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• Axe attack victims flown to Edmonton from Northwest Territories for treatment

  17-09-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two people attacked with axes in the far north of the Northwest Territories over the weekend have been flown to Edmonton for treatment, Mounties said Monday.
  Officers arrived at a home in the tiny town of Fort Good Hope at 11:55 p.m. after receiving multiple reports of an assault outside of a residence.
  An injured man and a woman were transported to a medical clinic before being transported by air about 800 kilometres south to Yellowknife and then onto Edmonton.
  Their injuries are desc
  
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• Mystery surrounds identity of dead man found in Strathcona County

  17-09-2018 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The body of a man found in an industrial area in rural Strathcona County late last week has yet to be positively identified by investigators, Mounties said Monday.
  Officers found the body at 5 a.m. last Thursday. They also located a white cube van.
  Described as a six-foot-two, 238-pound black man, police said they believe he is aged between 25 and 35 years old.
  Mounties released a sketch of a man whose body was found Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at approximately 5 a.m., in an industrial area in
  
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• Edmonton man facing 119 charges connected to liquor store robberies

  17-09-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man is facing 119 charges in connection with eight liquor store robberies in the past month, police said Monday.
  The 35-year-old was arrested by Edmonton Police Service tactical members at about 9 p.m. Saturday outside a liquor store in the Mayfield Common area in west Edmonton.
  The robberies occurred between Aug. 12 and Sept. 15.
  Atoy Gordon, who was found with a pellet gun and a stun gun at the time of his arrest, is facing a lengthy list of charges including robbery, dis
  
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• Former MLA loses appeal against Alberta elections boss over campaign sign squabble

  17-09-2018 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The battle between a former Wildrose MLA and the province’s top elections official is over for now after Alberta’s Court of Appeal dismissed a case that began over the font size on election lawn signs.
  Joe Anglin, former MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, challenged a $250 penalty imposed by chief electoral officer Glen Resler related to the small font on his campaign signs during the 2015 election in which he was running as an independent candidate.
  Anglin never disputed th
  
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• Darnell Nurse ends his brief holdout, comes to terms with Edmonton Oilers for two years at $3.2 million AAV

  17-09-2018 21:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  News breaking fast over the Monday lunch hour that a deal between Darnell Nurse and the Edmonton Oilers was imminent, and minutes later that one has actually been signed.
  Darnell Nurse has signed his new deal with the Oilers.
  — John Shannon (@JSportsnet) September 17, 2018 
  Nurse deal is 6.4 million over 2 years.
  — John Shannon (@JSportsnet) September 17, 2018 
  The key turning point seems to have been yesterday;s signing of close comparable Josh Morrissey by Winnipeg Jets t
  
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• Alberta school isolation room rules due 'within weeks'

  17-09-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta schools can expect to see new binding guidelines on the use of isolation rooms in a matter of weeks.
  The change comes on the heels of publicity around a lawsuit filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench by a Sherwood Park family. They allege their 12-year-old son with autism was locked, naked, in a Clover Bar School isolation room, and are suing the teacher, the principal, the school board and the Alberta government.
  Isolation room guidelines already exist in Alberta, but Education
  
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• 'Enjoy the fall colours': Weather Network forecasts mild fall for Alberta

  17-09-2018 20:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Early snow may have ruined the start September for many Edmontonians, but according to the Weather Network things should return to normal for the rest of the autumn season.
  “Over the last 10 days it seems like we’ve plummeted into an early winter — that won’t last. We’re going to snap out of it and get some milder weather especially through October,” The Weather Network’s chief meteorologist, Chris Scott, said as the network released its fall forecast Mo
  
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• Household cleaners can cause obesity in young children: U of A study

  17-09-2018 19:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Frequently using disinfectant to keep homes clean is being linked to weight gain in children, warns a University of Alberta study.
  “We found that infants living in households where disinfectants were used at least weekly were twice as likely to have higher levels of the bacteria called Lachnospiraceae at three to four months of age,” said Anita Kozyrskyj, a U of A pediatrics professor and lead on the investigation into how alteration of infant gut microbiome impact health.
  “At
  
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• Aggressive hockey is back in town as the Edmonton Oilers introduce high pressure tactics

  17-09-2018 18:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Preseason game preview #1: Oilers vs Flames
  Strudwick: “A much more aggressive style of forechecking … that the players will want to play. You want to play on your toes.”
  This in from former Edmonton Oilers player Jason Strudwick, now a commentator on TSN 1260 radio, his take on new strategies of the Edmonton Oilers coaching staff based on watching the team practice: “A scrimmage, I don’t get a lot out of those, but I do want to see a practice, so you can get to se
  
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• Matthew Good, the Trews and Crystal — Cirque de Soleil on ice — coming soon

  17-09-2018 18:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  With just his acoustic guitar and a deep catalogue of thoughtful Can-con classics, Matthew Good will be at Starlite room March 20 next year, part of a 35-date cross-country tour.
  The last time he came through in this pared down version (at the same venue, actually), was 2007 and it was a hell of a show in support of Hospital Music — sort of his version of Alice Cooper’s From the Inside — full of pathos and intensity. Few can stretch a note over a backyard party like this g
  
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• Elderly driver dies of injuries following August multi-car collision

  17-09-2018 18:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  An elderly driver whose car crashed into several parked vehicles has died as a result of her injuries.
  The 86-year-old woman died on Aug. 17 after being transported to the hospital following the collision on Aug. 3.
  Police only reported the fatality Monday, a month after the woman died.
  According to a news release from city police, the woman was driving a 1996 Toyota Tercel northbound on 109 Street approaching 29 Avenue about 9:30 a.m. when she “failed to negotiate the curving road,”
  
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• Edmonton weather: So that was a thing

  17-09-2018 14:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 1.6 C with 6 km/h winds out of the north, northwest.
  So how ’bout that weekend, eh? Looking outside from the safety and warmth of my living room I thought ‘wow, this is really beautiful’, and then I stepped outside. The snowflakes were incredibly large and wet, and I was soaked from head to toe within minutes — also not fun if you’re
  
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• Organizations walk away from costly operating fees at former MacEwan University West campus

  17-09-2018 14:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Non-profit arts organizations who saw promise in a new community space are on the outside looking in after building fees proved unexpectedly too high.
  The former MacEwan University West campus, deemed the Orange Hub after the city took the reins last September, is now open as a community building for non-profit arts and recreation groups to run programming.
  But the building operating costs could be limiting access to some groups the city is hoping to attract, prompting city council to request a
  
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• Gold Bar residents fear Epcor expansion plans larger than first revealed

  17-09-2018 14:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A plan to cut down trees to make room for an Epcor parking lot in Gold Bar Park has ignited a firestorm of resistance.
  Area residents are worried Epcor’s plan is just the beginning of a much larger expansion project for its Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  Not only are they scared an internal decision to reroute a major sewage trunk line from southeast Edmonton to the river valley plant will increase volume, they fear a seemingly innocuous rezoning request tucked alongside the par
  
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• Nick Lees: Harvest Celebration helps raise critical funds for Royal Alexandra Hospital

  17-09-2018 03:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oh, wasn’t that a party?
  Some 650 black-tied guests filled an Enjoy Centre hall in St. Albert Saturday night to support the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation’s Harvest Celebration.
  “I know we netted some $250,000 and it might be as high as $300,000,” said Andrew Otway, president and CEO of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation.
  The evening began with a champagne reception and guests went on to enjoy an innovative, sumptuous five-course meal prepared by The Westin&rsqu
  
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• Rolling on the river: About 30,000 people took a ride on the Edmonton Riverboat in its return summer season

  17-09-2018 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The riverboat queen made a triumphant return to the North Saskatchewan River this summer, drawing about 30,000 people to the river valley.
  The Edmonton Riverboat has been running for 19 weeks, operating four days a week, and averaging about 120 guests on board per tour, events manager Nova Andrews said during a Saturday afternoon cruise aboard the vessel.
  “I think it’s been really great for the city. It’s just one of those attractions that people have really looked forward to,&
  
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• 'It has been a closeted subject': Junior football players take training to prevent violence against women

  17-09-2018 01:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters is hoping sports teams will follow the lead of a local junior football club which trained young male athletes to prevent violence against women, emphasizing the importance of calling out sexist remarks in the locker room.
  “These are real male leaders in our community that are looking beyond the football field to see what they can do to make the world safer for women and girls,” said executive director Jan Reimer in an interview Sunday.
  Mo
  
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• Six-day trek through Tanzania raises money for international development projects

  17-09-2018 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman who took part in a 100-kilometre trek across Tanzania to raise money for development projects says one memorable moment included watching three giraffes bolt through a village.
  “The trek went through the Rift Valley and the savannah,” said Susan Green, who is on the national board of Crossroads International, a development organization that aims to alleviate poverty and advance women’s rights. “Some days we were trekking eight or nine hours in 35-de
  
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• As Josh Morrissey signs for $3.15 million, Darnell Nurse camp values him at more than $4 million per, TSN's Nielson says

  17-09-2018 00:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from TSN’s Dustin Nielson, a reported “valuation” of Darnell Nurse from his camp: “From multiple sources now I’ve heard the Nurse camp is pegging his value just above $4,000,000..I’m not saying he’s asking for that or firm on that number but they are valuing him in that range, which I don’t think is that unrealistic.”
  Neilson added: “Dreger told us he’d be surprised if he gets more than $3,000,000 but I don’t see how
  
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