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• Send in the plows: City of Edmonton extends helping hand as Calgary remains mired in snow

  02-10-2018 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Help is on the way for a snowed-in Cowtown.
  The City of Edmonton announced Tuesday afternoon that it would send support to Calgary, which remains under a snowfall warning after some areas of the city had as much as 15 to 20 cm of snow accumulate overnight.
  Calgary remains under a snowfall warning, said Environment Canada.
  Mayor Don Iveson took to social media on Tuesday to advise his Calgary counterpart Mayor Naheed Nenshi that 30 City of Edmonton snow plows will roll down to Calgary to hel
  
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• Council Briefs for October 1st

  02-10-2018 23:23
  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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• Councillors endorses quicker, simpler fix for Terwillegar Drive

  02-10-2018 23:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decades-old dream of a full freeway for Terwillegar Drive fizzled Tuesday as city council members voted to take a more pragmatic path.
  Terwillegar-area residents said they wanted all access roads preserved in any new plan. But that meant an extremely complex freeway design, with bridges on top of bridges reaching as high as the houses overlooking the road, said city officials.
  It would have cost $1.2 billion, with construction over 20 to 30 years.
  Instead, council’s urban planning commit
  
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• Council looks to loosen liquor store rules in just the downtown core

  02-10-2018 23:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Pressure from the liquor store industry and concern from fragile communities had city council backing away from a city recommendation to do away with Edmonton’s tight liquor store regulations Tuesday.
  Instead of eliminating the 500-metre separation distance everywhere, council’s urban planning committee voted to look at only reducing separation distances in the downtown core.
  Councillors also asked officials to return with an analysis of how to increase design requirements for the st
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers finalize their 2018-19 NHL Roster, LTIR Sekera

  02-10-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  This just in…
  The Edmonton Oilers have nailed down their 23-man roster. There are 47 contracts in all. Bouchard remains a potential slide-rule.
  This roster allowed the club to maximize the LTIR on Andrej Sekera, opening up the possibility of one (or more, I suppose) further move. You also have to be mindful of bonuses for players on their ELC’s. But according to Cap Friendly current cap space currently sits at $5.5m.
  For now…the NHL roster looks like this:
  Goal (2)
  Cam Talbot
  
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• Not exactly trendy, but important to note in food circles …

  02-10-2018 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton EXPO Centre has a new executive chef, Jiju Paul. 
  A certified chef de cuisine (no mean feat), Paul joins the Edmonton Expo Centre team with more than 16 years of experience in five-star hotels across India, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada. He returns to Edmonton from the Fairmont Ajman in the United Arab Emirates, where he was part of the Emirates Culinary Guild and led the Fairmont Ajman culinary team in international culinary competition.
  “My global experience
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign Jason Garrison, but big questions remain on defence

  02-10-2018 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers also likely to sign Alex Chiasson
  This in from TSN’s Bob McKenzie: “Jason Garrison has indeed signed a contract with EDM. One year, one way at $650K.”
  Multiple reports that Alex Chiasson will also be signed to a similar deal:
  Jason Garisson signs with the #Oilers for the league minimum. Someone out there thought he’d get $1m. That was never going to happen. We’ll see how he works out. I expect Chiasson to sign soon too.
  — Kurt Leavins (@KurtLeavins) Oct
  
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• Low property tax rate great for Fort McMurray homeowners, not so great for St. Albert residents

  02-10-2018 20:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray homeowners are paying some of the lowest property tax rates in the province while those owning real estate in St. Albert are paying some of the highest, a new comparison shows.
  Data released by online real estate listing company Zoocasa Tuesday shows that Fort McMurray’s property tax rate of 0.47454 per cent means those owning homes with an assessed value of $250,000 will pay $1,186 per year and $2,373 on a home assessed at $500,000.
  St. Albert’s property tax rate of 1.
  
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• Hitting new heights: Up + Downtown Festival's eclectic mix includes Brant Bjork, Tanya Tagaq, Suuns

  02-10-2018 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Brent Oliver of the Up + Downtown Music Festival will be getting very little sleep this weekend.
  The festival’s artistic director is excited about the mix of artists booked for the 2018 edition, and plans to take in as much as he possibly can over the three-day span.
  “I have very eclectic tastes,” Oliver explains. “On Saturday alone I’m going to try and stay awake for Z-Trip’s late night set at 9910, because I think he’s a genius DJ, but there’s al
  
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• Shumka goes buggy for new dance story set in an insect village

  02-10-2018 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  How do you make bugs fun?
  Make them dance of course.
  That’s a central part of Mosquito’s Wedding, a new production from Shumka Dance that’s been years in the making. Over 40 dancers, giant puppets, and student dancers as young as six will be on stage for this colourful trip into the forest with a bit of a Ukrainian spin. All of them play bugs.
  It all started at least a few generations ago with a Ukrainian folk song of the same name. That story was adapted to a popular Canadian
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Dinosaurs, Nitro Circus, and Machine Head

  02-10-2018 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dinosaurs Unearthed
  Think you know something about dinosaurs? Over at the Telus World of Science they’ll be challenging your knowledge about the fearsome reptiles that once ruled our world with awesome prehistoric scenes, life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, and fascinating fossils. Dinosaurs Unearthed: Down to the Bone will also have interactive activities, and an in-depth look at Tyrannosaurus Rex, the most well-known dinosaur of our time.
  When: Hours are Sunday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
  
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• Chilean-Canadian fashions hybrid sound from three traditions

  02-10-2018 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The album is called Algo en Comun, or Something In Common. For Chilean-Canadian singer, songwriter and bandleader Marco Claveria it’s a meaningful phrase that helps define his career.
  “I was thinking about all the political and social differences we have, but I’ve always felt the one thing we all have in common is the arts and music. One thing that unites the human race is music.”
  In listening to the album you’ll also hear another riff on that title.
  “I wanted
  
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• 'Broken system': Province to make driver examiners public service employees

  02-10-2018 20:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Driver examiners will be hired as public service employees after the province announced a slew of changes to Alberta’s road test model.
  “It’s pretty clear that we have a system that’s broken and we need to fix that,” said Transportation Minister Brian Mason at a Tuesday news conference.
  Changes include standardizing fees across the province, launching a call centre to receive complaints from the public and ensuring that rural residents can access road tests.
  Ma
  
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• Smoke City Art Show adding 'explosive' murals to Aviary walls

  02-10-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three talented local graffiti artists are taking a confidant, collaborative leap this week — and by the time their experiment’s complete a Norwood indie music venue will have a much jazzier vibe.
  As of Tuesday this week, AJA Louden, Evan Brunt and Jordan Ernst began an ambitious wall-mural-painting project at The Aviary (9314 111 Ave.), hoping their rattling-aerosol line work marathon produces a thing of beauty in time for Smoke City Art Show 7 p.m. Thursday, when the big reveal happ
  
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• Sentencing hearing underway for Edmonton man who filed $2.9 million in false tax claims

  02-10-2018 18:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A sentencing hearing set down for two days is underway for an Edmonton tax preparer who has been found guilty of filing millions of dollars in false tax claims on behalf of unwitting clients.
  Provincial court Judge Joyce Lester convicted Chander Mohan Sharma of one count of defrauding the Canada Revenue Agency of over $5,000 on Aug. 31.
  Lester found that Sharma, 58, was responsible for about $2.9 million in false claims. During the trial, court heard that this resulted in about $600,000 of fraud
  
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• Not exactly trendy, but important to note in food circles….

  02-10-2018 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton EXPO Centre has a new executive chef, Jiju Paul. 
  A certified chef de cuisine (no mean feat), Paul joins the Edmonton EXPO Centre team with more than 16 years of experience in five-star hotels across India, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada. He returns to Edmonton from the Fairmont Ajman in the United Arab Emirates, where he was part of the Emirates Culinary Guild and led the Fairmont Ajman culinary team in international culinary competition.
  “My global experience
  
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• Edmonton weather: Snowfall warnings to the south, but we're in the clear

  02-10-2018 16:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -3.6 C with 7 km/h winds out of the northeast.
  Today might be a good day to pack a toque and some gloves (even if they’re just the tiny, thin ones) because it’s real chilly out there this morning and it’s not going to heat up much either. Forecasters are calling for a daytime high of just 4 C, but as the winds kick up and the temperatures dip la
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Transit stations need onsite security

  02-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I rarely see transit officers (other than football/hockey game coverage) nor have I ever seen a “park ranger.” I’ve heard there are a number of rangers, but they must be office workers versus patrollers.
  Allow me to make the following suggestions to city authorities:
  Garrison a uniformed officer and a plainclothes officer at every LRT station at all operating times. If there is trouble on the LRT, they will be waiting at the next station.
  The “garrison” officer can
  
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• Opinion: Economics and politics stand in way of privatizing ATB

  02-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Sept. 29, 2018 the 80th anniversary of the first ATB branch opening in Rocky Mountain House will be celebrated. ATB Financial is now a $53-billion financial institution operating exclusively in Alberta. Currently ATB operates in 244 communities with 753,000 customers and a branch network of 175 branches and 141 agencies.
  The province of Alberta is exceptional in at least two respects: first, it has no provincial sales tax and second, it has ATB, which competes against chartered banks and
  
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• Ups and downs: Restaurant owners split on impact of minimum wage hike

  02-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Even as Alberta restaurant sales hit record highs, hospitality sector voices warn that number hides the truth about minimum wage — which took its final jump to $15 on Monday in Alberta.
  “It’s been pretty bad for us. And overall for the industry as such,” said Mike Bhatnagar, owner of the longtime Jasper Avenue staple, The Hat.
  Restaurant receipts recently touted by the Alberta Federation of Labour’s Gil McGowan are only part of the story. The AFL president twee
  
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• Edmonton has work to do to move the needle on gender equity: Vital Signs study

  02-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is behind other major Canadian cities and still has work to do in closing the pay gap between men and women, a community foundation study shows.
  The 2018 Vital Signs study by the Edmonton Community Foundation and Edmonton Social Planning Council highlights about a $20,000 difference in median income between men and women in 2016.
  “It’s a good reminder that Edmonton continually is listed as one of the worst cities in Canada to be a woman,” Edmonton Community Foundation
  
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• City transit drivers' cognitive screening tests deemed 'unreasonable' and 'intrusive'

  02-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The cognitive testing of all city transit drivers to see if they are competent to drive following two bus-related pedestrian deaths in late 2016 has been deemed “unreasonable” and “intrusive” and an invasion of privacy by an arbitration panel.
  In a majority decision, the panel decided that the unilateral imposition of such testing was “unenforceable” and that there is “no evidence whatsoever to suggest any accident or incident was caused by cognitiv
  
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• Better than LRT: Mini-festivals rally support for new focus in Edmonton city budget

  02-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s budget debate has so far focused on the negatives of the high cost of building new suburbs but some city residents want to find a positive, instead.
  Advocates living and working around Columbia Avenue near downtown, and on 101 Avenue in east Edmonton, both held mini-festivals on the weekend, trying to help developers and city officials see opportunity in the cracked pavement of older neighbourhoods.
  They blew up bouncy castles, hosted food trucks and learned to tango in the cold
  
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• Top five hopeful signals out of the Edmonton Oilers 2018 preseason

  02-10-2018 08:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have one exhibition game left in Cologne, Germany before embarking on the 2018-19 regular season. Edmonton’s 6-1 record in the exhibition season is better than a 1-6 record, as Oilers coach Todd McLellan noted, but it does not predict future success.
  In other words, whatever good or lucky things happened on the ice in preseason may not continue to happen in the regular season.
  Nonetheless, there were some positive developments on the ice, some encouraging moments and si
  
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• Five people taken to hospital with minor injuries after transit bus-school bus collision

  02-10-2018 04:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are investigating a collision between a city bus and a mini-school bus and said Monday evening five people were taken to hospital for precautionary reasons with non-life-threatening injuries.
  The collision occurred at 160 Avenue and 100 Street around 3:50 p.m. between a Route 16 transit bus and a Southland Transportation Ltd. school bus, ETS spokesman Rowan Anderson said Monday afternoon.
  The collision is still under investigation, said police acting Staff Sgt. Kevin Brookes, not
  
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• Next generation of Boeing aircraft join Flair Airlines fleet

  02-10-2018 03:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flair Airlines’ transition to the next generation of Boeing aircraft will begin as early as December, the company announced Monday.
  The Edmonton-based company’s current fleet of seven B737-400s are expected to be phased out by the end of 2019 with the larger B737-800NG series planes — or Next Generation — set to take their place.
  The company also plans to expand its fleet to 11 aircraft by the time the transition is complete.
  Two leased B737-800NG planes will enter into s
  
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• Next generation of Boeing aircraft joins Flair Airlines fleet

  02-10-2018 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flair Airlines’ transition to the next generation of Boeing aircraft will begin as early as December, the company announced Monday.
  The Edmonton-based company’s current fleet of seven B737-400s are expected to be phased out by the end of 2019 with the larger B737-800NG series planes — or Next Generation — set to take their place.
  The company also plans to expand its fleet to 11 aircraft by the time the transition is complete.
  Two leased B737-800NG planes will enter into s
  
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• Man killed in collision with moose on Anthony Henday Drive

  02-10-2018 02:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 52-year-old male driver is dead following an early Monday morning crash with a moose on the southeast leg of Anthony Henday Drive.
  The collision, which occurred around 5:15 a.m., forced the closure of the westbound lanes for about two hours.
  A 52-year-old female passenger was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The man was pronounced dead on scene, Edmonton police said in a news release.
  It is believed the car was travelling westbound on the Anthony Henday near 17 Street when
  
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• Catholic school support staff on strike in Edson, Whitecourt and Slave Lake

  02-10-2018 02:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Students with disabilities are on the losing end of a labour dispute between the Living Waters Catholic school division and school support staff workers in northwestern Alberta, one parent says.
  Whitecourt parent Jessica Haggith said she’s keeping one of her three children at home while her son’s educational assistant is off the job. Her nine-year-old twin sons are both on the autism spectrum.
  “A stranger’s not going to work with him in this situation,” Haggith said
  
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• Paula Simons: Snow tires just make sense

  02-10-2018 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are at least three jurisdictions in Canada where snow tire are mandated by provincial law, but should Edmonton city council enter the fray and demand Edmontonians have two sets of tires for every car?
  City columnist Paula Simons looks at the issue a few days before city council discusses the agenda item on Wednesday.
  
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• Alberta's battle against Influenza begins Oct. 15

  02-10-2018 02:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans six months of age and older will be able to receive influenza vaccine free of charge starting Oct. 15.
  In preparation for the 2018-19 flu season, the province has expanded its immunization program to allow pharmacists to administer the flu shot to people aged five and up; some physicians and pharmacists are also allowed to offer influenza immunization to residents and staff in supportive living facilities.
  “It’s important even for adult Albertans to get their annual fl
  
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• Alberta response to United States Mexico Canada Agreement

  02-10-2018 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Trade Minister Deron Bilous responded to the new North American trade agreement between Canada, United States and Mexico at the Alberta legislature on Monday.The new North American trade agreement contains two minor wins for Alberta’s energy sector.
  In short, it could have been worse, Bilous said.
  Talk of increased oil tariffs and taxes may have been bandied about during negotiations, but a small change to rules on heavy-oil shipping will see around $60 million in savings
  
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• Four people taken to hospital with minor injuries after transit bus-school bus collision

  02-10-2018 02:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are investigating a collision between a city bus and a mini-school bus and said four people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  The collision occurred at 160 Avenue and 100 Street around 3:50 p.m. between a Route 16 transit bus and a Southland Transportation Ltd. school bus, ETS spokesman Rowan Anderson said Monday afternoon.
  The collision is still under investigation, said police acting Staff Sgt. Kevin Brookes, noting the school bus was for seniors and no
  
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• Murder trial underway for man charged in 2014 Papyrus Lounge shooting

  02-10-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Surveillance video seized from a lounge that was the site of a 2014 fatal shooting will identify a “cast of characters” who are pivotal to the prosecution’s case in a murder trial, court heard Monday.
  Luqman Jama Osman is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Bekri Mohamed, who was shot and killed at Papyrus Lounge at 11124 107 Ave. on Nov. 5, 2014.
  Luqman Osman
  During an opening statement on Monday, Crown prosecutor Orysha Zahaylo said that surveil
  
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• Alberta environment emergency response team investigating asphalt spill after trailer rollover on Anthony Henday

  02-10-2018 01:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta support and emergency response team (ASERT) is working at the scene of a liquid asphalt spill into a stormwater drain after a semi-tractor trailer rolled over on Anthony Henday Drive Monday afternoon.
  ASERT members are working with city drainage staff and fire crews to “assess the incident and implement containment and recovery measures,” Alberta Environment and Parks spokesman John Muir said in an email.
  Edmonton police said a truck lost its trailer while driving around
  
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