St. Albert news

• Minimal damage to Low Level Bridge from fatal collision

  29-08-2018 23:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  City engineers finished an initial visual inspection to the Low Level Bridge Wednesday morning and found some minor structural damage, deputy city manager Gord Cebryk said.
  That damage will not affect the current use of the bridge, but will need to be repaired soon. “The vehicle struck the centre median, as well as a guard rail. Then it struck a very minor support on the bridge abutment,” said Cebryk. “That needs some repair work, but very minor work to be done.”
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• City of St. Albert purchases building in Campbell Business Park

  29-08-2018 23:26
  Will support current and future municipal operations The City of St. Albert has purchased the building at 110 Carleton Drive... Read Post
  
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• Security guard who kicked man to death says he was 'involuntarily celibate'

  29-08-2018 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A security guard who robbed and killed an unconscious man by stomping on his stomach told his probation officer he was frustrated by work stress and by being “involuntarily celibate” at the time of the offence.
  Sheldon Russell Bentley was handed a four-year sentence Wednesday for his manslaughter conviction in the death of 51-year-old Donald Doucette. With enhanced credit for time served in pre-trial custody, he has less than two years left to serve on his sentence.
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• Child taken to hospital after falling three storeys from apartment

  29-08-2018 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A three-year-old boy was taken to hospital Wednesday after falling from a third-floor Edmonton apartment near 119 Avenue and 34 Street.
  Police and paramedics called to the apartment complex around 12:30 p.m. found the boy lying outside on the ground, police spokesman Scott Pattison said.
  Officers were told the child had climbed out the window of the family’s third-floor suite and fell. It is believed his parents were in the suite at the time.
  Paramedics treated the boy and took him to hosp
  
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• Child taken to hospital after falling three storeys

  29-08-2018 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A young child was taken to hospital after falling from a third-floor balcony near 119 Avenue and 34 Street.
  Police were called to the apartment complex in northeast Edmonton where a child had suffered “serious injuries,” Edmonton police spokesperson Scott Pattison said Wednesday afternoon.
  He said the event is being considered non-criminal at this time.
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• Councillors reject building permanent beaches in Edmonton's river valley, citing cost

  29-08-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors have rejected building “official” beaches in Edmonton’s river valley.
  After discussing a report that said the city would need to pay up to $4.8 million to find a site for a permanent beach, council’s community services committee voted Wednesday against conducting further research on beach-building.
  That means that Accidental Beach, which grew from an existing gravel bar near Cloverdale downstream from the LRT bridge construction site, will likely revert t
  
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• New staff added to Friendship Centres as part of strategy to reduce opioid deaths

  29-08-2018 21:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Native Friendship Centres received $400,000 in provincial funding Wednesday for new staff and education materials aimed at reducing the number of opioid-related deaths.
  The grant created four new staff “navigators” whose mission will be to connect Indigenous people to treatments and culturally-sensitive services, said a government news release.
  Navigators have been hired in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Grande Prairie. Funding will also provide Friendship Centres in 21 co
  
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• One man killed in Low Level Bridge rollover

  29-08-2018 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-year-old man is dead and two others are in critical condition after a fatal car crash on the Low Level Bridge Wednesday morning.
  Police said the collision occurred around 2:30 a.m. when a northbound Chevy Malibu carrying three people struck the cement barrier just prior to entering the bridge and rolled into the metal beams, causing it to land on its roof.
  The 19-year-old driver was pronounced dead on scene, police said. Two other people were rushed to hospital with life-threatening injurie
  
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• Speed, alcohol factors in fatal Low Level Bridge rollover: police

  29-08-2018 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 19-year-old man is dead and two others are in critical condition after a fatal car crash on the Low Level Bridge Wednesday morning.
  Police said the collision occurred around 2:30 a.m. when a northbound Chevy Malibu carrying three people struck the cement barrier just prior to entering the bridge and rolled into the metal beams, causing it to land on its roof.
  The 19-year-old driver was pronounced dead on scene, police said. Two other people were rushed to hospital with life-threatening injurie
  
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• Lament of the Edmonton Oilers fan: "My interest in the team is waning."

  29-08-2018 19:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from long-time Oilers fan and Twitter humorist Mental Gas @mental_gas, who recently tweeted: “Looking at my Oilers season ticket bill and I am currently regretting renewing my seats. My interest in the team is waning. First time in years I haven’t looked forward to the start of training camp. I hope that changes this season…. I think between the cost, entertainment value and the often negative SM (Social Media) narrative, it’s not a relationship that makes m
  
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• Photo Enforcement Sites - September 2018

  29-08-2018 16:08
  The City of St. Albert is sharing its photo enforcement Site of the Day locations for September 2018. Enforcement is... Read Post
  
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• Man who performed CPR on shooting victim describes effort to keep victim alive

  29-08-2018 15:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who performed CPR on the victim of a deadly shooting Monday says he and his neighbours tried to ease the man’s pain before emergency crews arrived.
  Police were called to a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighbourhood around 1:50 a.m. Monday, after residents reported hearing a fight. They found a man in medical distress who died despite attempts at resuscitation.
  Investigators identified the man late Tuesday evening as 32-year-old Clinton Roderick Roasting.
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• Low Level Bridge closed as police investigate fatal rollover collision

  29-08-2018 14:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  One man is dead and two other people are in critical condition after a fatal car crash on the Low Level Bridge Wednesday morning.
  Police said in a news release the collision occurred around 2:30 a.m. when a car carrying three people struck a guard rail on the bridge and rolled over. Police said one man is dead and two others are in critical condition.
  The bridge is expected to remain closed to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic until further notice.
  The EPS Major Collision Section is investigat
  
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• Edmonton weather: Risk of a thunderstorm? Summer is back, baby!

  29-08-2018 14:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 12.7 C with 2 km/h winds out of the west.
  It’s hard to believe the past couple of days have taken place in August. We got a bit of sunshine during the afternoon yesterday but for the majority of the time it’s been cold, rainy, and bleh (that’s the official terminology, I checked). But we can’t declare summer completely over because lo a
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Look again at those left-turn numbers

  29-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Council drops left-turn lane near MacEwan University,” Aug. 28
  “Under the new design, administration projects less than 50 cars per hour, during the morning and evening peak hour, would make the left-hand turn.”
  How did they determine this? It almost sounds like they used the same sort of logic that NASA management used to rationalize the launch of Challenger and to assess the damage of Colombia’s thermal protection. We all know accurate that was, and how well
  
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• Editorial: Who's driving the CPC?

  29-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maxime Bernier grabbed the spotlight last week by quitting the Conservative Party of Canada and vowing to start a new right-wing movement.
  But following the Conservative policy convention last weekend, it appears that it won’t be the maverick MP who poses the biggest threat to a Conservative election victory in 2019.
  Card-carrying Conservatives themselves will play the role of election spoiler, namely the grassroots members who pushed several resolutions on divisive issues into the limelig
  
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• David Staples: City causing 'brain damage' with costly delays in building permits

  29-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council often trumpets the lofty and oft-stated goal of building dense housing and commercial development up and down the LRT lines, but not one major project has been completed in four decades.
  So you might think that the city would bend over backwards to get one built.
  But it’s one thing to talk up transformational plans, it’s another thing to make them happen.
  Just ask InHouse, the developer of the West Block project on Stony Plain Road. It recently experienced a city-in
  
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• Patience is needed with Evan Bouchard, says London hockey writer Sean Patrick Ryan

  29-08-2018 07:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Interview with Edmonton Oilers prospect Evan Bouchard
  By Sean Patrick Ryan, special to the Cult of Hockey
  Day 1 of OHL training camp opened up today in London and I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to watch my beloved Knights take the first step towards hopefully a Championship season. Eighty-four players were battling for a shot at this year’s team and players were broken down into four teams – White, Gold, Green and Black. Evan Bouchard was on team black wearing his usu
  
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• Man dead after semi, pickup truck in serious crash north of Rimbey

  29-08-2018 05:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  A serious collision between a pickup truck and a semi truck closed part of Highway 20 southwest of Edmonton Tuesday.
  Rimbey RCMP were called at 12:09 p.m. to the two-vehicle collision on Highway 20, north of Township Road 442. A police news release said officers were told the vehicles were on fire.
  Police say the driver of the pickup truck died at the scene, while the driver of the semi-truck was transported to hospital with minor injuries and released.
  Northbound traffic along Highway 20 was di
  
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• Jason Garrison to come to camp on PTO as Oilers bulk up on veteran depth options

  29-08-2018 05:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Put another log on the fire.
  Edmonton Oilers continued to tinker around the edges on Tuesday. agreeing to terms with veteran defender Jason Garrison on a Professional Tryout.As you can see, Garrison is a lefty, that said the Oilers are at a point in the summer they can’t afford to be too choosy when trying to  dredge up possible depth options.
  As you can also see, he’s a grizzled veteran (I have it on good authority that he shaved the morning of the game pictured above). He;s sh
  
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• Man who performed CPR in suspicious death describes effort to keep victim alive

  29-08-2018 04:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who performed CPR on the victim of what police are calling a suspicious death Monday says he and his neighbours tried to ease the man’s pain before emergency crews arrived.
  Police were called to a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighbourhood around 1:50 a.m. Monday, after residents reported hearing a fight. They found a man in medical distress who died despite attempts at resuscitation. Police have not released his name, age, or cause of death.
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• 'I hope you burn in hell': Father gets seven years for sexually assaulting daughter

  29-08-2018 04:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A father who repeatedly sexually assaulted his young daughter was handed a seven-year prison sentence and banned from contacting the girl for life on Tuesday.
  “I hope you burn in hell!” the now 13-year-old wrote in a victim impact statement filed with the court. “I’ll never forgive you! So drop dead!”
  The man, who cannot be identified to protect the identities of his three children, earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of incest, touching for a sexual purpose an
  
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• 911 service to be standardized across Alberta

  29-08-2018 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans trying to reach police, fire or ambulance services will one day be able to text or even send pictures and video to emergency dispatchers, officials announcing tweaks to the province’s 911 system said.
  But first emergency response officials laid out updated standards Tuesday for traditional 911 services at Alberta’s 21 emergency answering centres.
  The new standards, announced at Edmonton police headquarters, set performance targets for 911 operators to transfer calls, establ
  
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• Flair Airlines declares success in first summer

  29-08-2018 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Low-fare alternative Flair Airlines had a high-flying summer, said a company news release.
  The privately-owned airline reportedly doubled its capacity in June, expanding its network to 10 cities including Victoria and Halifax. The flights themselves reportedly surpassed passenger projections.
  “Since mid-June … our fleet of seven aircraft has carried more than a quarter-million passengers and we’re currently enjoying load factors in excess of 90 per cent,” David Tait, Fla
  
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• HPV and hepatitis B school immunization schedule changing for preteens

  29-08-2018 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Routine school immunizations for hepatitis B and human papillomavirus are moving to Grade 6 and will require fewer doses, said Alberta Health.
  The change means most elementary students in Alberta won’t face in-school vaccinations this school year, as students going into Grade 6 would have received hepatitis B (HBV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) shots in Grade 5.
  An immunization advisory committee that met last fall to review the latest evidence also recommended students receive two doses
  
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• Alberta needs a homegrown 'pipeline' of future coders, experts tell education minister

  29-08-2018 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two decades ago, a group of professors twice proposed that the government include computational skills in Alberta’s K-12 school curriculum.
  University of Alberta educational psychology professor Mike Carbonaro said governments snubbed proposals in 1998 and 2001, decreeing, “There will never be coding in the curriculum.”
  That could change by the end of 2018.
  Carbonaro was one of a dozen professors, industry representatives and non-profit group leaders who on Tuesday implored Edu
  
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• Whyte Avenue renewal plan calls for new pedestrian walkway, towers south of avenue

  29-08-2018 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  City councillors passed a long-awaited new plan for Whyte Avenue with little fanfare Tuesday, endorsing a vision already established through contentious tower-by-tower battles.
  The new vision calls for putting higher density towers south of Whyte Avenue. That’s where council already approved The Mezzo and Southpark, 16- and 18-storey towers that got the OK midway through the more than two-year consultation exercise.
  It also calls for wider sidewalks and safer pedestrian crossings — a
  
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