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• Criminal charge dropped in exchange for shop owner's guilty plea in contraband shisha case

  04-09-2018 23:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man has agreed to pay a fine after investigators seized more than 300 kg of contraband tobacco from his north Edmonton convenience store.
  Alemayehu (Alex) Girma, owner of Alex’s Convenience Store on 118 Avenue and 101 Street, was charged with fraud over $5,000 and trafficking in contraband tobacco after Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission investigators raided the store in January 2016.
  The seizure included shisha tobacco, cigarettes and flavoured cigars totalling more tha
  
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• Dog days of summer end at Grosvenor Pool with a canine swim

  04-09-2018 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fur was flying at Grosvenor Pool in St. Albert to close the outdoor swimming season.
  For the sixth annual event, more than 100 dogs were leaping, wading and barking their way into the water as a fundraiser for SCARS, or Second Chance Animal Rescue Society.
  Money raised helps the non-profit society rescue abandoned or homeless animals in Northern Alberta and finds them a home and a family.
  
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• 'Innovate and create': NAIT's new JR Shaw School of Business dean looks to develop 'entrepreneurial mindsets'

  04-09-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The new dean of NAIT’s JR Shaw School of Business has 25 years of experience under his belt, including more than 17 years with Lethbridge College.
  Dennis Sheppard, former dean of the Centre for Applied Management at Lethbridge College, takes up the Edmonton post this week.
  “Developing an entrepreneurial mindset will prepare graduates to innovate and create whether they are employed by others or venture into the startup world,” said Sheppard, in a Tuesday release.
  Sheppard, who
  
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• Water-damaged Misericordia ER resumes regular service

  04-09-2018 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The water-damaged emergency department at the Misericordia Community Hospital is now operating at full service following repairs over the long weekend.
  All services in the department have been moved back to their original locations with no distribution to patient care following a water leak in August, Alberta Health Services said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
  Day surgeries have also been moved back to its regular home on the main floor after being relocated to the fifth floor to make room
  
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• 'Our hearts are full of sorrow': Motorcyclist's death was Nisku racetrack's first racing fatality

  04-09-2018 21:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The weekend death of a Calgary man is the first fatal racing case in an Edmonton-area racetrack’s 26-year history, its manager said.
  A 29-year-old man died in hospital Sunday after he crashed a motorcycle during a race at Castrol Raceway in Nisku, south of Edmonton, say RCMP.
  The man crashed on the facility’s 2.7-kilometre road course, which was rented out Sunday to the Edmonton Motorcycle Roadracing Association, said Castrol Raceway general manager Colin Huggins on Tuesday.
  “I
  
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• NAIT chef Michael Hassall brings plant-based eating to Ernest's

  04-09-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  All the hot chefs are having fun with plant-based foods.
  Now, the vegetable craze is hitting the menu at Ernest’s as executive chef Michael Hassall spins a Japanese-inspired menu for dinners on Saturday, Sept. 15, starting with a reception at 6 p.m.
  The menu includes an opener of sunchokes with smoked hazelnut cream, paired with sake. Local mushrooms by Gruger Family Fungi, plus turnips, pea pods, and sashimi also make an appearance. The cost is $113 per person, including tax and beverage
  
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• Police crack down on speeding parents bringing kids to school

  04-09-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kids returned to the classrooms on a brisk Tuesday morning and police are urging motorists to slow down and follow the 30 km/h speed limit around all schools.
  The Edmonton Police Service launched its “Be a textbook driver” awareness campaign to remind drivers and pedestrians of the rules and the shared duty to stay safe during the busy season.
  Traffic officers handed out four $120 tickets during the morning drop off at Dr. Donald Massey School in Hollick-Kenyon to commuters going abo
  
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• City of Edmonton projecting $14 million deficit for 2018

  04-09-2018 20:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is anticipating a $14.4 million deficit by the end of 2018, despite the extra $5 million it got from renegotiating the Edmonton Tower contract.
  That’s led to a clamp down on hiring, said Harmalkit Rai, acting branch manager for finance, presenting to council Tuesday. “Hirings are being restricted to critical positions,” Rai said, adding positions are only being filled if they relate to core city services.
  A large part of the deficit is due to city offi
  
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• 'Our hearts are full of sorrow': Motorcyclist's death was Nisku racetrack's first fatal racing incident

  04-09-2018 20:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The weekend death of a Calgary man is the first fatal racing incident in an Edmonton-area racetrack’s 26-year history, its manager said.
  A 29-year-old man died in hospital Sunday after he crashed a motorcycle during a race at Castrol Raceway in Nisku, south of Edmonton, according to RCMP.
  The man crashed on the facility’s 2.7-kilometre road course, which was rented out Sunday to the Edmonton Motorcycle Roadracing Association, said Castrol Raceway general manager Colin Huggins on Tues
  
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• 'It's really fun to see': BioWare, DeepMind part of tech surge in downtown Edmonton's office market

  04-09-2018 17:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown Edmonton’s real estate market has bounced back as the oil and gas industry recovers from its recent slump, but the glow could fade in coming months.
  The office vacancy rate at the end of June dropped to 12.5 per cent, down from 15.3 per cent in 2017 and far below the crushing 26 per cent vacancy rate in downtown Calgary, figures from Avison Young real estate show.
  That’s the lowest figure since the pre-recession 8.8 per cent vacancy rate in 2015.
  One big reason for the impro
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's September and there's a risk of frost tonight. Figures.

  04-09-2018 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 5.4 C with 9 km/h winds out of the north.
  It’s September now so I suppose I should just get used to there being frost in the overnight forecast. Soon I’ll be scraping off ice from my car windshield like a sucker, but hopefully not too soon.  Luckily, it looks as though things will take a turn for the better tomorrow as forecasters are actually c
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Noisy vehicles a bane in residential areas

  04-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Tests underway on vehicle noise monitoring stations,” Aug. 16
  I love that the city is finally doing something to get these ridiculously loud vehicles off the road.
  Our home is on the corner of Mill Woods Road South and Knottwood Road East. Every day we have to endure the arrogance of drivers (motorcycles, trucks, cars) rumbling past our home and disturbing us. Sadly, our baby has had to learn to sleep through most of these unnecessary disturbances no matter what time o
  
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• Opinion: Lessons to be learned from the Trans Mountain fiasco

  04-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  We all need to step back from the finger-pointing and political posturing in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline and reflect on the lessons government, and we who elect them, should now have learned.
  The former Harper government wanted pipelines so badly that it eliminated or weakened environmental protections Canadians had previously relied on. The federal Conservatives used budget omnibus bills to strip down the Fisheries Ac
  
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• Opinion: If you conserve it, extinct species can come back

  04-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A den of swift foxes, a species once extirpated (locally extinct) in Canada, was recently discovered on a Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) conservation site in southeast Alberta.
  The discovery of this den is proof that the work that conservation organizations like NCC is doing to secure and steward privately owned land is helping species at risk — in this case, providing a home for a rare and reintroduced species.
  The return of swift foxes to Canada is one of the most successful species
  
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• Temporary washroom pilot project benefiting seniors, children: councillor

  04-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The big winners of a citywide portable public washrooms pilot project are seniors and children who are being forced to walk long distances to access toilets, says one city councillor.
  Several temporary washrooms were installed at locations including at the Coliseum, Commonwealth Stadium and downtown as well as one on the south end in Silver Berry Park, north of 23 Avenue between 34 Street and 17 Street.
  On Edmonton Eskimos game days, several additional washrooms were installed around t
  
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• Tech companies boosting growth in 'vibrant' downtown Edmonton

  04-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Downtown Edmonton’s real estate market has bounced back as the oil and gas industry recovers from its recent slump, but the glow could fade in coming months.
  The office vacancy rate at the end of June dropped to 12.5 per cent, down from 15.3 per cent in 2017 and far below the crushing 26 per cent vacancy rate in downtown Calgary, figures from Avison Young real estate show.
  That’s the lowest figure since the pre-recession 8.8 per cent vacancy rate in 2015.
  One big reason for the impro
  
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• 'It's a waste': Half of city's free use days at Rogers Place not used

  04-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As part of the city’s deal with the Edmonton Arena Corporation, it can book Rogers Place for free on 28 days per year for community use.
  But the city hasn’t been taking full advantage of the deal.
  From August 2017 to April 2018, it only booked Rogers Place 13 times by using the agreement.
  The year before, from September 2016 to July 2017, it only used the arena eight times.
  This means the city has never used more than half of its free Rogers Place bookings in a year.
  “It’
  
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• Friends, family mourning death of man who died on Low Level Bridge

  04-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who died last week in a high-speed crash on the Low Level Bridge was kind, funny and went out of his way to be friendly to others, his girlfriend said.
  Alicia Schlitter identified her boyfriend, Brayden Hoblak, 19, as the man who died in Wednesday’s rollover crash. At the south end of the bridge Monday was a red wreath decorated with pictures of Hoblak. Potted daisies sat on the sidewalk, and a bouquet was tucked into a bridge pillar.
  “He would always put others before himself.
  
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• Back to school: Edmonton students compete to send tiny science experiment to space

  04-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Junior high science classes across the city will soon battle to send their experiments boldly where no Edmonton student’s test tube has gone before.
  For the first time, Edmonton Public Schools has secured a spot on a rocket to send one experiment on a voyage 400 kilometres up to the International Space Station next spring.
  “It’s probably the most exciting thing that’s happened in my career,” Stacey Mabey, a teacher and science consultant with the public school distr
  
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• RCMP looking for St. Albert necklace thieves - CTV News

  04-09-2018 09:00 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  RCMP looking for St. Albert necklace thieves  CTV NewsSt. Albert RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying three men who stole dozens of pieces of jewelry from a local store.
  
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• IN PHOTOS: Dog days of summer go out with a splash in St. Albert

  04-09-2018 06:34 via globalnews.ca
  The annual Grosvenor Dog Swim inSt. Albert drew a crowd in support of Second Chance Animal Rescue Society.
  
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• What to make of Jay Woodcroft's theories on failed Edmonton Oilers power play?

  04-09-2018 05:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton Oilers assistant coach and current Bakersfield Condors head coach Jay Woodcroft was on Oilers Now on Friday, giving his take on what went wrong with Edmonton’s power play in 2017-18.
  The power play dropped from a triumphant fifth best in the league in 2016-17, with a 22.9 per cent success rate, to a ghastly worst in the league in 2017-18, with a 14.8 per cent success rate.
  Woodcroft made two main points about what went wrong from year to year, first that the unproductive 20
  
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• Ahh Foo-ey: Foo Fighters postpone Edmonton show due to illness

  04-09-2018 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  No Foo for you, Edmonton — at least for several more weeks.
  The rock band fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl announced on Twitter Monday both shows in Edmonton and Calgary this week were being postponed due to illness.
  A news release from Rogers Place in Edmonton says that following a Foo Fighters performance Saturday at Safeco Field in Seattle, Grohl suffered a loss of voice and is now on vocal rest.
  “That’s the last time I ever make out with Bono,” wrote Grohl
  
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• Eight-year-old boy dead after canoeing on Lac La Biche

  04-09-2018 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  An eight-year-old boy died while canoeing on Lac La Biche Saturday after family lost sight of the vessel.
  The youngster was paddling with a 13-year-old at Poplar Point, on the north shore of the lake, when winds picked up and a storm moved in, causing family and friends to lose sight of the canoe, Mounties said Sunday.
  The 13-year-old was found unharmed by RCMP and Fish and Wildlife officers who were searching the area.
  The eight-year-old was found unresponsive shortly afterward.
  The child recei
  
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