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• Major crimes unit investigates death of woman on Paul Band First Nation

  14-08-2018 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP major crimes investigators are looking into the death of a woman on a First Nation west of Edmonton.
  Stony Plain RCMP were called to the Paul Band First Nation at 7:38 a.m. Tuesday morning, police said in a news release.
  Officers found a woman’s body and called in the major crimes unit to investigate. RCMP would not reveal the woman’s age or where she was found.
  Mounties planned to release additional information about the death on Wednesday.
  Paul Band First Nation is about 60 km
  
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• Best downtown patios announced in Downtown Business Association contest

  14-08-2018 23:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Downtown Business Association has announced winners in five categories for its inaugural Downtown Patio Contest.
  Fifteen restaurants, bars, and cafés competed for the title of Best Overall Patio, Best Patio with a View, Best Patio for People Watching, Best Happy Hour, and Most Family Friendly Patio.
  Members of the public were invited to vote for their favourites, according to a news release from the association. Diners chose the patio at the historic Fairmont Hotel Macdonald as t
  
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• NDP announce $215-million green transit fund

  14-08-2018 22:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new public transit fund will dole out $215 million over five years for low-emission vehicles in Alberta communities, announced Transportation Minister Brian Mason Tuesday.
  “Our goal is to increase transit ridership across the province,” he said at a news conference. “I encourage municipalities and other organizations … to put forward their best and most innovative projects.”
  The Alberta Community Transit (ACT) Fund effectively replaces the $2-billion GreenTRIP pr
  
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• Edmonton applies to annex 16 hectares from Sturgeon County

  14-08-2018 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city has applied to annex 16 hectares from Sturgeon County to improve access to the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park.
  An application supported by the county to annex land north of the Anthony Henday Drive-66 Street interchange was sent to the Municipal Government Board last month, according to a city news release Tuesday.
  The two sides have been working on the issue, described as “a relatively small administrative process,” since 2014, the release says.
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• Woman shot with pellet gun, police hunting male in Mill Woods

  14-08-2018 21:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman was randomly shot by a person using a pellet gun in the Minchau neighbourhood Tuesday morning, prompting a large police presence and manhunt for the shooter.
  Officers — including a canine unit — were called to the Minchau School area near 3615 Mill Woods Road for a weapons complaint around 11:20 a.m.
  The initial report to police was that a woman had been shot.
  When southeast division members arrived, they found the woman with non-life-threatening injuries “believed to b
  
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• Lots to both like and dislike about Dmitri Samorukov's game, says Sean Patrick Ryan

  14-08-2018 21:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects#10 Dmitri Samorukov
  by Sean Patrick Ryan
  Previously: #10 in 2017
  Ranked #10 for the second year in a row is Dmitri “Dima” Samorukov who was drafted in the 3rd round, 84th overall by the Oilers in the 2017 draft. When he was drafted there was talk the Oilers were getting “a big, tough defenseman who can absolutely demolishes his opponents with a well-timed check…clears the net front and punishes perpetrators….” but “&helli
  
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• 'We need a win-win solution here': Residents push back against south side bike grid

  14-08-2018 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Councillors and homeowners pushed back against a separated south side bike grid Tuesday, anxious about the impact to parking and the city’s bottom line.
  If the 87 Avenue bike lane takes away a homeowners’ ability to park in front of their house, many will have no other options for home care, lawn maintenance, unloading groceries or caring for aging family members.
  In these older neighbourhoods, many homes don’t have garages big enough for a modern vehicles and no driveways, sai
  
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• Police, ambulance called to Mill Woods neighbourhood

  14-08-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police have converged on a Mill Woods neighbourhood and a woman was checked out by paramedics after a Tuesday morning call.
  Officers — including a canine unit — were called to the Minchau School area near 3615 Mill Woods Road around 11:20 a.m.
  An ambulance was called to the scene but did not transport a patient to hospital, said Alberta Health Services spokesman Kerry Williamson just before noon.
  A woman was escorted from the back of the ambulance to a police vehicle around 12:30 p.m
  
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• Major crimes unit investigates death of female on Paul Band First Nation

  14-08-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP major crimes investigators are looking into the death of a woman on a First Nation west of Edmonton.
  Stony Plain RCMP were called to the Paul Band First Nation at 7:38 a.m. Tuesday morning, police said in a news release.
  Officers found the body of a female and called in the major crimes unit to investigate. The news release did not specify the age of the woman or where she was found.
  Mounties planned to release additional information about the death on Wednesday.
  Paul Band First Nation is a
  
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• Percocet pills worth $2 million stolen, pharmacy worker charged

  14-08-2018 20:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A staff member at a northeast pharmacy has been charged with stealing more than 400,000 Percocet tablets from work.
  Police say 401,500 painkiller pills — with a street value of $2 million — were stolen between January 2017 and April 2018. Other types of medication also were reported missing from the pharmacy, police say.
  Police arrested a 34-year-old woman, who they believe used the identities of existing patients to order the medications.
  When police searched her home in April, the
  
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• Alberta RCMP say false alarm calls are draining resources, changes policy

  14-08-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties in Alberta will not respond to alarms that are triggered just once in order to help free up resources across the province.
  The new policy, which came into effect on July 13, would “ensure our officers are where they are needed most,” RCMP said in a statement Tuesday.
  In 2017, RCMP received close to 15,500 false alarm calls that was equal to almost 8,000 “human resources hours that could have been dedicated to more urgent calls for service.”
  RCMP will still r
  
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• New Korean food eatery shares bibimbap with downtown folks

  14-08-2018 17:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Henry Song, who owned the former City Centre restaurant, Four Rooms, has returned to the downtown dining scene with the launch of Buok Fresh Korean Kitchen.
  The new eatery returns to Song’s roots, serving dishes inspired by his mother’s recipes.
  Buok will feature bibimbap, the quintessential Korean dish easily consumed on the run, which will likely appeal to patrons in the office towers surrounding the restaurant, located at 10707 100 Ave. Buok will also offer more traditional select
  
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• Jukebox Hero: Stage musical with Foreigner songs coming to Jubilee Auditorium

  14-08-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Creating a stage musical is much like raising a child, says award-winning American director and playwright Randy Johnson.
  His new baby, Jukebox Hero, based on the music of classic rock band Foreigner, took its first steps at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Aug. 10-12 before moving to Edmonton’s Jubilee for four additional performances, Aug. 16-19.
  Johnson insists audience members who saw Jukebox Hero during its Alberta workshops will be helping him craft the musical into a full-fledged
  
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• Plane goes missing during flight from Edson to Westlock

  14-08-2018 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police north of Edmonton are asking landowners to check their properties after a small plane went missing during a flight Sunday.
  The pilot took off from Edson at around 5:20 p.m. and was due to land in Westlock around two hours later, Westlock RCMP said in a news release Tuesday morning.
  Yesterday afternoon, the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination centre informed Mounties that the Cessna 172 and its solo pilot never arrived in Westlock.
  Police say the plane is white with black and red stripes. Land
  
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• Province discussing bringing abortion services to Fort McMurray

  14-08-2018 15:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province is in talks with Alberta Health Services about the possibility of bringing abortion services to Fort McMurray.
  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman confirmed the news during a June interview, arguing it was important to show health care providers that the province will support efforts to expand access to abortion in Alberta.
  Fort McMurray is one of five communities where Alberta Health Services is discussing expanding abortion access into local hospitals. The other communities include Leth
  
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• Edmonton weather: The return of the haze, the sequel

  14-08-2018 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 12.0 C with a 7 km/h wind coming from the southwest. Forecasters are calling for a return of hazy conditions over the next two days as temperatures return to summer conditions with the humidex expecting to make things feel closer to 29 C today.
  Time will tell if the haze is reminiscent of last week, when the sun turned an ominous shade of orange and Edmonton&rsq
  
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• Edmonton weather: B.C. forest fire smoke prompts air quality statement

  14-08-2018 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement of the city of Edmonton Tuesday as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia makes its way into the province.
  “Various smoke plumes from forest fires in British Columbia are moving into Alberta and will result in locally poor air quality and reduced visibility later today,” reads the statement. “Individuals may experience symptoms such as increased coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath. Children
  
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• Explosions heard in suspicious northeast Edmonton fire

  14-08-2018 14:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A garage fire in northeast Edmonton Monday night is being considered suspicious, according to Edmonton Fire Rescue.
  Fire crews were called to a fire at 66 Street and 135 Avenue in the Delwood neighbourhood at approximately 8:45 p.m., acting district chief Will Chabaniuk said on scene.The fire was under control by 9:03 p.m. and out at 9:37 p.m.
  No one was found in the residence and there were no injuries.
  A vehicle was found on fire at the Monday night blaze.
  A neighbour had seen smoke and heard
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Stand up for justice in Chile

  14-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Recently in Chile, the Supreme Court of Justice has issued a ruling in favour of criminals who were serving sentences for their crimes against humanity they perpetrated during A. Pinochet’s dictatorship.
  So far, seven of those perpetrators have been released on parole despite the gravity of the atrocities they committed and the legal existence of several international human rights treaties signed by Chile.
  This is coincidentally happening a few months after the inauguration of the right-wi
  
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• Opinion: Restrain gov't worker compensation to help fix Alberta's budget

  14-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s public finances are in rough shape. The Notley government expects to run another budget deficit this year (estimated at $8.8 billion) and has no plan to balance the books until at least 2023/24. Since 2014/15, the province has added over $33 billion in new net debt with roughly $36 billion more planned for the next five years.
  How did Alberta get to this point? There are certainly many factors at play but Alberta’s fiscal challenges today are largely due to the fact that su
  
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• Eleven prison staff fired, suspended or quit as Edmonton Institution conducts misconduct investigation

  14-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eleven staffers have been fired, suspended or have left voluntarily from Edmonton’s maximum security men’s prison as a workplace abuse investigation nears its first year.
  Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says a total of 11 people have either left their jobs, been fired or suspended since it launched its ongoing probe of “alleged staff misconduct” at Edmonton Institution last September.
  “We are facing numerous challenges around alleged staff misconduct and we are ta
  
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• Editorial: Farming is part of the future

  14-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Long before Edmonton became an oilpatch city, it was a farming community. And while other sectors now receive more attention, agriculture remains a key economic driver in a region blessed with rich soil and favourable climate.
  But the era of agriculture in and around Edmonton is at risk of drawing to a close, owing in part to urban sprawl, the spread of acreages and suburban neighbours hostile to the dust and smells of farming operations. Farmers and ranchers are fleeing the area and other agri-
  
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• Graham Thomson: Hey, did you know Alberta has other political parties besides the NDP and UCP

  14-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One month into building a new political party and MLA Derek Fildebrandt is discovering it’s not as easy at it looks.
  Not that constructing a party has ever looked easy. Except perhaps to Fildebrandt who announced last month he was interim leader of the Freedom Conservative Party.
  I’m not sure if he expected thankful voters to stampede to his door, hoist him up in their thankful arms and parade him around the town square.
  Or maybe he at least expected some press coverage that didn&rsq
  
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• Bike lanes on main streets? Debate over 109 Street questions basic Edmonton approach to cycling

  14-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jasper Avenue, Whyte Avenue, 124 Street — Edmonton planners are working hard to keep bike lanes off Edmonton’s main streets.
  But on the south side grid, they’ll face a challenge.
  Some cyclists and local residents are mounting a letter-writing campaign to convince city council bike lanes belong on the busy 109 Street and would actually make the street more welcoming for everyone.
  Council’s urban planning committee debates the issue Tuesday.
  Over the last decade, Edmonton&r
  
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• Two dead in Sturgeon County collision

  14-08-2018 06:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man and woman were killed in a fatal collision in Sturgeon County, said RCMP in a news release.
  Morinville RCMP were called at 8 p.m. Monday to the intersection of Highway 37 and Highway 44 where a westbound SUV struck a southbound sedan. Both occupants of the sedan were pronounced dead on scene.
  The occupants of the SUV were not injured.
  The collision is under investigation and an RCMP collision reconstructionist is assisting.
  Highway 37 westbound at the intersection of Highway 44 will remain
  
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• Councillors embrace new target to put affordable housing in every neighbourhood

  14-08-2018 02:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors endorsed a new target for affordable housing Monday, hoping to reset expectations before the next project gets pitched in the suburbs.
  The new target is 16 per cent of residences in every neighbourhood will be affordable housing.
  But city officials will also look at the needs in the community, plus the availability of transit and other amenities when they approve city funding for projects.
  They’re also lobbying for federal and provincial funding to get these units built, a
  
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• 'I just want to get this over with': Shooting victim testifies at accused gunman's trial

  14-08-2018 02:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A shooting victim told court Monday that the man on trial for shooting his father also shot him.
  Justin Gamble and his father Jack Cardinal were shot in their home on Jean Baptiste Gambler First Nations Reserve near Calling Lake on Aug. 22, 2016.
  Gamble testified Monday at the trial of Lindsie John Bigstone, who is accused of aggravated assault and discharging a weapon causing injury to Cardinal. Bigstone, 31, also faces charges for weapons possession and disguising himself.
  Calling Lake is abou
  
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• Almost 70 playground zones identified for reverting to 50 km/h speed limits

  14-08-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A number of Edmonton roads currently marked as 30-kilometre-per-hour playground zones could revert to 50 km/h speeds, says a new report by the city.
  Of the 163 playground zones in Edmonton not attached to schools, 68 do not meet new standards determining whether an area should be posted with a 30 km/h speed limit.
  City council is expected to discuss the playground and road control review in a committee meeting Wednesday. From there, councillors are expected to decide which of these to keep
  
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• More than 1,200 government workers displaced by fire, flooding in Edmonton

  14-08-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 1,200 government workers are waiting to return to their offices after two buildings were damaged by a fire and flooding just days apart.
  Around 460 employees left their offices at 99 Avenue and 108 Street after a fire damaged government servers on July 30. Then on Aug. 1, a nearby water main break on Jasper Avenue and 108 Street forced the evacuation of 44 Capital Boulevard, affecting another 785 workers.
  Five ministries have operations in the Forestry Building where a fire broke
  
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• Paula Simons: Edmonton-area MP Shannon Stubbs out of touch with attack on Omar Khadr's former lawyer

  14-08-2018 01:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  What was Shannon Stubbs thinking?
  The Conservative MP for Lakeland — a riding just north and east of Edmonton — isn’t stupid. Far from it. If anything, she has a reputation for being bright, capable, and a smart political operator, a former staffer to both Preston Manning and Deborah Grey.
  She’s made her bones as an outspoken and effective shadow minister of natural resources, fighting vigorously for the TransMountain pipeline. When Conservative Party of Canada “boz
  
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• Coming up fast: Culina Muttart hosts Berries 'n' Brews

  14-08-2018 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  This Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. there is a fun pop-up at Culina Muttart (9626 96A St.) that also coincides with the launch of a new business in Edmonton.
  The pop-up is called Berries ‘n’ Brews, and it features ingredients by Steve and Dan’s Fresh BC Fruit, plus Herbologie Spices. Blindman Brewing will supply the beverages.
  Herbologie is a new business in Edmonton, run by Aga Wagda-Plytta. Here’s her description of the business:
  “Herbologie has worked over the l
  
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• City Releases Census Results

  14-08-2018 00:26
  Initial results show population now 66,082 The City of St. Albert has released the initial results of the 2018 Municipal... Read Post
  
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