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• Drug operation shut down by EPS

  24-07-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thousands of deadly fentanyl pills, cocaine, $70,000 and stolen guns have been seized after a four-month investigation by the city police gang unit.
  Four people, all from Edmonton, are collectively facing more than 50 charges after Edmonton Gang and Drug Enforcement (EDGE) officers executed search warrants June 20 at three south Edmonton homes and three vehicles.
  And two of those vehicles — a Dodge truck and an Acura sedan — contained hidden compartments stuffed with an assortment of
  
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• Who owns the street? Parking flap puts the brakes on new Forest Heights deli

  24-07-2018 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A parking flare-up around a proposed neighbourhood deli in Forest Heights is pitting a local business owner against a street full of now-frustrated residents.
  Visitors to the popular neighbourhood pub Cartago are already plugging up residential streets, neighbours say, and now Cartago’s Katy Ingraham wants to open a cafe/deli next door.
  Neighbours complained to the city. The city used that to deny a permit. Cartago is fighting to overturn the ruling at the subdivision and development appea
  
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• Root for Trees offers native plants and berries for community gardens

  24-07-2018 23:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Root for Trees is a city organization that promotes the planting of trees and other native plants within the city through partnerships with businesses, individuals, and community groups. Every year, the program aims to plant an additional 16,000 trees.
  Now, the group has donated native wildflowers and shrubs for community gardens to add to their plots. In July and August, a winner will be randomly chosen to receive a free package of native plants, including edibles such as raspberries, Saskatoon
  
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• Environmental appeal on Domtar lands delayed after board chairman quits case

  24-07-2018 22:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Environmental Appeals Board hearing to resolve a long dispute over the former Domtar industrial lands in northeast Edmonton has been delayed at least one month to deal with issues stemming from the recusal of the board chairman.
  Chairman Alex MacWilliam, an environmental lawyer at Dentons Canada LLP, removed himself from the case after learning earlier this month that his firm’s Montreal office had been hired by Domtar on an unrelated matter, appeals board spokesman Gilbert Van Nes said
  
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• Two girls under age four rescued from sexual exploitation of fathers: police team

  24-07-2018 21:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two girls under age four — one in Edmonton and one in Sylvan Lake — have been rescued from sexual exploitation of their fathers, says the province’s joint police team.
  Search warrants at locations in Edmonton and Sylvan Lake were executed July 19 by Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) officers with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT).
  “In both instances, the victims were allegedly being sexually offended by their fathers. The victims are both under four years
  
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• Fire rescue crews douse Anthony Henday vehicle blaze

  24-07-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A vehicle fire on Anthony Henday Drive slowed traffic Tuesday morning but no one was injured, say officials.
  Rubberneckers got an eyeful when the vehicle — stopped on the Henday northbound at Stony Plain Road — burst into large orange flames just before noon.
  Firefighters were called to the scene around 11:26 a.m., arriving at 11:31 a.m., said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Maya Filipovic.
  Two responding crews quickly doused the blaze.
  One of the crews remained on scene be
  
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• Morinville business expanding to add St. Albert location - MorinvilleNews.com

  24-07-2018 19:18 via morinvillenews.com
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  Morinville business expanding to add St. Albert location
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  by Stephen Dafoe. Alternatives and Options Vaporizers and E-Liquids and Ltd. have been busy over the past couple of weeks getting their second store open for the beginning of August in St. Albert. Thomas and Marjorie Kirsop started the Morinville store ...
  
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• Fentanyl, cocaine, guns seized after four-month gang probe

  24-07-2018 17:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thousands of deadly fentanyl pills, cocaine, $70,000 and stolen guns have been seized after a four-month investigation by the city police gang unit.
  Four people are collectively facing more than 50 charges after Edmonton Gang and Drug Enforcement (EDGE) officers executed search warrants June 20 at three south Edmonton homes and three vehicles.
  Two of those vehicles contained hidden compartments stuffed with an assortment of drugs, police said in a release Tuesday.
  Close to 3,000 fentanyl pills w
  
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• Triple threat: New cafe, steakhouse and tasting bar opens on 104 St. as DOSC debuts

  24-07-2018 16:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The corner of 104 Street and 102 Avenue in the heart of downtown Edmonton has been a problem. For several years, that particular corner — a heritage space known as the Metals Limited Building — has been home to an ever-changing assortment of restaurants unable to make a go of it.
  Was it the size of the restaurant? (Huge.) The design? (Its front door was particularly unwelcoming.) Or the operators? (Tough call, but hard to ignore.)
  Now, three young restaurant industry professionals ha
  
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• Edmonton weather: The gloomy gloominess of it all

  24-07-2018 14:32 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’s going to be one of those days — cloudy, cool, maybe some rain here and there, not especially warm. Just sort of bleh. Gloomy, even. Yes, definitely gloomy.Weather forecast
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers. High 18 C. UV index 6 or high.
  Tonight: Cloudy with 30 per ce
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Cloudy future for Re/Max Field

  24-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “The Prospects prosper on field and at the gate,” July 18
  Great to read about the recent successes of the Edmonton Prospects. The games are fun, affordable and perfectly located. Re/Max Field is a great facility. Dark clouds loom, however. A quick scan of the city’s River Crossing Vision document about the Rossdale re-development scheme makes no mention of enjoying a baseball game in the area.
  It is a gobsmacking failure of imagination to consider the ball park an impedimen
  
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• Opinion: New Alberta electricity market could mean higher rates

  24-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta electricity consumers should be aware that the Alberta government’s plan to introduce a capacity market for electricity by November 2021 is likely to hurt residential and business consumers and raise average customer bills by 12 per cent to 15 per cent.
  Opposition to the changes has been muted because of the complexity of the process, which is indeed troubling. While the government’s goal of introducing renewable sources of power is commendable, the implementation of the poli
  
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• Ready or not, it's time for Edmonton Oilers goaltending prospect Dylan Wells to take the next step

  24-07-2018 08:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects#23 Dylan Wells
  Previously: #14 in 2017
  You’ve heard the old saying about young hockey players not developing in straight lines? How about the one where understanding goaltenders is akin to practicing voodoo?
  Put them together and you’ve got Dylan Wells. Just one year ago we were talking up the Edmonton Oilers’ netminding prospect as having taken an important step in his Draft +1 season, and indeed he had, having played well enough to sign an Entry
  
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• Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisis

  24-07-2018 03:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  First the good news.
  The Misericordia Hospital is getting a brand-new, $65-million emergency department.
  Last Thursday, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman unveiled plans not to renovate the cramped, old ER but to build a whole new one on the far west side of the hospital, just across the street from West Edmonton Mall.
  The new emergency will have room for 66 treatment beds, instead of the current 32.
  It will have six ambulance bays, instead of four.
  It will be more than twice as large as the current
  
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• Toastmasters Group - St. Albert Gazette

  24-07-2018 02:38 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Toastmasters Group
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  Are you interested developing your leadership and communication skills? Look no further than the Licensed to Speak Toastmasters Club. We meet twice a month on the second and fourth Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. in St. Albert. If you are interested, please ...
  
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• Steve Martin & Martin Short: Live in Alberta! - St. Albert Gazette

  24-07-2018 02:38 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Steve Martin & Martin Short: Live in Alberta!
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  “An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life” featuring The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko. In this special performance, Martin and Short recall their iconic careers, creative influences and most memorable encounters, uniquely presented ...and more »
  
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• Blueberry Bluegrass Festival - St. Albert Gazette

  24-07-2018 02:38 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Blueberry Bluegrass Festival
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  Artists to include: Ricky Skaggs, Travelin' McCourys, Po' Ramblin' Boys, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, Slocan Ramblers, Pharis and Jason Romero, Kody Norris, Calvin Vollrath, Jim & Penny Malmberg, Kayla Hotte and her Rodeo Pals, and more. Blueberry ...
  
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• Flags delayed: Gesture of reconciliation waits for reconstruction at city hall

  24-07-2018 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was meant to be a grand gesture of reconciliation — Metis and Treaty 6 flags flying permanently beside Edmonton’s flag in its most prominent central square.
  It’s still coming, say city officials, 16 months after a vote by city council to make it happen.
  Edmonton will now raise the flags in spring 2019, following the first $13-million phase of construction around city hall. Construction crews cut down trees and started pulling up flagstones last week to prepare the site for t
  
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• Thomson: Edmonton is 'ground zero' for Kenney

  24-07-2018 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Look out Edmonton, here comes Jason Kenney.
  And he has wooing on his mind.
  Not with chocolates and flowers but with rhetoric and a bouquet of promises.
  The political courtship began in earnest Sunday night when the leader of the United Conservative Party held a rally at Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the party’s founding.
  For 40 minutes Kenney delivered a partisan and pugnacious speech promising to scrap the provincial carbon tax, “sh
  
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