival by its covers.
  Last weekend’s Interstellar Rodeo — the seventh annual in Edmonton — was perhaps the most lovely of all, and one of a great many reasons for this were tributes its players decided to summon.
  Let’s start with the freshest from Sunday, a stellar rendition of Moonage Daydream during Alejandro Escovedo’s set — sang by the Austin musician’s wingman guitarist. This would
  
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• Special needs children join local athletes at Monday Morning Magic

  23-07-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every time youngsters Austin and Ethan pass Northlands Park in the car, they get excited about returning to the annual Monday Morning Magic at K-Days. This week, they got their wish.
  This week marked the 41st Monday Morning Magic, a K-Days event that brings children with special needs to experience fairground rides for free, alongside local sports celebrities and costumed movie characters.
  About 1,800 people were expected to attend Monday Morning Magic, said K-Days communications manager Carson
  
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• Strathcona County spill blamed on failure to confirm buried pipeline location

  23-07-2018 22:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Failure to properly assess the location of a buried Enbridge pipeline led to a construction accident that released 1,000 cubic metres of crude oil condensate last year in Strathcona County, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Monday.
  The spill on Feb. 17, 2017, occurred as crews from construction contractor Ledcor were working in the area of a pipeline crossing just west of Anthony Henday Drive and north of 92 Avenue. In installing TransCanada’s new Grand Rapids Pipeline, the cr
  
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• Hudsons on Whyte, Nyala Lounge plead guilty for overcrowding in 2017

  23-07-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges of overcrowding at two Edmonton bars has led to the city doling out $12,000 in fines.
  Hudsons on Whyte Ltd. was fined $7,000 under the Alberta Fire Code and Alberta Safety Codes Act after making a guilty plea May 14, 2018 to charges related to an overcrowding incident on an Oilers playoff night April 12, 2017, said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) in a news release Monday.
  Nyala Lounge, located at 98 Street and 108 Avenue, received a fine of $3,000 for a charge of overcrowding r
  
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• "It sucks": Patrick Maroon on losing in hockey-mad Edmonton

  23-07-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in, a great interview with former Oilers fan favourite Patrick Maroon on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast with former NHLer Paul Bissonnette and former Oiler Ryan Whitney.
  In the interview, Maroon describes just how rough it can be in hockey-mad city like Edmonton when the team fails to live up to expectations, while at the same time making it clear he was happy to be here and wanted to stay here.
  “I didn’t really want to get traded out of Edmonton,” Maroon said. &ldquo
  
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• Common fitness moves such as the plank require good form to achieve

  23-07-2018 17:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Before copying the resident gym hardbody or You Tube star, make sure you understand the dynamics and implications of the following popular but potentially ineffective gym moves.
  Buns of steel
  Ladies, kicking your leg out like a ballerina on the stair machine to shape your glutes is a graceful but ineffective movement (not to be confused with the “Stairmaster Slouch” where people drape their upper body over the console as their feet move at mach speed).
  Without getting technical, this
  
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• Break and enters, stolen property pushes Alberta's crime index higher: StatsCan

  23-07-2018 16:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rising break and enter rates and possession of stolen property violations pushed Alberta’s crime and violent crime severity indexes higher as police-reported crime increased for the third consecutive year across the country in 2017, new Statistics Canada data released Monday shows.
  Every territory and six provinces reported increases to their crime severity increases (CSI) between 2016 and 2017 with New Brunswick posting the largest increase of 11 per cent. Alberta and Ontario both saw fiv
  
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• University of Alberta set to close Michener Park family residences in 2020

  23-07-2018 16:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The University of Alberta will close its only residence for students who parent because of escalating maintenance costs and decreasing demand.
  Built in the 1960s as a family residence, the condition of Michener Park has slowly deteriorated over time to the point where the university has actually closed some of the units because they are no longer habitable.
  In the past academic year 379 students called the mixture of townhouses and walk-up apartments home. But if you include extended family and
  
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• Foods to try at this years K-Days

  23-07-2018 15:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each year when K-Days comes around, food vendors bring out the latest in joyously excessive carnival cuisine.
  On Sunday, I sampled some of the decadent foods new to the fair this year that, although we can never know for sure, I feel confident saying Caligula himself would have loved.
  Mexican Street Style Corn
  This won the coveted K-Days New Foods Contest last Friday as judged by Edmonton food bloggers and other luminaries. Zdebiak Concessions gives the rather bland vegetable a delicio
  
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• Edmonton weather: Risk of, you guessed it, thunderstorms!

  23-07-2018 14:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 11.3 C with a 7 km/h wind coming from the northwest. It won’t be another one of those hot, muggy days as temperatures are only expected to reach the upper-teens today, but forecasters are still calling for a risk of thunderstorms later this afternoon — are you getting sick of this yet?
  Sunshine and much warmer temperatures are expected for later this
  
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• University of Alberta student parents set to lose Michener Park accommodation by 2020

  23-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The University of Alberta will close its only residence for students who parent because of escalating maintenance costs and decreasing demand.
  Built in the 1960s as a family residence, the condition of Michener Park has slowly deteriorated over time to the point where the university has actually closed some of the units because they are no longer habitable.
  In the past academic year 379 students called the mixture of townhouses and walk-up apartments home. But if you include extended family and
  
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• 'Rural broadband isn't a luxury': Alberta internet strategy set for fall

  23-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If he were a betting man, the minister in charge of Alberta’s rural broadband network strategy reckons you’ll see a plan in the fall.
  MLA Brian Malkinson was handed the Service Alberta file in a recent cabinet shuffle by Premier Rachel Notley.
  The broadband strategy is one of her major expectations for the new minister, and Malkinson told Postmedia he wants to see high-speed internet for rural Alberta “sooner, rather than later.”
  But the key is developing a plan
  
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• Got slugs? U of A researcher trying to battle the pests seeks samples

  23-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta researcher needs your help gathering up slugs so she can figure out how best to repel them.
  Lien Luong, an assistant professor in the department of biological sciences, is asking Albertans to bring her any of the slimy pests so she, along with U.K. scholar Jenna Ross, can identify any parasites they may have. The parasites can then potentially be developed as an alternative to pesticides.
  “One of the impetuses for this project is to identify a natural enemy tha
  
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• "It sucks to be honest with you": Patrick Maroon on losing in hockey-mad Edmonton

  23-07-2018 09:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in, a great interview with former Oilers fan favourite Patrick Maroon on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast with former NHLer Paul Bissonnette and former Oiler Ryan Whitney.
  In the interview, Maroon describes just how rough it can be in hockey-mad city like Edmonton when the team fails to live up to expectations, while at the same time making it clear he was happy to be here and wanted to stay here.
  “I didn’t really want to get traded out of Edmonton,” Maroon said. &ldquo
  
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• Nick Lees: No signs of slowing down as Gene Zwozdesky turns 70

  23-07-2018 05:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Gene Zwozdesky, a musician, cultural champion, volunteer extraordinaire and former teacher and politician, is celebrating his 70th birthday this week.
  “With Christine, my wife of 43 years, we will host family for a private birthday dinner Tuesday,” said Zwozdesky, former Speaker of the Alberta legislature from 2012-2015.
  But it was business as usual Monday for a man who is involved as a volunteer with 21 local groups and their projects, while also dedicated to playing and writing mus
  
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• 'Hateful views' not welcome in UCP nomination candidates, says Kenney at unity rally

  23-07-2018 04:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  After a turbulent week that included the rejection of a nomination candidate due to anti-Islamic slurs, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney told supporters the party will bar anyone who spouts similar views.
  “Those who express hateful views towards entire groups of people are not welcome to run for the United Conservative Party,” Kenney said Sunday, speaking at an event billed as a unity anniversary rally. “I will make no apology for that.”
  The comments referred
  
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• Edmonton Oilers core of young talent ranked top in NHL by ESPN

  23-07-2018 03:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from NHL hockey writer Emily Kaplan of ESPN, her ranking of the best locked-in core of young talent in the NHL, with the Edmonton Oilers at the top of the list. Kaplan focused on Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Oscar Klefbom, all signed to long-term deals: “The Oilers might require some refinement before they ultimately win, but it’s hard to argue with the core they have drafted and subsequently locked in for the next five to eight years. Then again, it’s not exactly
  
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• Record rainfall causes logistical havoc at air show

  23-07-2018 03:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cold Lake — Severe thunderstorms and the threat of hail had Cold Lake Air Show volunteers scrambling Friday to tear down the tents and other structures they had just spent the last two days setting up.
  “It made for a really long day,” said Maj. David Janssen, the air show’s director of logistics.
  All aircraft set up on the ramp for display had to be placed in hangers Friday night. Since there was only so much room, some of the big-wing planes had to be evacuated to other
  
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• Fatal collision near Wayne Gretzky Drive involved stolen motorcycle

  23-07-2018 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 25-year-old man is dead and a female passenger is fighting for her life after a collision involving a stolen motorcycle at 75 Street and 101 Avenue early Sunday.
  The Honda CBR 1000 RR motorcycle was reported stolen on Saturday, Edmonton police spokesman Scott Pattison said via email Sunday evening.
  The motorcyclist and passenger were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The man died in hospital and the 22-year-old woman remains in critical condition, Pattison said.
  Police said it
  
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• What to eat: Tackling some of the messier K-Days grub

  23-07-2018 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each year when K-Days comes around, food vendors bring out the latest in joyously excessive carnival cuisine.
  On Sunday, I sampled some of the decadent foods new to the fair this year that, although we can never know for sure, I feel confident saying Caligula himself would have loved.
  Mexican Street Style Corn
  This won the coveted K-Days New Foods Contest last Friday as judged by Edmonton food bloggers and other luminaries. Zdebiak Concessions gives the rather bland vegetable a delicio
  
  Read more

• U of A researchers studying perimenopausal depression seek women in effort to find treatment

  23-07-2018 02:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Researchers at the University of Alberta are studying the relationship between perimenopause and fluctuating brain chemical levels in women experiencing depression in hopes of finding an effective treatment plan.
  Women in the transitional period of perimenopause, when menstrual cycles become increasingly irregular, are two to 14 times more likely to experience depression for the first time during that period than before the hormonal change, research co-ordinator Jessica Luki said.
  The team hopes
  
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