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• Edmonton Economic Development Corporation has a new boss

  08-08-2018 22:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The man who has been interim chief executive officer of the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation since April has cemented his job at the top.
  Derek Hudson was on Wednesday named as the new CEO and president of the city’s economic hub by the organization’s board of directors.
  Hudson first joined the body in April 2013 and has served as chief operating officer, corporate secretary and has held roles across the organization including corporate services, innovation and the
  
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• Young offender's two years in solitary confinement unlawful and 'offensive': Edmonton judge

  08-08-2018 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton youth jail violated the Charter rights of a young person who was held in solitary confinement for nearly two years, an Edmonton judge ruled in decision filed Tuesday.
  Provincial court Judge Geoffrey Ho stayed an earlier finding of guilt for an assault with a weapon charge after ruling that the minor, identified in Ho’s written decision as CCN, had been unlawfully kept in segregation both before and after the offence that brought him to court.
  The identities of young offenders a
  
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• Unpopular opinion: Louie DeBrusk will have to up his game to do a better job than Drew Remenda

  08-08-2018 20:47 via edmontonjournal.com
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  This in from the Journal’s Jim Matheson, news that former Oilers player and Sportsnet colour commentator Louie DeBrusk will take over from Drew Remenda doing colour commentary on most Edmonton Oilers’ broadcasts.
  Matheson reports: “DeBrush will apparently be handling colour commentary duties with play-by-play man Kevin Quinn on Edmonton Oilers Sportsnet TV broadcasts this winter with Drew Remenda doing between periods commentary for their Rogers Place home games.
  
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• Allendale road cavern discovered by accident, months of repairs needed: Epcor

  08-08-2018 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The dangerous Allendale Road cavern was discovered almost by accident, with Epcor drainage engineers realizing something was wrong during inspections for upcoming construction work, said a official Wednesday.
  Epcor spokesman Tim LeRiche said repairs could take two months and promised more details Thursday about road closures. Crews were drilling bore holes on site Wednesday to confirm the full extent of the cavern; they’ve already done X-rays, soil and water testing.
  Sinkholes and undergro
  
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• Two Americans dead, four others still being identified after Jasper area crash

  08-08-2018 19:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  JASPER, Alta. — Six people — two of them Americans — have died following a fiery highway crash in Alberta’s Jasper National Park.
  The crash on Highway 93 at Honeymoon Lake about five kilometres south of Sunwapta Falls — between Jasper and Banff on the Icefields Parkway — around 5:00 p.m.
  Blain Fairbairn with Alberta Health Services said six people were pronounced dead at the scene. Two others were taken to Jasper hospital.
  Traffic was rerouted for a numbe
  
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• Man wanted for three daytime gropings in northeast Edmonton, say police

  08-08-2018 18:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three women report being groped from behind by a man during daylight hours in northeast Edmonton, say police.
  Two of the assaults were reported May 16 while the third was July 15, said police in a Wednesday release, noting the cases were in the Newton and Beverly neighbourhoods.
  Investigators are looking for a tanned Caucasian man of average build who is believed to be in his 30s.
  Surveillance video is being used to help capture a suspect.
  A newer model black Chevrolet Silverado may be linked to
  
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• Aurora Cannabis inks exclusive retail store deal with Edmonton-based liquor retailer

  08-08-2018 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton-based company considered one of the largest private sector liquor retailers in Canada has been tapped by Aurora Cannabis to exclusively build and operate its cannabis retail outlets when recreational cannabis becomes legal across Canada later this year.
  Alcanna, which has 229 liquor retail outlets in western Canada and Alaska, has partnered with Alberta’s leading cannabis company and will use its “well-established retailing infrastructure and expertise” to build out
  
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• Carrie Underwood at Rogers Place May 28

  08-08-2018 18:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  She’s got Alice Cooper eyes and she’s coming to Rogers Place May 28, 2019!
  On an all-female bill, pop country superstar Carrie Underwood will be in Edmonton this spring on The Cry Pretty Tour 360, which will be an in-the-round concert.
  Underwood, 35, who just this morning announced she’s having her second baby with Mike Fisher, is a truly modern entertainer, having risen first to fame winning American Idol in its fourth season. She’s since sold more than 65 million record
  
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• Illegal parking at Heritage Fest nets city 577 parking tickets

  08-08-2018 17:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  While festival-goers were trading in tickets for food, many at Heritage Fest were also unknowingly being ticketed for parking violations.
  Parking enforcement reported 577 violations, with some of the vehicles towed, in surrounding areas over the three-day event: 69 on the rained-out Saturday followed by 300 on Sunday and 208 on Monday. That’s slightly more than last year, where 559 tags were issued with 169 on Saturday, 119 on Sunday and 271 on Monday.
  Tickets typically run $50, while a ti
  
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• Six dead after collision on scenic Alberta mountain highway south of Jasper

  08-08-2018 17:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  JASPER, Alta. — Six people have died following a highway crash in Alberta’s Jasper National Park.
  The collision happened on Highway 93 around five km south of Sunwapta Falls — between Jasper and Banff on the Icefields Parkway — at around 6:30 p.m.
  Blain Fairbairn with Alberta Health Services say six people were pronounced dead at the scene.
  Two others were taken to Jasper hospital.
  Traffic was rerouted for a number of hours in both directions while police investigate
  
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• Edmonton weather: So this is what the apocalypse looks like

  08-08-2018 16:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is in for a double weather whammy Wednesday with a heat warning and an air quality statement issued by Environment Canada.
  Temperatures could reach or exceed 29 C today with a minimum overnight temperature of 14 C or above expected to last until at least Friday. Wind is expected out of the west at about 7 km/h.
  Wildfire smoke is causing locally poor air quality and reducing visibility, but that can change quickly, Environment Canada said.
  Individuals may experience symptoms su
  
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• Crane woes: Dismantling could cause downtown morning commuter delays

  08-08-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown traffic could be a little more congested Wednesday morning with construction crews tearing down a crane at the JW Marriott building.
  The dismantling of the construction hardware is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. and should wrap up by 11:30 a.m., the city said.
  That means 104 Avenue between 101 Street and 105 Street will be closed for those three hours.
  Drivers are being urged to use 107 Avenue or Jasper Avenue to detour around the closed road.
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Football fans score for Food Bank

  08-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sorting groceries at the Edmonton Food Bank on Friday, we volunteers were amazed at the generosity of Edmonton Eskimos fans for their donations from the Purolator Tackling Hunger event.
  Bags were loaded with many much needed items — soups, canned meats, beans, children’s snacks.  We were also discussing how fit the fans were to have carried these heavy groceries to the game.
  Well done football fans, and a huge thank you to you all.
  Dianne Post, Edmonton
  UCP contestant&rsquo
  
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• The road to the NHL for stay-at-home Oilers D-prospect Filip Berglund is littered with obstacles

  08-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers Top Prospects 2018#12 – Filip Berglund
  Previously #15
  The headline may suggest that Filip Berglund is not a decent NHL prospect.
  He actually is. Quite a good one in fact.
  But as an offensively limited, stay-at-home RHS D-man, Filip Berglund has a number of road blocks separating him from an NHL career with the Oilers. Just one is starboard Oilers mainstay and fellow Swede Adam Larsson. Berglund and Larsson are also very similar player types.
  Another is the Edmonton Oilers 2
  
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• 'Multiple vehicle, multiple fatality': Jasper crash closes Highway 93

  08-08-2018 06:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A deadly collision involving multiple vehicles closed a section of Highway 93 in Jasper National Park Tuesday evening.
  RCMP did not immediately say how many people were killed, saying only that they were dealing with a “multiple vehicle, multiple fatality collision.” The collision happened around five km south of Sunwapta Falls — between Jasper and Banff on the Icefields Parkway — at around 6:30 p.m.
  A STARS air ambulance based in Edmonton was dispatched to the scene
  
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• Senator calls for more oversight in federal prisons during Edmonton visit

  08-08-2018 06:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A senator studying Canada’s prisons says there needs to be more independent oversight of the correctional system to hold staff accountable for conditions inside.
  The Senate Committee on Human Rights visited Edmonton Tuesday as part of its cross-country study of issues in Canada’s prisons.
  Members spent over three hours hearing from ex-prisoners, experts and non-profit groups at the ACT Recreation Centre in Rundle Park, 2909 113 Ave.
  Lack of accountability for conditions in the correc
  
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• West Edmonton residents rally to denounce racist graffiti

  08-08-2018 04:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost 100 people turned out to demonstrate against hatred in southwest Edmonton on Tuesday evening.
  The rally was in response to a string of vandalism last week that left multiple areas in the Lessard, South Collingwood and Gariepy neighbourhoods defaced with swastika graffiti. One target was the basketball court of the Talmud Torah School where people gathered Tuesday, members of the public standing in solidarity with prominent community leaders.
  — Stephen Cook
  
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• Community rallies against hateful vandalism at Jewish school

  08-08-2018 04:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost 100 people turned out to demonstrate against hatred in southwest Edmonton on Tuesday evening.
  The rally was in response to a string of vandalism last week that left multiple areas in the Lessard, South Collingwood and Gariepy neighbourhoods defaced with swastika graffiti. One target was the basketball court of the Talmud Torah School where people gathered Tuesday, members of the public standing in solidarity with prominent community leaders.
  “I’m here to, along with other memb
  
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• Man and machine meld as robots take stage in Fringe improv show

  08-08-2018 04:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The future of comedy is here: man and machine, united together in the pursuit of improvised hilarity.
  Making its Edmonton Fringe debut, HumanMachine is the culmination (and continuation) of years of research into interactive machine learning, the interaction between man and machine, transported from the laboratory to live stage.
  “This current iteration is the most technologically advanced it’s ever been,” said creator Kory Mathewson. “We’re going to get humans and r
  
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• Not even improv is safe from automation in new Fringe show

  08-08-2018 02:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  The future of comedy is here: man and machine, united together in the pursuit of improvised hilarity.
  Making its Edmonton Fringe debut, HumanMachine is the culmination (and continuation) of years of research into interactive machine learning, the interaction between man and machine, transported from the laboratory to live stage.
  “This current iteration is the most technologically advanced it’s ever been,” said creator Kory Mathewson. “We’re going to get humans and r
  
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• Alberta to focus less on costs when awarding highway contracts

  08-08-2018 02:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Quality of snow clearing, pothole patching, line painting and weed whacking are set to play a bigger role in how the Alberta government awards contracts to maintain provincial highways in the future.
  Transportation Minister Brian Mason announced changes Tuesday to the contract bidding process that will see a reduced focus on cost in favour of more emphasis on a company’s performance.
  The first contact to be awarded under the new evaluation system will be for Deerfoot Trail in Calgary. The
  
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• Suite choices: City hopes to soften rules on secondary rental properties

  08-08-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  City officials predict there will be about 1,650 new secondary suites available for rent if housing bylaw restrictions are relaxed in an effort to squash illegal rental properties.
  Proposed amendments to the zoning bylaw would allow for rental properties in all detached homes as well as in semi-detached, duplex and row homes. Only detached homes with lots greater than 360 square metres can apply for development and building permits under the current rules, zoning bylaw senior planner Anne Steven
  
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• Small businesses and programs empowering women focus of $850,000 in provincial grants

  08-08-2018 01:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Indigenous women’s justice forum, domestic violence workshops in rural francophone communities and a program helping support businesses launched by immigrant entrepreneurs are among dozens of projects getting a boost from Alberta’s Status of Women community grant program.
  Status of Women Minister Danielle Larivee announced the $850,000 in grants to non-profits on Tuesday at the Edmonton Intercultural Centre in Boyle-McCauley. The news conference showcased a Multicultural Health Br
  
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• Nine racing bikes belonging to Malaysian cycling team recovered by RCMP near Nisku

  08-08-2018 01:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nine racing bikes belonging to a competitive youth cycling team from Malaysia were recovered by RCMP on Thursday.
  The central Alberta crime reduction unit found the bikes undamaged at an abandoned property near Nisku, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.
  The bikes belong to a team of 17- to 21-year-olds that were training in Edmonton this summer to prepare for a major competition in September. The team’s 10 bikes and equipment were reported stolen on July 18 after a break and enter from an
  
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