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• Invasive weed taking over Isle Lake

  27-08-2018 23:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flowering rush, an invasive weed, is growing out of control at Isle Lake, west of Edmonton. Residents have asked the province to spray the weed with a herbicide, but plans to do just that were cancelled in July. The weed is at risk of spreading to other bodies of water in Alberta.
  
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• First-degree murder charge laid in death of man found on side of Fort McMurray road

  27-08-2018 22:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 36-year-old man is facing first-degree murder charges after the body of a man was found on the side of a Fort McMurray road in June.
  John Bradley Healey, 36, was found dead on an access road between Grayling Crescent and Abasand Drive early in the morning of June 13.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP arrested Trevor Kirke Bown on Friday in Fort McMurray.
  Bown was scheduled to appear in court Monday at 9:30 a.m.
  RCMP are asking anyone with information about Healey’s death to come forward.
  
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• Removing left-turn lane on 104 Avenue to 109 Street endorsed by council committee

  27-08-2018 22:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decision to eliminate a left turn for vehicle traffic near MacEwan University Monday is a trade-off that should preserve the institution’s lovely tree-lined boulevard on 104 Avenue when the LRT is built, say officials.
  Council’s executive committee endorsed the change Monday.
  It can be seen as a win for those worried too little attention has been paid to what it will be like to walk to or around west LRT extension. Several people raised that concern at the LRT public hearing, inclu
  
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• Planned Kehewin treatment plant set to end boil-water advisory in 2020

  27-08-2018 22:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s only Indigenous community with a long-term drinking water advisory held a sod-turning ceremony Monday for construction of a new treatment facility.
  The Kehewin Cree Nation, about 235 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, has been under a boil-water advisory since 2011, according to the Indigenous Services Canada website.
  Although the federal organization has invested $13.9 million to support construction of a new water treatment system, the group says in a news release the
  
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• Win for foot traffic as council tweaks LRT plan near MacEwan University

  27-08-2018 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decision to eliminate a left turn for vehicle traffic near MacEwan University Monday is a trade-off that should preserve the institution’s lovely tree-lined boulevard on 104 Avenue when the LRT is built, say officials.
  Council’s executive committee endorsed the change Monday.
  It can be seen as a win for those worried too little attention has been paid to what it will be like to walk to or around west LRT extension. Several people raised that concern at the LRT public hearing, inclu
  
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• Edmonton biotech company settles long-running lawsuit

  27-08-2018 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton biotechnology company has agreed to pay more than $1 million in cash and shares to settle long-standing royalty lawsuits.
  AVAC Ltd. filed a claim against Ceapro Inc. and a subsidiary in 2011 regarding a royalty agreement that saw AVAC, a Calgary investment firm, provide funding for product innovation development in the area of veterinary therapeutics and active ingredients.
  A year later, AVAC sought damages against Ceapro and another subsidiary over royalty agreements in which AVAC p
  
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• Drayton Valley man charged with investment fraud

  27-08-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Drayton Valley man faces criminal charges after allegedly fraudulently raising $200,000 from six investors.
  Shaun Wayne Howell has been charged with three counts of fraud and three counts of theft over $5,000 in connection with incidents alleged to have happened in Red Deer between September 2013 and February 2015, according to a news release from the Alberta Securities Commission and the RCMP.
  Details of the allegations against him weren’t immediately available.
  Howell is
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society files charges after 500 animals seized from WEM pet store

  27-08-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Sherwood Park man is facing charges after 500 animals, including small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and spiders, were seized in February in one of the Edmonton Humane Society’s largest seizures to date.
  On Feb. 27, society staff seized guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards, crabs, fish, spiders, birds, frogs, and other animals from the My Pet store at West Edmonton Mall after receiving a report they had been abandoned.
  According to a Monday news release issued by the society, M
  
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• Ten things that have to happen for the Edmonton Oilers to make the 2018-19 playoffs

  27-08-2018 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  I expect the Edmonton Oilers to make the playoffs in 2018-19, but for that to happen at least seven of the following ten things must occur (with by far the most important possible developments being the first three on the list):The most important thing is for Connor McDavid to be healthy and to be himself. If that happens expect about 120 points out of McD.
  Second, Cam Talbot needs to play at least at his career average. In 253 NHL games, Talbot has posted a .918 save percentage. Last year in 67
  
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• First-degree murder charge in death of man found on side of Fort McMurray road

  27-08-2018 17:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 36-year-old man is facing first-degree murder charges after the body of a man was found on the side of a Fort McMurray road in June.
  John Bradley Healey, 36, was found dead on an access road between Grayling Crescent and Abasand Drive early in the morning of June 13.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP arrested Trevor Kirke Bown on Friday in Fort McMurray.
  Bown was scheduled to appear in court Monday at 9:30 a.m.
  RCMP are asking anyone with information about Healey’s death to come forward.
  
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• Edmonton Fringe-goers buy record number of tickets

  27-08-2018 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lovers of drama, comedy and green onion cakes flocked to the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival in record numbers this year.
  The festival grounds in Old Strathcona, featuring food, drinks and buskers, received 817,000 visits during the 11-day run that ended Sunday, up 9,000 visits from 2017, according to figures released Monday.
  At the same time, patrons purchased a record 133,276 tickets to more than 1,600 shows, generating $1.46 million in box office revenue, an increase of 10 per
  
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• Festival still about the blues after 20 years

  27-08-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  By the end of its second night Edmonton’s 20th annual Blues Festival had already offered choice opportunities for making new musical acquaintances and catching up with a better known stage veterans, as the Saturday box office came within double digits of a sellout.
  For Montreal’s Cecile Doo-Kingue the vibe was friendlier than most festivals she’s played. An hour or so after her tight trio finished their mid-afternoon set to raucous applause the singer related how impressed she
  
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• Homicide detectives investigate suspicious death in northeast Edmonton

  27-08-2018 15:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating a suspicious death after the body of a man was found outside a Rundle Heights townhouse complex in northeast Edmonton Monday morning.
  Officers were called about a disturbance complaint at around 1:50 a.m. in the area of 32 Street and 116A Avenue. Upon arrival police found the body of a deceased man lying on the ground outside.
  The victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made. Police have closed off a section of 32 Street from 116A Avenue to 113 Avenue.
  Ho
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's August and I'm debating turning my furnace on. Not cool.

  27-08-2018 14:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 6.6 C with 12 km/h winds out of the north, northwest.
  Holy Hannah it’s cold outside. Waking up in the morning is infinitely harder when it’s pitch black outside, the room is freezing cold and the bed is toast warm (this might partly be my fault for leaving a window open overnight, but c’mon it’s August!) Sigh. I think I’m in denial.
  
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• Environmental Appeals Board set to hear fight over former Domtar site in northeast Edmonton

  27-08-2018 14:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Testimony is scheduled to begin Monday at an Environmental Appeals Board hearing that will attempt to resolve a long and increasingly bitter dispute over the former Domtar industrial lands in northeast Edmonton.
  Domtar Inc. and Cherokee Canada — the former and current landowners — are fighting orders from Alberta Environment and Parks to conduct testing and clean up contamination on the site north of Yellowhead Trail near 44 Street.
  Eight days have been set aside for the hearing in f
  
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• VIDEO: Invasive weed taking over Isle Lake

  27-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flowering rush, an invasive weed, is growing out of control at Isle Lake, west of Edmonton. Residents have asked the province to spray the weed with a herbicide, but plans to do just that were cancelled in July. The weed is at risk of spreading to other bodies of water in Alberta.
  
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• Municipal councils implementing tough cannabis consumption bylaws

  27-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert will ban all public recreational consumption of cannabis when it is legalized in October in a move that continues the fractured approach to bylaws and enforcement of Canada’s new green economy.
  While the federal government has laid down a national framework, it’s up to the provinces to create rules for distribution and traffic enforcement, and municipalities are in charge of bylaws to deal with such issues of public consumption.
  That means you might be able to blaze a hott
  
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• Invasive weed 'choking' rural Alberta lake at risk of spreading

  27-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tuberous weed known for pretty pink flowers is strangling a rural Alberta lake, alarming property owners concerned that without prompt intervention the invasive species will spread across the province.
  “It is choking the lake completely,” said Gaston Savoie, whose property at Isle Lake, about 90 km west of Edmonton, has been dominated by flowering rush. “Once it hits the North Saskatchewan River, then what?”
  The weed, marked by an umbrella-shaped bloom and prolific
  
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• Woman dead and man injured in Strathcona County house explosion

  27-08-2018 06:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The subdivision of Paso Estates near Cooking Lake was shaken Sunday afternoon with a home explosion that turned fatal.
  Mounties were called to Range Road 224 and Township Road 513 southeast of Sherwood Park at around 2:10 p.m. Sunday for an explosion that destroyed an acreage home.
  A woman who was inside the home was found dead on scene, an RCMP news release said.
  An injured man was taken to an Edmonton hospital with “serious injuries,” said RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott Sunday. A dog was r
  
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• Formalizing river valley beaches could cost millions, city says

  27-08-2018 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city will likely have to pay millions of dollars to find out whether it’s possible to build more new beaches in Edmonton’s river valley.
  Earlier this year, the city found six locations along the North Saskatchewan River that could be developed into more formal beaches following the popularity of Accidental Beach near Cloverdale.
  But a city report says the assessment and design involved in finding a site could cost up to $4.8 million.
  The six potential beaches are at Rundle Park,
  
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• Golfer shot in leg during tournament near Grande Prairie Saturday

  27-08-2018 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A young man golfing south of Grande Prairie was sent to hospital for a gunshot wound while a nearby shooting competition was underway, police say.
  The 23-year-old man was participating in a golf tournament when he was shot in the leg Saturday. Mounties responded to the report at 2:30 p.m., said a Grande Prairie RCMP news release Sunday.
  The man was taken to hospital by a witness, where he was treated and released, the news release said.
  RCMP have found that an “organized shooting competiti
  
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• Watch out for that tree: Greenery in middle of 107 Avenue sidewalk sparks mobility concerns

  27-08-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tree still sits in the middle of a narrow 107 Avenue sidewalk after recent construction had some residents hoping the area would become more pedestrian friendly.
  The sidewalk on the southwest corner of 109 Street and 107 Avenue was recently replaced as part of a development project, city spokeswoman Karen Burgess said via email.
  Before the work, two city trees were in the middle of the sidewalk, but one was damaged by the developer and needed to be replaced.
  This would have been the perfect ti
  
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• Freedom of the City bestowed on 1 Service Battalion to mark 50th anniversary

  27-08-2018 00:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton-based Canadian Armed Forces unit responsible for maintenance and support had its moment in the spotlight Sunday when it received the Freedom of the City.
  Led by commanding officer Lt.-Col. Heather Morrison, 1 Service Battalion marched through downtown Edmonton Sunday morning to mark its 50th anniversary and the positive relationship between the unit and city residents.
  The longstanding tradition dates back to 15th-century England, when military units were required to request access a
  
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• Hangar 11 endangered: City says historic aviation building might be too costly to keep

  27-08-2018 00:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton heritage supporters are urging city officials to put history ahead of money and preserve Blatchford’s deteriorating Hangar 11.
  The 1942 hangar built by the United States Army Air Force would need between $14 million and $20 million for full restoration, according to a report councillors will discuss Monday.
  But the Edmonton Heritage Council is adamant the significance of the structure to aviation history outweighs the financial burden.
  “We have to say, what are the poss
  
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