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• Border authorities raid former Tory MLA Carl Benito's home in immigration fraud case

  17-08-2018 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former Progressive Conservative MLA is the target of a federal immigration fraud investigation, according to documents filed with Edmonton provincial court.
  Over $255,000 in cash was seized from three safes in ex-MLA Carl Benito’s southwest Edmonton home when Canada Border Services Agency investigators conducted a raid on June 28, according to a report to a justice filed with the court. Investigators also seized a number of documents during the search.
  The allegations were first reported
  
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• Environmental charges laid by province against City of Edmonton

  17-08-2018 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is facing numerous environmental charges relating to 2016 events that appear to centre around the use of pesticides, the provincial government said Friday.
  The Ministry of Environment and Parks said the seven charges relate to a set of events that occurred on May 11, 2016, and between May 11 and Sept. 9, 2016.
  In a media statement, the ministry said the charges include “being a person who releases or causes or permits the release of a substance into the environment tha
  
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• Edmonton weather: Eskimos optimistic smoke will clear for Saturday's game

  17-08-2018 22:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The smoky sky remains a threat to Saturday’s Edmonton Eskimos game against the Montreal Alouettes, but an expected cold front could clear up the haze coming in from B.C. wildfires.
  The football club is “cautiously optimistic” weather conditions will improve and continues to prepare for the 7 p.m. kickoff, a news release said Friday.
  The Eskimos will provide and update at noon Saturday.
  “We remain in touch with weather experts. They indicate a cold front is forecast to eve
  
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• Fringe review: Andrew Frank: Macrocosm

  17-08-2018 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Andrew Frank: Macrocosm
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 7, Chianti Yardbird Suite
  Tom Murray
  He might have left his Christian upbringing far behind, but Andrew Frank isn’t quite done with it yet.
  The Missouri-born stand up still farms his formative years in the Bible Belt for material, and if you’re easily offended by pointed, hilarious commentary on fundamentalist dogma then you might want to think twice about attending his Fringe show, Macrocosm.
  If not, you’ll enjoy h
  
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• Edmonton Airshow: Jacquie B began aerobatic flying at 50, being a regular pilot 'bored' her

  17-08-2018 20:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jacquie “B” Warda loves to make her EXTRA 300 plane to tumble and twirl through the air. But despite being a professional air show performer, she would never consider herself a thrillseeker.
  “I don’t even ride rollercoasters because I don’t know who did the maintenance on that rollercoaster, I don’t know how safe are those cars,” she said Thursday at the Villeneuve Airport, where she’ll be performing at the Edmonton Air Show this weekend.
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• Fringe review: Burlesque Dueling Divas: Wild Women

  17-08-2018 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Burlesque Dueling Divas: Wild Women
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 21, El Cortez Mexican Kitchen
  If brazenly confident, sexy women is what you seek, look no further than this knockout burlesque cabaret.
  Hooting is encouraged at this basement bar show, where sisters Jenesse and Brittany Graling hammer away at their keyboards while belting out hit songs of top female singers from the last 80 years.
  As Edmonton’s Graling sisters move through the decades, they cover predictable diva terr
  
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• Fringe review: One Man Stranger Things

  17-08-2018 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  One Man Stranger Things
  • 4 stars out of 5 
  • Stage 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean
  Do the characters never sit down and take a breath in the sci-fi thriller Stranger Things? Having never watched it before, this 75-minute show by one man retelling both of the critically-acclaimed seasons is my only interpretation to go by.
  Actor Charles Ross doesn’t miss a step while physically moving through the plot playing more than dozens of characters and seamlessly changi
  
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• Fringe review: F*ck Tinder: a love story

  17-08-2018 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  F*ck Tinder: a love story
  • 2.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 7, Chianti Yardbird Suite
  There’s Tinder in this one-man show, but not enough fire.
  San Francisco’s David Rodwin explores the world of modern relationships based on the two years he spent dating after his former girlfriend broke up with him.
  According to the program notes, he went out with 120 women. While many of these meet-ups are duds — such as the potential partner he tried to woo with texts suggested by his U
  
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• Fringe review: A Feebleminded Dictator

  17-08-2018 20:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Feebleminded Dictator
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 4, Academy at King Edward
  U.S.-based Three Gallows Theatre asks the question: “Could we successfully fill an hour-long adult show with sultry shadow puppets?”
  Yes. Yes, they can, and they do.
  Our dictator is called Mum (Kate Tobie), who inexplicably has two minions named Mantis (Erin Johnston) and Mouse (Brittny Rebhuhn).
  When she’s not napping, or applying her lipstick with a moan of relief, Mum spends her time plann
  
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• Fringe review: WASP

  17-08-2018 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  WASP
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 5, King Edward Elementary School
  The blindingly pink sky out the window and garish colours of the 1950s kitchen are smack-in-the-face sign of the dystopia to come in WASP.
  This 1996 Steve Martin play (yes, the famous comedic actor Steve Martin) smashes apart the illusion of the perfect 1950s American white suburban family by yanking each character aside for a spotlit monologue, or a heartfelt chat with a disembodied voice.
  Dad, mom, sis and son paste on
  
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• Fringe review: Whiteface

  17-08-2018 19:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whiteface
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 4, Academy at King Edward
  There’s little in the way of subtlety to be found in Whiteface, and why should there be? Summed up in early dialogue as two Indigenous performers pretending to be white who are pretending to be Indigenous, the short (45 minute) production simultaneously eviscerates and blows up stereotypes, both First Nations and colonists, and maybe the time for soft pedalling is passed.
  Writer/performers Todd Houseman and Lady Vanes
  
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• Fringe review: The Philip and Lucinda Vaudeville Show

  17-08-2018 19:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Philip and Lucinda Vaudeville Show
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium
  Philip and Lucinda are either the best vaudeville performers or the worst vaudeville performers. Or they’re the best at poking fun at an outdated genre while also paying great tribute to it.
  But five minutes in, you won’t really be thinking of any of those things.
  You’ll be too busy laughing, cheering, and, occasionally, groaning at Philip’s great (awful?) puns.
  Wheth
  
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• Investigation continues into Fort Edmonton Park horse-drawn wagon crash

  17-08-2018 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Horse-related activities at Fort Edmonton Park will remain suspended until a full review into a horse-drawn wagon rollover that injured six people is complete.
  A preliminary investigation into Wednesday’s crash has revealed that a rein slipped from the wagon driver’s hand and as she went to recover it, the two horses began running across an open field about 300 metres long.
  Just what spooked the horses is still a mystery, president and CEO of Fort Edmonton Management Company Darren D
  
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• Edmonton Airshow: Jacquie B began aerobatic flying at 50, after being a regular 'bored' her

  17-08-2018 19:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jacquie “B” Warda loves to make her EXTRA 300 plane to tumble and twirl through the air. But despite being a professional air show performer, she would never consider herself a thrillseeker.
  “I don’t even ride rollercoasters because I don’t know who did the maintenance on that rollercoaster, I don’t know how safe are those cars,” she said Thursday at the Villeneuve Airport, where she’ll be performing at the Edmonton Air Show this weekend.
  For Warda
  
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• Air Show to take flight over Edmonton

  17-08-2018 19:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jacquie “B” Warda loves to make her EXTRA 300 plane to tumble and twirl through the air. But despite being a professional air show performer, she would never consider herself a thrillseeker.
  “I don’t even ride rollercoasters because I don’t know who did the maintenance on that rollercoaster, I don’t know how safe are those cars,” she said Thursday at the Villeneuve Airport, where she’ll be performing at the Edmonton Air Show this weekend.
  For Warda
  
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• Where the Wild Things Are: Edmonton food experts lead foraging expedition

  17-08-2018 18:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Previously, nothing more than a pesky intruder squeezing up between the cracks in the sidewalk, pineapple weed is now my friend.
  That’s because, when roasted in a cast iron pan over a wood fire, the green and yellow plant (also known as wild camomile) becomes a tasty garnish, perfect in RGE RD chef Blair Lebsack’s tumbleweed salad, part of our lunch this special and delicious day.
  The day, a cooperative venture by RGE RD, local forager and filmmaker Kevin Kossowan, the Alberta Culina
  
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• Mounties seek dashcam footage of Sherwood Park Freeway fatality

  17-08-2018 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Anyone with dashcam footage of a Sherwood Park Freeway traffic fatality that left a 16-year-old teenage boy dead are being urged to contact Mounties to help in their investigation.
  The teen died Tuesday when the vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled just minutes after Strathcona County RCMP called off a pursuit.
  The chase began around 3 p.m. after RCMP, who were conducting a stolen vehicle investigation, followed a GMC Yukon SUV to a business on Broadmoor Boulevard in Sherwood Park.
  Officer
  
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• Fringe review: Y2K Black Death Oratorio

  17-08-2018 17:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Y2K Black Death Oratorio
  • 2.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 16, Holy Trinity Anglican Church
  This one-act opera by composer Jeffrey McCune and librettist Michael Cavanagh was written for the 2000 Fringe, where it presumably had some relevance. Now, its story of an ex-member of a church choir returning to supervise the dress rehearsal of his new composition, commissioned by the choir, seems terribly dated. The messages that contemporary classical music should be akin to a Broadway musical, an
  
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• Two men charged after shooting, high-speed police chase Wednesday

  17-08-2018 17:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two men are facing charges after a Wednesday afternoon shooting that ended when police disabled a fleeing Kia SUV.
  Police responded to a weapons complaint near Hermitage Road and Hooke Road in northeast Edmonton, after a report that someone in a white Kia Soul had fired shots at a black truck in the area.
  The driver of the Kia fled, striking vehicles while trying to flee police. Police gave chase and hit the vehicle to disable it near 101 Avenue and 75 Street.
  Police arrested the two men and a w
  
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• Fringe review: Fetch

  17-08-2018 17:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fetch
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 28, The Playhouse
  Two women named Hannah Morgan face the audience dressed the same, carrying the same small suitcase and repeating the same words at the same time.
  Each stands beside a table with a small box containing the identical white stuffed dog as the pair discuss the conundrum of Schrödinger’s cat.
  This physics paradox considers whether a cat inside a sealed box can be alive and dead at the same time.
  Are the women twins? Spirits? Or s
  
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• Fringe review: Escaped Alone

  17-08-2018 15:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Escaped Alone
  • 2 stars out of 5 
  • Stage 9, Telus Phone Museum
  Three friends and a curious neighbour sitting in the yard having a cup of tea on a sunny afternoon would seemingly make for an ordinary gathering where the conversation is casual.
  But this is not the case in Caryl Churchill’s 2017 play Escaped Alone – performed originally in England by The English Stage Company – where the senior women chat away the afternoon sharing stories from their past, while al
  
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• Man critically injured after shots fired at northeast Edmonton house party

  17-08-2018 15:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was taken to hospital in critical condition after shots rang out at a northeast Edmonton house party early Friday morning.
  Police were called just before 4 a.m. to a house in the Bellevue neighbourhood at 11326-68 Street in response to a weapons complaint.
  Police said the party was just winding down when shots rang out.
  Northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul Czerwonka said a 28-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the body and was taken to the Royal Alexandra hospital where he was be
  
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• Fringe review: Lil' Women: a rap musical

  17-08-2018 15:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lil’ Women: a rap musical
  • 3.5 stars out of 5 
  • Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre 
  If Louisa May Alcott was told her 1868 novel Little Women would be the basis of a fast-paced rap musical, it’s hard to imagine she would believe it.
  But it instantly makes perfect sense when the four March sisters start spitting rhymes and busting out dance moves during this production by Lil Theatre Company that first premiered at the 2012 Orlando Fringe Festival.
  The show
  
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• Edmonton weather: Air Quality Index expected to reach 10 (high risk) today

  17-08-2018 14:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 13.7 C with 11 km/h winds coming from the northwest.
  Air quality advisory
  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for the city of Edmonton Tuesday, and was extended Friday, as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia made its way into the province.
  The smoke is expected to move into northeastern Alberta this morning.
  “During a wildfire,
  
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• Friday's letters: Insurance industry must disclose finances

  17-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Insurance industry sounds alarm,” Aug. 15
  There are several incomplete and somewhat misleading statements reported in this article. These require elucidation.
  In 2002 to 2004 the insurance industry in Alberta engaged in something called “rate-shocking.” Some young people were asked to pay $7,000 or $8,000 per year for auto insurance, a shocking amount, even by today’s measure. The government reacted by bringing in basic insurance rate controls, and also brought
  
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• Editorial: An LRT bridge too far

  17-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the current debate about expanding Edmonton’s bike-path network seems onerous, it’s nothing compared to the weighty responsibility faced by planners and politicians planning the future of the LRT.
  This week, councillors made two pivotal and prudent decisions that will help shape how many of us get around the city for decades to come.
  First, council’s urban planning committee decided the future Centre Line LRT should go down Whyte Avenue toward the existing University LRT sta
  
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• Two Alberta teachers' certification at risk for humiliating students

  17-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Teachers’ Association recommended the education minister remove two men’s teaching certificates for humiliating students and making inappropriate comments, according to two disciplinary decisions released this week.
  An Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) conduct committee last year stripped teacher David A. Wilson of his association membership for life, and recommended Alberta’s education minister cancel his teaching certificate after he summoned a group of el
  
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• Navigating St. Albert's infamous 'Red Sea' - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  17-08-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Navigating St. Albert's infamous 'Red Sea' - St. Albert Gazette  St. Albert GazetteJune 27 began like any other day: I got in my car, checked my dash cam settings to make sure it was recording properly, and began the drive across St.
  
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• Plane wreckage and body found in Lac Ste. Anne County

  17-08-2018 05:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The search for a missing pilot en route to Westlock ended Thursday with the discovery of the wreckage of a plane in Lac Ste. Anne County.
  Scott Schneider and his Cessna 172 were found by Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue crews Thursday around 4:30 p.m. He was found without vital signs, an air force news release said.
  Schneider had been flying with a dog to Westlock from Edson with a plan to land Sunday evening. They were reported missing Monday when his plane never landed
  
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• Man suspected of robbing small town Alberta pub at gunpoint nabbed by Mounties

  17-08-2018 05:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man who police believe robbed a small town northern Alberta pub at gunpoint in the middle of the day earlier this month has been arrested, RCMP said Thursday.
  Mounties said a masked man entered Jingler’s Pub in Gibbons at around 1 p.m. on Aug. 6 and made off with a “significant amount of cash” as well as a purse from one of the patrons.
  The man ran from the pub on 50 Avenue, jumped into a stolen silver Toyota Camry that was being driven by a female accompl
  
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• PHOTOS: 2018 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival Opens

  17-08-2018 04:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 2018 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival opened in Old Strathcona on Thursday August 16, 2018 for eleven days of fun and frivolity. (PHOTOS BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  Katie Hartman, a Fringe Theatre Festival actor in the play “Eddie Poe”, wears a filter mask on Thursday August 16, 2018 at the opening day of the 2018 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival. Forest fires burning out of control in British Columbia have created very poor air quality in the Edmonton re
  
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• New CEO talks about plans for Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

  17-08-2018 04:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Technology and tourism are two key areas when it comes to strengthening Edmonton’s economy, says the new CEO of the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC).
  Derek Hudson took over the seat as CEO of the EEDC, the City of Edmonton’s innovation company, on Aug. 8. In Hudson’s previous post as the EEDC’s chief operating officer, his work involved corporate services, innovation and the Shaw Conference Centre.
  With past roles in management, finance and consulting, Hud
  
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• Trash limit, green bin pilot project pitched for Edmonton residents

  17-08-2018 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents are being asked to step up and help out as Edmonton stares down a dismal report card on its recycling and waste diversion efforts.
  More than 60 per cent of everything homeowners threw out in 2017 ended up in a landfill, a number that puts Edmonton among the laggards of Canadian municipalities.
  Starting next spring, 5,600 households could be asked to voluntarily participate in a green bin program and separate kitchen scraps and other organics into a separate bin. They may also get a new
  
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• Driver suffers 'life-threatening injuries' after early morning crash on Kingsway

  17-08-2018 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man suffered life-threatening injuries after the car he was driving crashed near the former Edmonton municipal airport Thursday morning.
  Police said that before the silver Chevrolet Cobalt crashed near Kingsway and 118 Avenue, officers had spotted it speeding eastbound along 118 Avenue at 123 Street around 12:45 a.m. Thursday.
  Crash investigators believe the driver attempted to merge onto Kingsway but spun out, jumped the sidewalk and crashed into a parked green Ford F-150 pickup.
  A passe
  
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• High Level Bridge traffic disrupted for rescue operation Thursday

  17-08-2018 01:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is safe and in custody after he climbed up onto a girder and fell asleep on the High Level Bridge Thursday afternoon.
  The man was “just taking a nap,” and wasn’t injured, said Capt. Reginald Kozoway of the Edmonton Fire and Rescue Service, which was involved in the rescue. The ensuing rescue forced emergency crews to temporarily close off traffic during rush hour.
  Firefighters received a call at 3:28 p.m. Thursday to help police with a high-angle rescue, spokesperson Maya
  
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• Council committee to explore options for reducing single-use plastics in Edmonton

  17-08-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  City staff are looking to other jurisdictions for ways Edmontonians can cut down on single-use plastics and curb pollution.
  The federal government hasn’t introduced national policies on the issue, but cities and businesses across the country have launched their own initiatives, said a city report released Thursday.
  Single-use plastics are used once before being thrown away or recycled. Items include grocery bags, straws, stir sticks, disposable cups, water bottles, takeout food containers
  
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• 'I just like flying upside down': Edmonton Air Show takes flight this weekend

  17-08-2018 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Gary Rower, performing in air shows is reminiscent of his former career as a fighter pilot in the United States air force.
  “I just like flying upside down,” he quipped by phone Wednesday.
  Rower will be doing just that at the fourth Edmonton Air Show this weekend. With a mostly sunny forecast and optimism from organizers that smoke will clear, almost a dozen aerial performers are expected to dazzle audiences Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the Villen
  
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• High Level Bridge traffic squeezed for rescue operation Thursday

  17-08-2018 00:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A person who climbed up onto a girder under the High Level Thursday afternoon forced emergency crews to temporarily close off one lane of traffic during rush hour.
  Firefighters received a call at 3:28 p.m. to help with a high angle rescue, spokesperson Maya Filipovic said. They arrived at 3:34 p.m.
  The person was over the river valley and not over the water, she said.
  “They have set up a ladder and crews are trying to get him down from there,” she said.
  The High Level street car&rsqu
  
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