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• 'Nevaeh’s care fell through the cracks': Fatality inquiry into group home death resumes after year delay

  22-08-2018 23:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A pharmacologist testified Wednesday that an accumulation of a sleeping aid in an eight-year-old girl’s body is the most likely cause of her death in a group home as a result of drug toxicity.
  The fatality inquiry into the death of Nevaeh Michaud resumed Wednesday after more than one year’s delay so that additional expert evidence could be sought.
  Nevaeh died in 2014 due to toxicity related to chloral hydrate, a drug prescribed to her several months prior and administered daily
  
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• Travis Vader to appeal manslaughter convictions for McCann deaths this fall

  22-08-2018 21:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Travis Vader’s appeal of his manslaughter convictions for the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann will go before the court in November.
  Vader was sentenced to life in prison after Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Denny Thomas found him guilty of manslaughter in connection to the 2010 deaths of the McCanns. The remains of the couple, who were in their 70s when they disappeared, have never been recovered.
  Thomas initially convicted Vader of two counts of second-degree
  
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• Edmonton weather: Air quality advisory in effect

  22-08-2018 19:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  We all know how this story goes.
  Environment Canada issued an air quality advisory for the city of Edmonton at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday as smoke from the B.C. wildfires makes its way into the province.
  “Thick smoke over northern Alberta and the Mountain Parks will spread into central regions of the province this afternoon reaching as far south as Calgary,” reads the statement.
  Much of Alberta is under an air quality advisory as smoke from the B.C. Wildfires makes its way into the provinc
  
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• Province launches $300,000 program for immigrant entrepreneurs

  22-08-2018 19:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province launched a $336,000 program Wednesday to support immigrants planning to start businesses in Alberta.
  “We’re working to foster our multicultural business community,” said Minister of Economic Development and Trade Deron Bilous at a news conference.
  The Immigrant Entrepreneur Program will provide training and resources, such as handbooks translated into different languages, over the next two years.
  “Our province is one of the most popular de
  
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• Nearly 300 speeding drivers nabbed in five-day mountain-blitz near Jasper

  22-08-2018 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A five-day traffic enforcement blitz near Jasper has resulted in hundreds of drivers being pinged for speeding including four who were clocked travelling 50 km/h over the posted speed limit.
  Data released Wednesday by RCMP’s Integrated Traffic Unit in Edson showed that between Aug. 13 and 17, Mounties clocked 294 drivers speeding between Jasper and the Columbia Icefields on Highway 93 as well as on Highway 16 in and around the town of Jasper.
  Other infractions include:
  • 35 occupant r
  
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• Fringe review: AMAZE A Comedy Magic Show

  22-08-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  AMAZE: A Comedy Magic Show
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 3, Global News Walterdale Theatre
  Comedy and magic, magic and comedy. The two are made for one another. Tricks can be hilarious as well as awe-inspiring, and a few laughs can help a magician distract an audience, diverting their attention away from the trick.David Eliot mixes magic and comedy with aplomb, joking with the audience while spinning out tricks: card tricks, sleight of hand, catching flying objects in ways that would seem
  
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• Private bus companies launching new prairie services to include Edmonton, Calgary

  22-08-2018 17:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Saskatchewan-based private bus company wants to expand its services across the prairies to include stops in Edmonton and Calgary.
  The move by Rider Express is just the latest by private industry to try and fill the void that will be left by Greyhound when it ceases services as of Oct. 31.
  Two weeks ago another private company, Northern Express Bus Line, announced it would expand its offerings in northern Alberta between Grande Prairie and Edmonton.
  The company, which runs a fleet of 55-passeng
  
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• Council Briefs for August 20th

  22-08-2018 17:20
  Council Briefs are provided for the benefit of community members with the intent of giving a short, informal report on... Read Post
  
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• Fringe review: The Brick

  22-08-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Brick
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 7, Chianti Yardbird Suite
  Billy’s mom was dead to begin with. His relationship with his mother, a woman who drank too much and who had too little love to show to her family, was rocky at best.
  Now, years after her passing, Billy has come to deliver her final death. It’s said that a person’s first death comes when their heart stops, the second when they are put in the ground. The third death comes when someone says your name for the
  
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• Edmonton weather: Today has been brought to you today by the letter 'S', which stands for superfluous, suffocating, smoke

  22-08-2018 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 9.3 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the southwest
  Edmontonians are waking up to a fairly clear morning but forecasters warn hazy conditions today will eventually give way to ‘widespread smoke’ which is expected to make its way back into the city later this afternoon. The smoke is expected to stick around until at least Thursday evening, when a lit
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Cartoon on B.C. wildfires offends

  22-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Did you ever go for a holiday in British Columbia? Many Albertans have indeed enjoyed what our neighbour province has to offer.
  In that light, Malcolm Mayes’ cartoon in Friday’s Edmonton Journal is especially ironic, if not offensive. It seems to blame B.C. for the fires; is it also their fault the pine beetle is spreading to Alberta? How could one compare pollution from B.C. wildfires to the environmental hazards of pipelines?
  The cartoon shows lack of empathy for suffering British
  
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• Women in science and engineering tech fields face discrimination, says association

  22-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Women in science and engineering technology fields face sexism on a daily basis while also missing out on opportunities afforded to male counterparts, says a workers’ association.
  In a 2017 survey by the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET), women reported issues ranging from sexual assault and harassment to a boys’ club where they were asked to fetch coffee and take meeting minutes.
  “There weren’t any huge surprises,&rdqu
  
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• David Staples: Okanagan Rail Trail a model for Edmonton's golden opportunity

  22-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every now and then cities are handed historic golden opportunities. How well a city does with those opportunities is the measure of the place and its people.
  The cities of Vernon, Coldstream and Kelowna in the beautiful British Columbia Okanagan Valley recently got such an opportunity. They scored the equivalent of a Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal with their chance. Edmonton has a similar opportunity, but it’s not yet known if the city will make the most of it.
  The new Okanagan Rail Tra
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Alice Cooper, Rural Roots Fair, and The Hearts

  22-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alice Cooper
  It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when Alice Cooper was truly shocking to parents. Decades later, and the man who brought guillotines, gallons of fake blood, and feathered boas to hockey arenas around the world is now a born again Christian with a passion for golf. He still trots out the stage effects for one of the most consistently entertaining shows you’ll ever see, and he continues to release albums; Cooper’s latest effort, Paranormal, came out last ye
  
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• St. Albert bank robbed at gunpoint - St. Albert Gazette

  22-08-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert bank robbed at gunpoint  St. Albert GazetteA noon-hour robbery at a St. Albert bank netted an undisclosed amount of money, police say. St. Albert RCMP said at 12 p.m. on Aug. 20, they received a.
  
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• Modular homes, legal camping: 'Broken' shelter system has council open to alternatives

  22-08-2018 04:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Council searched for an alternative to a “broken” homeless shelter system Tuesday, looking for a rapid response to rehouse those sleeping rough.
  “The old shelter system is broken. There are a lot of people who do not find that in any way humane or even practical for temporary housing,” said Ward 6 Coun. Scott McKeen, pointing to the roughly $1 million the city spends every year cleaning up homeless camps from those who avoid the system.
  He gets complaints from constituent
  
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• Orville Chubb, publisher of Avenue Magazine, dies at 57

  22-08-2018 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Orville Chubb, publisher of Avenue Magazine, was an Edmonton enthusiast — he saw a cosmopolitan future for the prairie city with a much more arts-minded approach.
  “He saw the city was going to grow into more of a metropolis,” said Avenue Edmonton editor Steven Sandor Monday. “He felt the city was going to get a lot more urban. With what we did at the magazine … we tried to reflect (his vision).”
  Chubb, 57, died Sunday, surrounded by family.
  Chubb founded Edmo
  
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• Traffic jams expected around new Edmonton International Airport Costco

  22-08-2018 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is warning passengers to allow more time to reach the terminal this week because of traffic created by the new Costco store.
  The company’s 100th Canadian warehouse outlet opens at 8 a.m. Wednesday south of Airport Road, and although peak shopping traffic usually happens at different times than peak flight traffic, there will likely be extra vehicles until Sunday, said an EIA news release.
  The airport doesn’t expect the additional vehicles will
  
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• Tarantulas, insects among the critters making themselves at home at new Royal Alberta Museum

  22-08-2018 01:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A sneak peek of the Royal Alberta Museum’s facility Tuesday revealed state-of-the-art enclosures for thousands of critters including tarantulas, cockroaches and beetles who are gradually being shuttled across town to their new homes.
  “We want to try to foster tolerance, appreciation and respect for the biggest chunk of the animal kingdom on the planet,” said live animals supervisor Peter Heule.
  As visitors enter the bug gallery, they’ll notice a hive-shaped informati
  
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• 'Nobody's been brought to justice': Mother of Edmonton teen killed in Surrey pleads for tips one year later

  22-08-2018 01:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Saturday, Kim Krupa threw a birthday party for her son Tanner Krupa, who was killed in Surrey, B.C., last year.
  The party was held on an acreage outside Edmonton. Around 160 people attended.
  “His birthday was on Aug. 14,” she said. “I’d been planning for months and months. (I) got crazy things like boas and glasses and beads and just made it a big birthday party. We had fireworks, and we released butterflies … just fun things to give him his first heavenly
  
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• St. Albert won’t allow any cannabis consumption in public places

  22-08-2018 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  City councillors in St. Albert have decided to ban the public consumption of cannabis outright, even after it becomes legal on Oct. 17.
  
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• Creepy-crawly caravan: Museum bug collection on the move

  22-08-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thousands of critters including tarantulas, cockroaches and stick insects are moving into new digs at the Royal Alberta Museum’s downtown location, where they’ll create state-of-the-art exhibits.
  The entire invertebrate collection will be trucked from the museum’s former Glenora location to 97 Street and 103A Avenue along a carefully planned route, which no doubt avoids potholes. On Tuesday, Mexican red knee tarantulas and giant cockroaches were among the first creat
  
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• Extension cord at fault for $55,000 fire in Alberta government office building

  22-08-2018 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  An electrical malfunction originating from an office extension cord was the cause of a fire in an Alberta government office building expected to displace about 460 workers until mid-November.
  The July 30 fire in the Forestry Building, located at 99 Avenue and 108 Street, resulted in an estimated $55,000 in damages, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said Tuesday.
  The 10-storey building is home to workers of five provincial government ministries who have since been relocated
  
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• Officer pleads guilty to 'breach of trust,' gets probation for taking cash while on duty

  22-08-2018 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police officer who admitted to taking cash, cigarettes and prepaid credit cards while on duty will serve a sentence of probation.
  Const. David Ahlstrom was sentenced Monday to 18 months probation for guilty pleas to two counts of breach of trust, according to provincial court records.
  Ahlstrom was an eight-year patrol member when he was charged following an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigation in 2017.
  Ahlstrom had pleaded guilty to taking cigarettes and cash
  
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• Mayor says west leg of LRT will not be built as a public-private partnership

  22-08-2018 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton will not build the western phase of the Valley Line LRT through another private-public partnership, Mayor Don Iveson said Tuesday.
  That’s going to be complex, he warned, because the first 13-kilometre phase of the new line between downtown and Mill Woods is being built, operated and maintained by TransEd, a private consortium of companies.
  But Iveson said avoiding a second private-public partnership (known as a P3) is a simpler option. TransEd could still be responsible for runnin
  
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