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• Businessman who warned against NDP praises new Silicon Valley connection for Alberta startups

  20-09-2018 22:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta venture capitalist who publicly urged people not to vote for the NDP before the last provincial election, warning of dire economic consequences, has changed his tune.
  Ashif Mawji, venture partner with Rising Tide, was one of five businessmen who pilloried Rachel Notley’s “amateur” NDP policies and highlighted the “solid” track record of Jim Prentice’s Progressive Conservatives just days before the 2015 election.
  On Thursday, Mawji stood behind
  
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• Alberta NDP on a path to budget 'crisis,' former Saskatchewan finance minister warns

  20-09-2018 22:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government is depending on rising oil prices to balance the budget instead of tightening the purse strings to reduce spending, says a former Saskatchewan NDP finance minister.
  “My message to them is to do more now,” said Janice MacKinnon in an interview Thursday. “Three or four years from now it’s a crisis … that track isn’t necessary.”
  She was one of several former politicians and political advisors who spoke about Alberta’s fisc
  
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• New vegetable festival launches in Ritchie with fun, shopping and greens

  20-09-2018 21:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new food festival arrives at Ritchie Community League on Sunday, Sept. 30, with a host of food vendors, musicians, crafts people and speakers meant to inspire vegetable consumption.
  The event, which runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. inside and outside at Ritchie Community League Hall (7727 98 St. NW), is replacing something similar called Vegtoberfest, which used to be run in the parking lot of Earth’s General Store. VegFest is a rain-or-shine event and is family friendly.
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• Broadway's touring Book of Mormon an irreverent page-turner

  20-09-2018 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  American actor Kevin Clay has been a member of the Broadway tour of the mega-hit musical The Book of Mormon for three years and has yet to be struck by lightning.
  The Book of Mormon is playing at the Jubilee Auditorium through Sept. 23. The Book of Mormon is written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the writers behind the adult animated sitcom South Park, which explains its brash, irreverent and profane tone.
  “If someone takes The Book of Mormon only at its superficial level of sati
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' centre depth is the envy of the Western Conference

  20-09-2018 20:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Preseason Game Day #3: Jets at Oilers
  In our first take on the Edmonton Oilers’ depth chart a few days ago, we focussed on the wings, and felt obliged to punctuate the headline with a question mark:
  Has Peter Chiarelli done enough to address Edmonton Oilers’ lack of experience on the wings?
  An alert reader was quick to invoke Betteridge’s Law, namely “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”Hard to argue with that conclusion. Today,
  
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• Residential Schools question highlighting 'positive effect' prompts apology from St. Paul superintendent

  20-09-2018 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The superintendent of the St. Paul school division is apologizing after a student circulated a social studies question online asking about the “positive effect of residential schools.”
  “As a Canadian, this is wrong. I can’t imagine what residential schools were like, nor would I speak on behalf of any survivor,” Glen Brodziak, superintendent of the St. Paul Education Regional Division, said in a Thursday interview.
  A picture began circulating on social media Wednesd
  
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• Industrial-strength: Blue-collar locales draw customers with good food and laid-back culture

  20-09-2018 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  You’ll find them tucked into the perimeter of a business park, not far from a quarter-section of car dealerships, or perhaps snuggled between a tile store and a plumbing and heating outfit.
  Their neighbours have names like Western Hard Chrome. Often the refuge of retired couples and men eating alone, these simple restaurant spaces located in industrial areas open early to catch the breakfast and lunch trade. Cars stream by, but foot traffic is scarce. By 3 p.m., the red neon signs bli
  
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• Judge tells man accused in LRT stabbing to get a lawyer

  20-09-2018 19:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old accused of attempted murder and other charges related to a stabbing at an LRT station and subsequent crime spree appeared briefly in court Monday.
  Mario Bigchild is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of robbery, escaping lawful custody, assaulting a peace officer and disarming a peace officer.
  It’s alleged that Bigchild kicked off a crime spree early Monday by stabbing a 19-year-old man on th
  
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• Man, 74, Edmonton's latest homicide after downtown bar assault

  20-09-2018 17:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 74-year-old man assaulted at a downtown bar is Edmonton’s 22nd homicide of the year after succumbing to his injuries over the weekend.
  The man was hospitalized after the assault at Central Social Hall on 109 Street and Jasper Avenue about 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 8 but died of his injuries Sept. 15, said police in a Wednesday release.
  At the time of the assault the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police said.
  An autopsy completed Tuesday however determined the man’s death
  
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• Grizzly cub shot dead: Grande Prairie Fish and Wildlife investigating

  20-09-2018 16:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Grande Prairie Fish and Wildlife are asking for the public’s help after a young grizzly cub was shot dead over the weekend.
  Officers received a call to the Report A Poacher line around 12:40 p.m. Saturday. A one-year-old female grizzly was found under a barricade near kilometre 42.5 of the area’s Weyerhaeuser main haul road, on a branch road.
  Investigators found the bear had been killed by a single gunshot. They believe she had been shot at the location just a few hours earlier.
  Griz
  
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• Avalanche in Jasper National Park sends two climbers to hospital with serious injuries

  20-09-2018 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two climbers were rescued and transported to hospital by helicopter after being swept away by an avalanche on a Jasper National Park Mountain Wednesday.
  The avalanche occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Mount Athabasca, Silverthorn Route, Parks Canada said in an incident report Wednesday.
  The two hikers were about 200 metres from the peak of the route when they heard a “whumph” underneath them and both were swept 600 metres down the mountain before coming to a stop below a ramp on the nort
  
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• Edmonton weather: Temperature swings like a pendulum, to and fro

  20-09-2018 14:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 1.7 C with 2 km/h winds out of the east, northeast.
  Yesterday was gorgeous. Today not so much. Tonight we’re going to see some snow. And next week we’re getting sunshine and warm (dare I say hot) temperatures. Such is life in Edmonton during this tumultuous fall season (seriously, make up your mind).  Of course, this is all to be expected. This
  
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• Thursday's letters: Security lacking on the LRT

  20-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  About 10 years ago, I had to mediate a dispute and near-fight on an LRT train between three drunk teens and a drunk adult after an Eskimo football game right where the stabbing occurred.
  Where was security? In the entrance to the stadium LRT tunnel standing around. None were on the trains. Never have I seen one on a platform or in a train in over 10 years before or after a game.
  Other patrons and family have told me they have never seen transit security on LRT platforms and t
  
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• Opinion: Trump would sour the Canadian dairy market

  20-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I farm with my family near Leduc where our dairy has been since 1962. We have been shipping our milk to Edmonton (or Wetaskiwin before that) for processing so that it can end up on a shelf near you.
  My industry has become the target in the NAFTA renegotiations as Americans want access to our market because they have a serious milk oversupply problem.
  However, the state of Wisconsin produces more milk than all of Canada, so it wouldn’t take long before they would just fill up Canada too and
  
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• Pedestrian killed after being struck by LRT

  20-09-2018 07:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has died after being struck by an LRT train near 82 Street and 112 Avenue, police said late Wednesday night.
  The incident has been deemed non-criminal in nature, police spokesman Scott Pattison said in a news release just after 11 p.m.
  The man was initially rushed to hospital but he later succumbed to his injuries, police said.
  The major collision investigation section was on scene and 82 Street was initially closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic between 112 and 114 Avenue. LRT service
  
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• RCMP investigation of Amber Tuccaro's murder case found 'deficient'

  20-09-2018 07:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of an Indigenous woman whose remains were found in a Leduc field in 2012 say they might never have closure, even after receiving a long-awaited report detailing the deficiencies of the RCMP investigation into her case.
  Amber Tuccaro was last seen alive at a motel in Nisku on Aug. 18, 2010 after flying to Edmonton from Fort McMurray with her 14-month-old son Jacob and a female friend a day earlier.
  Police said that between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. that night, the 20-year-old got into a veh
  
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• VIDEO: Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by LRT

  20-09-2018 06:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by an LRT train near 82 Street and 112 Avenue, police said Wednesday night.
  The incident appears to be non-criminal in nature, police spokesman Scott Pattison said in a news release.
  The major collision investigation section is on scene and 82 Street has been closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic between 112 and 114 Avenue and LRT service has been temporarily suspended between Churchill and Coliseum stati
  
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• Edmonton's dean of contemporary dance celebrates company's 40th season

  20-09-2018 05:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  You might be surprised to hear Brian Webb waxing enthusiastic over the punk rock band S.N.F.U.
  Or would you?
  For 40 years now this dean of Edmonton’s contemporary dance scene has brought a spirit of risk to the art of the dance, not only in his own dancing and choreographed works, but in presenting daring works from local and global sources under the guise of Brian Webb Dance Company.
  From BWDC‘s initial decade-plus in residence with MacEwan (then Grant MacEwan College, now Universit
  
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• Armed suspects rob currency store, flee in stolen vehicle

  20-09-2018 05:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  An undisclosed amount of antique coins and currency was stolen from a business in the city’s west end by three people Wednesday afternoon.
  Police said the trio, who were armed, entered the currency store near 125 Street and 118 Avenue at about 3:30 p.m. and forced the clerk to hand over the money before fleeing in a stolen 2011 white Honda Pilot SUV.
  The stolen vehicle, which carries the Alberta licence plate BST 4693, is also believed to have a National Geographic bumper sticker on t
  
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• Advocates say Northlands, midway company 'victim blaming' teen alleging K-Days sex assault

  20-09-2018 04:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton city councillor says it’s “just not acceptable” for any organization to blame a child allegedly victimized by sexual assault.
  Coun. Bev Esslinger, co-leader of the city’s violence and sexual assault prevention city council initiative, said she is concerned about the city’s relationship with Northlands after it said in a civil suit a 13-year-old girl’s “negligence” is to blame for an alleged sexual assault on the organization’s pro
  
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• Downtown bar owner urges witnesses to come forward after man's death

  20-09-2018 03:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A co-founder of a downtown bar at the centre of the city’s latest homicide said Wednesday they are continuing to work with the Edmonton Police Service and its investigation into the death of an elderly man this month.
  The 74-year-old victim, who was assaulted at the Central Social Hall on 109 Street and Jasper Avenue at about 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 8, succumbed to his injuries on Sept. 15 in an Edmonton hospital.
  At the time of the assault the injuries did not appear to be life-threatenin
  
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• Police concerned convicted sexual offender may reoffend

  20-09-2018 03:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police are concerned a recently released convicted sexual offender with a history of breaking into homes and sexually assaulting adult women could reoffend.
  Russell Sikyea, 35, will be living in the Edmonton area and will be monitored by the police’s behavioural assessment unit, police said Wednesday. 
  Police warned that five-foot-eight, 208-pound man’s risk for violence, including sexual violence, increases with the consumption of drugs and alcohol.
  His court ord
  
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• Report finds RCMP investigation of Amber Tuccaro's murder case was 'deficient'

  20-09-2018 03:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of an Indigenous woman whose remains were found in a Leduc field in 2012 say they might never have closure, even after receiving a long-awaited report detailing the deficiencies of the RCMP investigation into her case.
  Amber Tuccaro was last seen alive at a motel in Nisku on Aug. 18, 2010 after flying to Edmonton from Fort McMurray with her 14-month-old son Jacob and a female friend a day earlier.
  Police said that between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. that night, the 20-year-old got into a veh
  
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• Bomb exploded at southwest bank overnight, police investigating

  20-09-2018 01:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating a bomb detonation inside a bank lobby at a south side bank early Wednesday morning.
  Emergency crews responded to a call for assistance from security guards at a RBC Royal Bank near 27 Avenue SW and 141 Street SW around 1:40 a.m.
  The guards had just arrived at the bank in the Chappelle Gardens neighbourhood for work when a loud bang rang out from inside a lobby, police said in a news release.
  Paramedics treated and transported the guards to hospital for precautionary reas
  
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• Up + Downtown music fest drops musician over online political posts

  20-09-2018 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local music festival has dropped a performance under its banner by Misfits lead singer Michale Graves because of his political views.
  In a statement Wednesday, Up and Downtown Music Festival specifically announced, “the cancellation of Michale Graves’ UP+DT 2018 performance, scheduled for Oct. 6 at Temple nightclub.
  “Mr. Graves’ social media accounts were recently brought to our attention. Upon review, his views expressed do not align with the UP+DT’s strive to bu
  
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• AGLC opens giant new warehouse

  20-09-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  For now the warehouse sits empty, a behemoth hangar-like construction on the outskirts of the Edmonton-area community, its towering blue and orange shelves devoid of alcohol.
  Come the new year, it will be the hub for all fast-moving booze distributed in the province.
  With 470,000 square feet dedicated solely to warehouse space, it’s the largest AGLC centre in the province. It has increased AGLC’s liquor distribution system to a combined 1.2 million square feet in storage space, with
  
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• Edmonton Oilers training camp

  20-09-2018 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ryan McLeod (Mississauga OHL), a centre from Mississauga, Ont., and Shane Starrett (Bakersfield AHL), a goalie from Bellingham, Mass. comment after Edmonton Oilers training camp practice in Edmonton on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.
  
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• Coun. Sarah Hamilton calls out colleague for 'grand-standing' on sanctuary cities

  20-09-2018 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Coun. Sarah Hamilton called out one of her colleagues as “grand-standing” on the back of vulnerable people Tuesday in an emotional outburst over a type of sanctuary city policy.
  Coun. Jon Dziadyk had said he’d be voting against a motion to ensure people with precarious immigration status could still access public transit and recreation centres. He said immigration was federal jurisdiction and sending this message could discourage people from following Canada’s immigration
  
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• Winter, death and fine wine flow through F&M's new record

  20-09-2018 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  If a local band was going to create an album with three dark muses like those found in an ancient woodland fairy tale, F&M would be your safe bet. Running through the band’s sixth release with nods to falling snow, drinking by the sea and funeral directors is the repeated summoning of Winter, Wine and Death, here capitalized and personified just so we remember them later in the tale.
  And this very F&M album, Lesson from Losers, is having a cabaret-style release at The Aviary Friday
  
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• Eaglesmith's zen country, Semple's tight r'n'b, took off on the farm

  20-09-2018 00:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  I never thought I could care about a piece of farm machinery, but Fred Eaglesmith made me care.
  Okay, I’m actually empathizing with the characters who care about farm machinery in the songs on his last album Standard — the title is a metaphor. There’s a standard transmission in the old tractor on the album cover, some of the themes feel like standards, and standard transmissions also figure in Eaglesmith’s spiritual leanings to zen Buddhism. He’s the only artist who
  
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• Wildlife: City director premières first feature; Storm troopers welcome new Canadians at Expo

  20-09-2018 00:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Innovative Edmonton director Kyle Armstrong is showing his first feature Until First Light on Saturday at Metro Cinema, the Canadian première.
  The screening is 7 p.m. Saturday, $13 admission at the door or online at Metro.
  Shot almost exclusively with available light in locations in and around the city by the inimitable aAron munson, the film already won Best Narrative Feature at Vermont’s Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in August.
  The story of an unnamed protagonist returni
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Eric Bibb, Tibetan Bazaar, and Tribulation

  20-09-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eric Bibb
  He’s laden down with multiple Grammy nominations and Blues Foundation rewards, but not so much that Eric Bibb can’t make a return trip to Edmonton. The New York-born singer-songwriter (and son of legendary singer/actor Leon Bibb) might be steeped in the blues, but he can’t really be pinned down musically, taking measures of Americana and World Music into his personal vision. His latest album is a two-record set called Global Griot, which features such guest luminaries
  
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