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• Driver caught speeding 182 km/h on Highway 831 near Boyle during nighttime patrol

  25-09-2018 23:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 25-year-old driver is facing an automatic court date after being clocked speeding 182 km/h on Highway 831 near Boyle.
  The driver was stopped Sunday evening just before 10 p.m. near the Boyle Fish Pond during traffic patrol by a local highway officer, Boyle RCMP said in a Tuesday news release.
  The speed limit at the location is 100 km/h.
  The driver, whose name was not released, is scheduled to appear in provincial court Nov. 27.
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• Cockroach-infested downtown restaurant shut down for second time in less than a month

  25-09-2018 22:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A downtown Edmonton dim sum restaurant was ordered to close for the second time in less than a month after a health inspection spotted cockroaches in the kitchen and unsanitary food handling.
  Alberta Health Services issued the notice of closure to Urban China, located at 10604 101 St., on Sept. 18 following an inspection that found seven critical violations under the Public Health Act.
  The closure notice indicated that cockroaches were found around large, open containers of vegetables and there
  
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• Changes Coming to Recycling Program in St. Albert

  25-09-2018 21:57
  Changes take effect November 1, 2018 At the September 24, 2018 Council meeting, St. Albert City Council approved changes to... Read Post
  
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• Council Briefs for September 24th

  25-09-2018 21:39
  Council Briefs are provided for the benefit of community members with the intent of giving a short, informal report on... Read Post
  
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• City officials float idea for $300-million expressway on Terwillegar Drive

  25-09-2018 21:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton could save $900 million by picking a four-lane expressway design for Terwillegar Drive and leaving the long-promised freeway on the shelf.
  That’s the conclusion city officials reached in a report released Tuesday. An expressway is similar to the existing Yellowhead Trail. It does not include fly-over ramps but would still have increased capacity for commuters.
  The expressway option would cost $300 million and could be built in 10 years, compared to a 30-year, $1.2 billion plan for
  
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• Dining with Friends heads to Tiffin for first fall outing

  25-09-2018 20:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friends of the Royal Alberta Museum Society (FRAMS) is launching its sixth season of its ongoing series, Dining with Friends, on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a visit to Tiffin India’s Fresh Kitchen.
  The southside restaurant (which is soon opening a second location on Jasper Ave.) specializes in South Asian specialties such as Fenugreek Chicken, Aloo Gobi, Beef Curry, Tamarind and Coconut Basa Fish Curry, and so much more.
  As ever, Linda Tzang, curator of cultural
  
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• Notley to send cabinet ministers to Ottawa to speak against Bill C-69

  25-09-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two cabinet ministers will testify that Ottawa’s proposed legislation overhauling Canada’s energy regulatory process hurts Alberta and oversteps provincial jurisdiction, says Premier Rachel Notley.
  “We haven’t seen the movement we had hoped to see,” Notley told reporters after a speech at the International Pipeline Conference in Calgary Tuesday. “There are areas that don’t meet our needs and need to be changed. We are going to be very, very definiti
  
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• Driving high, DUI: Alberta Motor Association touts don't toke and drive campaign

  25-09-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Driving high on cannabis is impaired driving, warns a new campaign aimed at motorists who believe otherwise.
  “Cannabis affects your reaction time, attention span, coordination and decision-making — virtually everything that’s required to drive. The facts are clear: driving high is driving impaired, and it’s just not worth the risk,” Jeff Kasbrick, Alberta Motor Association (AMA) vice-president of government and stakeholder relations, said in a Tuesday release.
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• Oil Spills podcast: Yamamoto making Oilers’ forward decisions tough again

  25-09-2018 19:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Decisions, decisions.
  The Edmonton Oilers are about halfway through training camp, and while the NHL team has made a number of roster cuts already — sending players in bunches back to junior clubs and to the minor league in Bakersfield for the AHL team camp — the hard work deciding who stays and who goes starts now.
  The Oilers have three pre-season games left before they depart for Europe, where they’ll play an exhibition in Cologne, Germany, before starting the 2018-19 season
  
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• Terrible in Edmonton when team is losing, say Connor McDavid and Ryan Whitney

  25-09-2018 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Preseason game day: Oilers vs Canucks
  This in from Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid from his GQ interview on how bad it was in Edmonton when the team was losing last winter:  “It was awful. It was terrible. It was miserable around town. I remember everyone just chirping at you all the time. I was at dinner one time with my parents, and I was walking out and guys were chirping me. They’re passionate people and passionate fans. When you’re winning, you’re a hero
  
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• Edmonton weather: Why does all the best weather happen on a Tuesday!?

  25-09-2018 14:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 1.8 C with 4 km/h winds out of the southwest.
  Why can’t we have nice weather like this on the bloody weekends? Every weekend for the past month has been miserable but here we go again with another gorgeous day in the middle week which does absolutely nothing for no one. And will it stick around? Of course not. By Saturday, things will still be sunny but te
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Wrong to focus on Grey Cup's impact

  25-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Why do our governments keep using the wrong metrics to rationalize investment decisions in tourism and sporting events?
  While the Grey Cup may have an economic impact of $100 million, will the economic benefits actually exceed the costs? Economic-impact assessments treat both benefits and costs as impacts. So, if it costs $20 million to host an event that brings in $10 million in visitor spending, you get $30 million in impacts.
  Would a businessperson invest $20 million in a machine that could s
  
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• Opinion: Fixing First Nations consultation imperative for Alberta

  25-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The overturning of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has rocked Albertans. The First Nations of the Athabasca region, too, were sorely disappointed. We looked forward to partnering with Canadians by purchasing an equity stake in the project that carries Alberta oil to tidewater.
  However, we also support better consultation with First Nations to address indirect project impacts because we know from experience that Aboriginal and treaty rights are too frequently dismissed in that process.
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• Towers on the rise: City recommends rezoning for two massive downtown residences

  25-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The downtown Edmonton skyline might be getting a new addition if city council agrees with the city’s support for two highrise mixed-use buildings.
  A proposed development with towers of 56 storeys and 48 storeys is on the table for the northeast corner of 104 Street and 100 Avenue, offering 700 residential units.
  The proposed Falcon Towers by Langham Developments Ltd. would also include a two-storey commercial podium, at least 29 family-oriented three-bedroom units and a public courtyard.
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• Family business cries foul after Edmonton grants drive up rent at shopping strip

  25-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city grant was supposed to bring vibrancy.
  Instead, four shops in the newly renovated Newton community shopping centre are now vacant, some 30-year-old businesses unable to cope when the cost of rent doubled.
  It’s left Newton residents frustrated.
  “The only one who benefited was the developer,” said Rak Prasad, president of the Newton Community League.
  “I do not support this program. They’re going to increase our taxes; we’re going to give money to private
  
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• St. Albert office building sold for $8.78M - Western Investor

  25-09-2018 09:00 via westerninvestor.com
  St. Albert office building sold for $8.78M  Western InvestorThe asset is fully leased by major energy industry tenants.
  
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• Don Iveson holds up Texas example, aims to speed up switch to renewables

  25-09-2018 02:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A path to 100 per cent renewable energy could come sooner than Edmonton’s 2030 target, said Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson after a panel discussion with a Texas mayor whose city did just that.
  Georgetown, Texas, became the largest city in the United States to secure 100 per cent renewable energy in 2016. Its mayor, Dale Ross, sat down with Iveson Monday at city hall to share his city’s success.
  The two mayors both agree the City of Edmonton likely has the market clout to achieve the same
  
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• Hypothetical public school board budget cuts could slash 932 jobs

  25-09-2018 02:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  A hiring freeze, no enrolment growth funding or cuts to government funding could lead to hundreds of fewer teachers and school employees at Edmonton Public Schools, say four pessimistic scenarios presented to the school board.
  “It’s very dramatic,” said Michael Janz, a public school trustee for southwest Edmonton. “It’s clear this could have a drastic impact, and at a time when we’re supposed to increase educational outcomes.”
  At Janz’s request, sc
  
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• Two more charged in connection to 2017 Warburg homicide

  25-09-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Edmonton residents have been charged in connection to the January 2017 killing of Christopher O’Reilly in Warburg.
  Candice Hunt, 33, and James Wigmore, 36, were arrested Friday and remanded into custody, Thorsby RCMP said in a news release Monday.
  Hunt is charged with manslaughter, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Wigmore is facing a conspiracy to commit robbery charge.
  RCMP responded to an injured man in the village southwest of Edmonton on Jan. 29, 2017, and O’Reilly w
  
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• Judge sentences Fort McMurray man to prison for fatal street stabbing

  25-09-2018 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 27-year-old who fatally stabbed another man during a street fight in Fort McMurray was handed a six-and-a-half year sentence Monday.
  Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Vital Ouellette said he gave Brian Christopher Rickett “significant credit” for his early guilty plea to manslaughter in connection to the stabbing death of 33-year-old Mark Wiley.
  Wiley and Rickett crossed paths in the early hours of April 7, 2017 while walking down Franklin Avenue in downtown Fort McMurray, accor
  
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• Edmonton International Film Festival starts revealing worlds Thursday

  25-09-2018 00:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  This year’s posters read: Edmonton International Feels Festival — and they’re delightfully on point. For why do we love film? Besides in music and cinematography, the ongoing magic of science and art rolling around in the hay, surely empathy is at the core. You don’t cry when that dog gets shot onscreen for nothing.
  With 44 features and 119 short films riding these emotional waves, the Edmonton International Film Festival is set to take us away to newly-revealed worlds wi
  
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• Let It Glow Festival at Southgate Centre

  25-09-2018 00:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Southgate Centre is shining bright with the Make It Glow Festival fundraiser.
  Happening in the mall’s centre food court, shoppers are urged to make a donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation to dedicate a wish and light up a lantern. Cultural performances, lantern making and music will also take place during the festival, happening Sept. 24 to Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Donors will receive a glow candle for a $5 donation or more. A star charm from Pandora will be gifted to donors w
  
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