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• 'Photo radar for noise': Electronic displays, cameras being tested in eight spots

  15-08-2018 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s not a crackdown yet, but city officials set up new vehicle noise monitoring stations around Edmonton Wednesday that could eventually lead to automated ticketing similar to photo radar.
  Four stations with cameras triggered by loud noise have already been set up, and motorists will soon see electronic signs telling people with modified mufflers exactly how loud they are.
  Sometimes referred to as photo radar for noise, the equipment takes photos or videos, which city officials hope will
  
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• Woman's death on Paul Band First Nation deemed homicide

  15-08-2018 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The shooting death of a 31-year-old woman on the Paul Band First Nation Tuesday morning has been deemed a homicide.
  An autopsy completed Wednesday confirmed the woman died as the result of a gunshot wound. Her body was found inside a home just after 7:30 a.m.
  Mounties said the suspects fled the scene in a black Ford four-door cab truck with black five-spoke split rims, black grill and black tint on all the windows.
  It is believed that the suspects are in Edmonton.
  
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• AER investigating pipeline spill at Long Lake

  15-08-2018 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A pipeline has spilled thousands of litres of produced water at Nexen’s Long Lake facility south of Fort McMurray.
  Approximately 270,000 litres of the fluid leaked from a pipeline eight kilometres southeast of Anzac, said Alberta Energy Regulator spokesperson Shawn Roth. The company reported the spill to the regulator Sunday.
  Produced water is a byproduct of the extraction process in the oil and gas industry.
  “The majority of the release has been contained within Nexen’s lease,
  
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• Edmonton marathon, air show, dragon boat planners hopeful smoke will clear

  15-08-2018 22:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton marathon organizers are nervously watching the air quality and making contingency plans after a blanket of wildfire smoke settled over the city Wednesday.
  “(I was) very concerned, it looked like the apocalypse out there this morning,” John Stanton, marathon organizer and founder of the Running Room, said Wednesday morning. “At first I thought the sun had gone out or (was) certainly rising a little later … then at 7 o’clock it was still dark and I thought &
  
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• Horse-drawn wagon rolls at Fort Edmonton Park, six patients in hospital

  15-08-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Six people have been transported to hospitals across Edmonton — one in a serious condition — after a horse-drawn wagon rolled at Fort Edmonton Park Wednesday afternoon.
  The extent of the injuries and just what caused the wagon to roll are still unknown, said Darren Dalgleish, president and CEO of Fort Edmonton Management Company.
  “We are currently attending to the needs of the guests involved and EMS is on scene to assist us with this event,” Dalgleish said.
  “We don
  
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• Faulty pipes shut down Alberta Legislature wading pool

  15-08-2018 21:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The wading pool at the Alberta Legislature grounds was closed to repair a fault in the plumbing Wednesday.
  The repairs are necessary for safety, a government news release said.
  The reflecting pool, domed fountain and the Centennial Fountains on the Federal Building Plaza remain open.
   
  
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• 'Not going to happen': Councillors vote against homeless hub in old remand centre, endorse new south side work

  15-08-2018 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s homeless population has spread far beyond the inner city with dozens of people now camping in Mill Creek ravine or staying under bridges in Old Strathcona and south of the river.
  It means a big, centralized service centre downtown in the old remand centre is not the right approach, said experts, and with a vote Wednesday at council’s community services committee, councillors agreed.
  They endorsed a new “distributed model” instead that will see services for the
  
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• The Top 7 reasons why I'm not so worried about Andrej Sekera's latest injury woes

  15-08-2018 20:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  If Bouchard isn’t ready, then three scenarios most likely:
  1) Bear has strong camp, proves he’s an everyday player.
  2) Oilers ride with Gravel & Lowe as 6-7.
  3) Oilers find veteran fit, using cap space afforded by Sekera’s LTIR.
  — Jack Michaels (@EdmontonJack) August 14, 2018 
  The Top 7 reasons why I’m not so worried about Andrej Sekera’s latest injury woes:Sekera already couldn’t be counted on this year. While Sekera was easily the Oil’s
  
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• A few handy tips on how to make the most of your Fringe

  15-08-2018 19:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Like a well-tended garden, the annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival grows yearly in colour and complexity.
  To get the very most out of the 37th annual event, which kicks off Thursday in Old Strathcona and features 38 venues with 1,600 performances in almost 230 shows, two outdoor stages, four patios and 65 venues, make sure to assemble your Fringe tools (trowel, fertilizer, transit tickets, festival guide) before you hit the site. Here are a few tips for mini
  
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• Female runner escapes attempted sex assault by masked man near Onoway: RCMP

  15-08-2018 19:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties have arrested a 23-year-old man from Stony Plain they say tried to sexually assault a female runner near Onoway Tuesday night.
  The woman, who is in her late 20s, was out running at around 9 p.m. when she noticed a white cube van following her. The male driver exited the van wearing a mask and started chasing the woman.
  He eventually caught the woman and after a struggle, the victim escaped and ran to a neighbours house and called police, Stony Plain/Spruce Grove/Enoch RCMP Const. Megan
  
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• Edmonton marathon organizer cautiously optimistic smoke will clear; Eskimos move practice indoors

  15-08-2018 19:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton marathon organizers are nervously watching the air quality and making contingency plans after a blanket of wildfire smoke settled over the city Wednesday.
  “(I was) very concerned, it looked like the apocalypse out there this morning,” John Stanton, marathon organizer and founder of the Running Room, said Wednesday morning. “At first I thought the sun had gone out or (was) certainly rising a little later … then at 7 o’clock it was still dark and I thought &
  
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• Fringe'O'Saurus Rex roars into the future of storytelling in its 37th year

  15-08-2018 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival opens in Old Strathcona in its 37th incarnation Thursday, swirling with handbills, filling the air with the smell of delicious food.
  Taking a subtle jab at its growing vintage, Fringe‘O’Saurus Rex stomps and roars though Aug. 26. At close to 130,000 sold tickets over 10 days last year — never mind that massive footprint stretching downtown to the French Quarter — it’s easily the city’s largest festival.
  And, s
  
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• Produced water release at Long Lake under investigation, says Nexen

  15-08-2018 19:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nexen Energy is investigating the release of 200,000 litres of produced water at its Long Lake site near Anzac over the weekend, the company said Wednesday.
  The 200 cubic metre release has been contained and “all fluids have been removed from the release site and there have been no impacts to wildlife,” Nexen corporate communications manager Brittney Price said.
  The company reported the release to Alberta Energy Regulator on Sunday.
  Produced water is a byproduct of oil and gas explor
  
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• Panel discussion on owning a restaurant: viable business, or crazy scheme?

  15-08-2018 18:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prominent members of Edmonton’s restaurant owners community will be sharing their thoughts on the viability of this industry in a panel discussion on Monday, Aug. 20 at The Marc restaurant (9940 106 St.)
  The discussion, being held between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., will focus on the squeeze restaurant owners are feeling from the combined pressure of minimum wage hikes, the recession, increased competition and shifts in the way people spend their restaurant dollars. The event is sponsored by the Ed
  
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• 'Apocalyptic': Edmonton wakes up to heavy smoke, ominous orange sky

  15-08-2018 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well this is far from ideal.
  As wildfires continue to rage in B.C., Edmonton has effectively been blanketed in a thick smoke turning the morning sky into a bright, yet dark orange.
  The heavy smoke has prompted Environment Canada, Alberta Environment and Parks and Alberta Health to issue an air-quality advisory.
  Edmontonians took Twitter Wednesday morning to share their view of the eerie scene.
  Doesn’t get much creepier than this #yegwx @PrairieChasers #abstorm #smoke pic.twitter.com/PEhMTO
  
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• Edmonton Fringe Festival survival guide

  15-08-2018 15:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Veterans of the annual Edmonton Fringe Festival impart their wisdom on getting the most out of your Fringe experience.Have you ever had a Fringe performance go off the rails, be it in an entertaining or disastrous manner? 
  PAUL MATWYCHUK: I’ve been fortunate, and have never had to deal with a drunk or disruptive audience or had a performance go off the rails. I once did a show called The Play I Did At Last Year’s Fringe where Julien Arnold, playing a mean and super-aggressive ve
  
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• Edmonton pitches new shelter, homeless support south of the river

  15-08-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s homeless problem has spread far beyond the inner city and now dozens of people are camping in Mill Creek or staying under bridges in Old Strathcona and south of the river.
  The Neighbour’s Centre, a homeless drop-in started at 101 Street and 81 Avenue six years ago, now has 100 people visit every day and 60 to 70 per cent are sleeping rough, said Dean Kurpjuweit, operations manager for the Mustard Seed.
  On Wednesday, City of Edmonton staff will ask council’s
  
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• Edmonton weather: Who likes breathing comfortably anyway?

  15-08-2018 14:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 14.1 C with a 6 km/h wind coming from the southwest.
  Air quality advisory
  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. The advisory was extended Wednesday as forecasters say air quality is expected to remain poor for the remainder of the
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Bike lane on 109 Street is the people's choice

  15-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city’s proposed plan to put in a bike lane on 110 Street rather than the 109 Street option that residents have been asking for is at best condescending and at worst blatantly undemocratic.
  In light of a recent survey that saw 67 per cent of residents respond that they want a separated bike lane on 109 Street, the decision to make that happen should not be a difficult one for the city.
  Why is a two-thirds majority not enough for the city to take action on residents’ wishes? I
  
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• Editorial: City too cagey on project impacts

  15-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is in an unenviable situation when it comes to acquiring the land it needs to transform the Yellowhead Trail into a true freeway.
  Like any prospective real estate buyer, releasing too much information about its intentions may tip the balance in negotiations toward owners of the land that it needs to acquire for the 10-year, $1-billion highway project.
  The city argues that it — and Edmonton taxpayers — may pay more if landowners know too soon how the plans affect
  
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• Victim 'furious' over health-record snooping wants changes to Alberta's prosecution limit

  15-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kirk McEwing was near death four years ago, stricken with kidney failure from a serious illness.
  Without his knowledge, as he lay in a hospital bed trying to recover, the wife of a longtime friend went into the province’s electronic health database to look up his private medical information.
  McEwing was not one of her patients. Though she worked in a doctor’s office, she had no medical reason to view his files. It seems she pried only because she was curious.
  While the illness eventu
  
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• Premier men stopped short by Nor’Westers - St. Albert Gazette

  15-08-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Premier men stopped short by Nor’Westers  St. Albert GazetteThe premier men's rugby team dropped the ball against the Nor'Westers. Down 14-7 at halftime, the St. Albert Rugby Football Club fumbled away a winnable.
  
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• Single vehicle rollover on Sherwood Park Freeway

  15-08-2018 02:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police and emergency services were on scene at a rollover on the Sherwood Park Freeway early Tuesday evening, said RCMP in a news release.
  One lane of westbound traffic was blocked between Anthony Henday Drive and 17 Street and the access ramp to 17 Street was closed, said the release issued around 5:15 p.m. There was no word on injuries.
  Traffic was backed up and commuters were encouraged to take a different route.
  A collision analyst will investigate the scene. Traffic will be blocked for seve
  
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• 'We need park and ride': Councillors set new vision for the medium term

  15-08-2018 02:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Councillors recommitted to park and ride as a key part of Edmonton’s transit strategy Tuesday, approving a plan for partner facilities along all the transit lines.
  The City of Edmonton will be responsible for park-and-ride lots at the end of the line. But it now has a framework to support private organizations hoping to rent out stalls near stations along the line.
  City officials intend to issue a request for expressions of interest around the Mill Woods Town Centre in 2019, creating a par
  
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• Victim in Calling Lake double shooting testifies he came face-to-face with suspect

  15-08-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Calling Lake man told court Tuesday that it felt like half of his body was “taken out” when he was shot in the shoulder by an intruder in his bedroom in 2016.
  Jack Cardinal and his son Justin Gamble were shot in their home on Jean Baptiste Gambler First Nations Reserve near Calling Lake on Aug. 22, 2016.
  Calling Lake is about 215 km north of Edmonton.
  The trial of Lindsie John Bigstone, who is accused of aggravated assault and discharging a weapon causing injury to Cardinal, got un
  
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• Councillors endorse Whyte Avenue LRT route, frown on new river crossing

  15-08-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whyte Avenue will be the preferred route for a low-floor LRT on the south side, city councillors decided Tuesday, but they questioned whether the line needs to turn north and cross the North Saskatchewan River.
  “Do we really need to close the loop?” said Mayor Don Iveson, suggesting transit riders walk from the end of a Whyte Avenue LRT to the existing University LRT station to get downtown.
  That would be much cheaper than building a new bridge for a low-floor train across the river.
  
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• Woman shot with pellet gun, police hunt for man in Mill Woods

  15-08-2018 01:12 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 Rd. 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 be
  
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• Andrej Sekera is out indefinitely after another major surgery. What does it mean for Edmonton Oilers?

  15-08-2018 00:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Does this create opportunity for Brandon Davidson? Joel Persson? Evan Bouchard? Ethan Bear?
  This just in, news that Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrej Sekera will be out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
  The Oilers said on Twitter that Sekera was injured during an off-season training session.
  #Oilers d-man Andrej Sekera underwent successful surgery today to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Sekera was injured during an off-season training session & will be s
  
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• Police use of force investigation launched after criminal flight arrest: ASIRT

  15-08-2018 00:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating allegations a suspect arrested after a city police pursuit sustained a broken nose as a result of the amount of force used during his arrest.
  Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) said Tuesday it is expanding its focus on police conduct, the injuries sustained by the driver of the vehicle as well injuries sustained by a pedestrian who was struck during the criminal flight.
  The pursuit began after officers near 101 Street and 108 Avenue sp
  
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• Plane goes missing during flight to Westlock from Edson

  15-08-2018 00:30 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. A news release from the Department of National Defence said a dog was also onboard.
  Monday afternoon, the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centre informed Mounties that the Cessna 172 and its solo pilot never ar
  
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