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• Town of Whitecourt, Woodlands County charged with environmental offences

  21-09-2018 23:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government has laid a slew of environmental charges against the Town of Whitecourt and Woodlands County for operations at a local landfill.
  The town and county, which operate the Whitecourt Regional Solid Waste Management Authority, were charged with 18 and 12 counts, respectively, on Sept. 7.
  The alleged offences — under the Environmental and Protection and Enhancement Act — included taking actions at the landfill that weren’t properly approved, said a Friday
  
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• Northlands to tweak statement of defence to avoid victim blaming

  21-09-2018 23:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northlands is removing controversial wording from a statement of defence that surfaced in a civil suit centred on a 13-year-old girl’s alleged sexual assault on the organization’s property in 2008.
  Advocates blasted the organization this week after the legal document said the victim’s “contributory negligence” was to blame for the attack.The woman, now in her 20s, is suing Northlands, North American Midway Entertainment, and the estate of a dead man who sh
  
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• The last day of summer in Edmonton

  21-09-2018 21:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Although today is the official last day of summer in Edmonton, snow is the topic of the weather conversation.
  It’s like someone shook the celestial snow globe overnight and the city woke to a blanket of wet snow.
  The white stuff is forecast to fall through the weekend, which puts many outdoor events in doubt. The outlook for the start of next week is warmer, but the sun stays away until the end of next week.
  
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• Ty Rattie impresses during pre-season game against the Winnipeg Jets

  21-09-2018 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers Head Coach Todd McLellan talks about Ty Rattie’s pre-season game against the Winnipeg Jets.
  The Oilers are now 3-0 in pre-season but, unfortunately, there are no points given out in September after wins over Calgary, Vancouver and now the Winnipeg Jets.
  In this one, the Oilers’ No. 1 line of McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ty Rattie had nine points. McDavid juked past Jake Trouba and scored the game’s best goal on Eric Comrie and fed Nugent-Hopkins for two and Rattie fo
  
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• Notley 'skeptical' of NEB process for Trans Mountain as Ottawa outlines 22-week deadline

  21-09-2018 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says the province remains skeptical after a Friday morning announcement that the National Energy Board will redo its environmental review on the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  “We still remain a little bit skeptical … as a result we will be watching very closely,” Notley said at a news conference. “Our concern has always been … the NEB process having to restart.”
  The NEB has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans M
  
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• Cocaine, cash seized in Grande Prairie raid

  21-09-2018 20:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties seized more than 200 grams of cocaine and $85,000 in cash from a vehicle and home in Grande Prairie late last week.
  Mounties said Thursday that a man and a woman — Lydia Sahale Mamo, 27, and Salah Abbiahkim Omar, 25, both of Grande Prairie — are now facing charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime charges.
  Grande Prairie RCMP seized 226 grams of cocaine and more than $85,000 in cash from a home and a vehicle in Gr
  
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• 5 points on Edmonton's stomping of Winnipeg Jets semi-AHL squad

  21-09-2018 15:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s likely wise not to make too much of Edmonton’s 7-3 stomping of the Winnipeg Jets, as the Jets sat out almost all their top players and essentially went with a line-up featuring the bottom half of their NHL players and the top half of their AHL players.
  That said, there were a few things to note both good and bad with the Oilers play. Here are five things that caught my attention.
  Number One: Of course, McDavid line was tremendous, with RNH and McDavid looking like they were dest
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's just a bit of snow, he said, screaming into a pillow

  21-09-2018 14:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 0.2 C with 10 km/h winds out of the east, northeast.
  Oh look, someone shook the snow globe again. I know we all like to give weather forecasters grief of “never getting it right” but let’s give credit where credit is due — we all knew this was coming. We can solace in the fact it won’t last long. Snow is in the forecast until noon to
  
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• Friday's letters: RCMP's response to mishandled case falls short

  21-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “RCMP probe into slaying found to be ‘deficient,'” Sept. 20
  After four years — four years — the RCMP is committed to “immediately implementing recommendations.”
  Whoopee! I have to say, this seems an empty response. What about some apologies to the Tuccaro family? “We’re sorry we made such a mess of the inquiry,” or “We’re sorry we didn’t train our officers well enough,” or “We’re sorry variou
  
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• Editorial: Smoking bylaw goes too far

  21-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the Trudeau government decided that recreational cannabis would become legal across Canada on Oct. 17, who could have foreseen that  tobacco smokers in Edmonton would lose a little of their freedom just as pot users gained more of it?
  A new more restrictive smoking bylaw passed Tuesday is just another unintended consequence of the federal action to legalize marijuana, which has spawned a growing number of them.
  Provinces and municipalities are paying significant costs to set and enforc
  
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• David Staples: Adam Scorgie making it big as filmmaker (and parent) in Edmonton

  21-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Adam Scorgie is pulling off the seemingly impossible, making it big as a film producer while being based not in Los Angeles, New York or even Toronto, but Edmonton.
  Scorgie, 38, has produced a number of critically and commercially successful documentaries, including two on the business and culture of cannabis and Ice Guardians, a compelling piece of journalism on the misunderstood culture of National Hockey League enforcers.He’s now completed his new film, Making Coco: The Grant Fuhr Story
  
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• St. Albert arena to be renamed after Jarome Iginla - CTV News

  21-09-2018 09:00 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  St. Albert arena to be renamed after Jarome Iginla  CTV NewsA St. Albert ice arena is skating towards a name change in honour of a hometown hockey hero.
  
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• 60 years of Protestant education - St. Albert Gazette

  21-09-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  60 years of Protestant education  St. Albert GazetteJoe Demko does. He was associate superintendent at the time of what was then the St. Albert Protestant District, and can remember seeing trustee Lois Hole ...
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers 1st line grounds the Jets in a 7-3 pre-season rout

  21-09-2018 07:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  An out-manned Winnipeg Jets team stayed with the Edmonton Oilers for 2 periods on Thursday night.
  But when the Connor McDavid line cranked it all the way up in the 3rd Period at Rogers Place, the Jets had no answer. That trio with McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ty Rattie scored 11 points among them…and dominated the Jets defence, which was better manned than their forward ranks.
  Make the final a decisive 7-3 pre-season win. Lots for the coaches to mull over, as they try to whittle this
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers 1st line grounds the Jets in a 7-3 pre-season route

  21-09-2018 05:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  An out-manned Winnipeg Jets team stayed with the Edmonton Oilers for 2 periods on Thursday night.
  But when the Connor McDavid line cranked it all the way up in the 3rd Period at Rogers Place, the Jets had no answer. That trio with McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ty Rattie scored 11 points among them…and dominated the Jets defence, which was better manned than their forward ranks.
  Make the final a decisive 7-3 pre-season win. Lots for the coaches to mull over, as they try to whittle down
  
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• Grey Cup festival brings big names to the city

  21-09-2018 04:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kim Mitchell, Platinum Blonde and The Strumbellas are just a few of the 28 acts bound for Edmonton as part of the 2018 Grey Cup festival leading up to the big game in November.
  Tickets are now on sale for the more than 50 events running Nov. 21 to Nov. 25 that were announced during Wednesday’s festival kickoff at the Shaw Conference Centre.
  Scoring a ticket to the Nov. 25 football game was also top of mind for those in attendance. More than 53,000 tickets have been sold for the 106th Grey
  
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• Edmonton's United Way focuses on making poverty 'unignorable'

  21-09-2018 04:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Too many children and families in the Edmonton area live in poverty, officials with the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region said Thursday as they launched a campaign to make the issue “unignorable.”
  The charity’s 2018 campaign kicked off at the Shaw Conference Centre with an aim to build off of last year’s record-breaking $26.6 million in fundraising.
  The campaign’s focus is on the more than 135,000 people living in poverty in the Edmonton area and the age
  
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• Local filmmaker glad to be working in Edmonton

  21-09-2018 04:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Adam Scorgie is pulling off the seemingly impossible, making it big as a film producer while being based not in Los Angeles, New York or even Toronto, but Edmonton.
  Scorgie, 38, has produced a number of critically and commercially successful documentaries, including two on the business and culture of cannabis and Ice Guardians, a compelling piece of journalism on the misunderstood culture of National Hockey League enforcers.
  He’s now completed his new film, Making Coco: The Grant Fuhr Stor
  
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• Young homeless Edmontonians get a hand up at YEG Youth Connect

  21-09-2018 03:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hundreds of homeless youth in Edmonton got a hand up at YEG Youth Connect Thursday.
  The one-day event for those between the ages of 13 and 29 connected them with social agencies, essential services and outreach groups. It helps them find stable housing, employment, counselling, and health care.
  Those who take part in the event at the YMCA Welcome Village in the downtown Boyle Street Plaza, 9538 103A Ave., also received free haircuts, a warm meal, clothing, transit tickets and othe
  
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• West Edmonton Mall waterpark undergoes $2.5 million renovation

  21-09-2018 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of Canada’s most famous waterparks is temporarily closed as it undergoes a $2.5 million renovation.
  West Edmonton Mall’s World Waterpark will be closed to the public until Sept. 26 as crews, among other things, repaint the 50,000-square-foot wave pool.
  When it reopens it will do so in a limited capacity. It will be back to full capacity on Oct. 6.
  Spokesperson Darcy Hewson said other work includes newly renovated cabanas, additional bathroom facilities near the beach and new
  
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• Charges laid against humane society employee after cats left in vehicle for 22 days

  21-09-2018 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges have been laid against an Edmonton Humane Society employee after three cats in the group’s care were left in a transport vehicle for 22 days earlier this year.
  “The Edmonton Humane Society takes these charges very seriously and we are committed to learning and growing from this incident to ensure it never happens again,” board chairwoman Summer Bradko said in a release Thursday.
  According to information previously released, animals were brought to the Edmonton shelter f
  
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• Manslaughter trial wraps up for woman who allegedly failed to call 911 for two days

  21-09-2018 01:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge must determine the culpability of a woman on trial for manslaughter who told police she didn’t call 911 to get assistance for her boyfriend for two days after her friends beat him unconscious because she thought he was “OK.”
  Family members of Warren Todd McLeod lined benches in a courtroom Thursday to hear closing arguments at the trial of Joelle Marie Reich, who is facing charges of manslaughter, failure to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causin
  
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• Second grizzly bear found shot dead near Grande Prairie

  21-09-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A second grizzly bear has been found shot dead near Grande Prairie, Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said Thursday.
  The mature male, which weighed around 225 kilograms, was found with a gunshot wound through the chest just off the side of Red Rock Road about 100 kilometres south of Grande Prairie on Wednesday.
  In a Facebook post, the government department said the local district office received a call at approximately 3 p.m. from a resident who found the body.
  The location where the be
  
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• Man convicted of murdering his teenage cousin while she slept

  21-09-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who admitted to stabbing and trying to suffocate his teenage cousin as she slept intended to kill her, a judge ruled Thursday.
  Joseph Ryan Sinclair, 23, was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in connection to the death of his 17-year-old cousin Leona Neapetung-Stevens.
  During the trial, Sinclair conceded he’d killed his cousin, but argued it was manslaughter not murder because he hadn’t formed the intent to kill, and that he was drunk during the offence.
  But during his
  
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• Exit music plays for eight more Oilers hopefuls including Tyler Benson, Caleb Jones

  21-09-2018 01:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a “European Vacation” looming, the Edmonton Oilers are wasting little time in cutting their swollen training camp roster down to size. Just two days after sending 16 players to Bakersfield Condors’ parallel camp and one back to major junior, the Oilers have assigned a further eight players to their AHL affiliate.
  The #Oilers have assigned Tyler Benson, Josh Currie, Joseph Gambardella, Caleb Jones, William Lagesson, Patrick Russell, Ryan Stanton & Dylan Wells to the @Co
  
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• They 'target the most vulnerable': Police chief condemns ruffian youth for violence at LRT stations

  21-09-2018 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police will continue to target a “very violent” gang of youths terrorizing the most vulnerable LRT commuters like the elderly and the disadvantaged, Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht said.
  Responding to questions about public safety following a stabbing attack of a commuter at the South Campus LRT Station Tuesday morning, Knecht said there are problem areas in the city related to gangs but overall “the LRT is overall quite safe.”
  “We’ve got a specific grou
  
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• Alberta education minister apologizes for 'hateful' school resource about the 'positive effect' of residential schools

  21-09-2018 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s education minister apologized Thursday for a “hateful” social studies lesson that asked students to identify a “positive effect of residential schools.”
  Education Minister David Eggen also told education ministry staff Thursday to review all material about residential schools used by the Alberta Distance Learning Centre, which created the Grade 11 social studies module containing the question.
  “I was appalled to see such hurtful and offensive materia
  
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• Gang-busting police unit makes another arrest in cocaine ring probe

  21-09-2018 00:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another man has been arrested in connection with a Northern Alberta cocaine distribution network busted in July by the Alberta Law Enforcement Teams’ (ALERT) outlaw motorcycle gang enforcement unit.
  The latest arrest is the 11th as a result of the year-long joint investigation; those arrested include a member of the Hells Angels and two members of an outlaw motorcycle support club.
  ALERT officers travelled to Orangville, Ont. — two hours northwest of the Toronto &mdash
  
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