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• Teen admits to role in one Mac's store killing, goes to trial on other

  22-10-2018 19:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  A teen charged after two Mac’s store clerks were killed during separate 2015 robberies admitted Monday to manslaughter in one death, but pleaded not guilty in the other.
  The boy, now 16, was 13 years old when he and two adult men were arrested and charged in connection to the shooting deaths of of Mac’s workers Ricky Massin Cenabre and Karanpal Singh Bhangu on Dec. 18, 2015.
  The two men were killed at separate Mac’s locations where they worked: Cenabre, 41, at th
  
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• Jasper RCMP charge pair with trafficking after stop uncovers 10 kg of marijuana

  22-10-2018 18:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Possession and the licensed retail sale of cannabis are legal in Canada, but hauling a bunch in your vehicle is still frowned upon.
  Two people have been charged with trafficking after an Oct. 11 traffic stop by Jasper Mounties uncovered 10 kilograms of marijuana and 750 grams of cannabis resin.
  The contraband was found after officers stopped a “vehicle for an offence under the vehicle equipment regulations,” RCMP said in a press release Monday.
  Jason Shawn Carty, 29, and Brandon Math
  
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• Suspect treated in Edmonton after RCMP open fire during Maskwacis gun call

  22-10-2018 18:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is being treated for gunshot injuries in Edmonton after RCMP responding to a gun call in Maskwacis opened fire.
  RCMP were called to a “shots fired” complaint on Samson First Nation just after midnight Monday. Two officers on foot searching the area encountered two suspects before the police weapon was discharged, said RCMP in a Monday news release.
  One of the suspects was injured in the police shooting and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries in Edmonton.
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• John Cleese bringing his dada wit and wisdom to Edmonton May 27

  22-10-2018 17:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  You were probably hoping for something to bark angrily about on Twitter … and now for something completely different: John Cleese is coming to the Jubilee Auditorium May 27, part of a 13-date Canadian tour.
  The legendary comedian is bringing us an evening of humour under poignant banner, Why There Is No Hope, an examination of the dysfunctional world we live in from the perspective of this wry, legendary, British 78-year-old. Cleese, whose 2014 autobiography So Anyway … was a New Y
  
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• Edmonton Oilers prospect Kirill Maksimov making maximum of his final Ontario Hockey League season

  22-10-2018 16:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A quick scan of Edmonton Oilers prospects indicates some good news when it comes to attacking depth. A number of highly-rated players are off to good starts on the attack, including Ryan McLeod in the Ontario Hockey League, Tyler Benson, Cameron Hebig and Cooper Marody in Bakersfield and, most of all, Kirill Maksimov in the Ontario Hockey League.
  Maksimov, 19, was slow and lacking in dynamism in training camp for the Oilers this year, but he’s ripping it up for the Niagara Ice Dogs, with 1
  
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• Edmonton weather: It's October and it's only getting warmer

  22-10-2018 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -2.4 C with 2 km/h winds out of the south southwest.
  Brrrrrr. It’s a bit chilly out there to start your Monday morning, but like the headline suggests things are definitely heating up over the next two days. Forecasters are calling for 15 C and sunshine today, well above the seasonal normal of 8 C, and things are expected to be even nicer Tuesday as tempera
  
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• Small in-home video game developer inks deal for release on Xbox and PlayStation

  22-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local video game developer that set up shop in a south side Edmonton house is about to hit the big screen market with the early access launch of an alien vs. mankind video game.
  The first-person shooter game End of the Beginning from SnakeTakes Studios Inc. was picked up by Sony, Microsoft and Valve Corporation for an early access version of the game that was more than three years in the making.
  “It’s going to be a chance for players to play the game for a reduced price,” CEO
  
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• Elise Stolte: Apologize for stench, rebuild trust. Epcor’s sewage expansion takes good will for granted

  22-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chris Hanstock remembers the creepy mist wafting off Epcor’s sewage ponds and over his cross-country ski trails.
  It stank like rotten eggs and human waste. Athletes from Canmore and Calgary refused to come to races in Edmonton’s Gold Bar Park, said Hanstock, president of the Edmonton Nordic Ski Club. Parents wondered if the air quality was safe and if they should even let their kids get out of the car.
  That was three years ago. The ski club had to take its own initiative, by mea
  
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• Education minister appoints group to draft school seclusion guidelines

  22-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An new eight-member working group will make recommendations to Alberta’s education minister by December on how seclusion is used in schools.
  The group of parents, health professionals and teachers are tasked with drafting new guidelines and identifying best practices on how schools should use isolation rooms, restraint and timeouts.
  “It’s my view that seclusion rooms should only be used as a last resort and with student safety as the top priority,” Eggen said in a written
  
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• St. Albert adjusts recycling program in response to global markets - CTV News

  22-10-2018 02:26 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
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  St. Albert adjusts recycling program in response to global markets
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  St. Albert residents are being asked to rethink what they're putting in their blue bags, as the city launches changes to its recycling program in response to the global market. Canadians have been recycling most items sporting the known triangle symbol.
  
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• Warmer weather a 'godsend' for Alberta farmers

  22-10-2018 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  After snowy, wet conditions hammered the Alberta prairies earlier this month leaving half of the province’s crops unharvested, a recent trend of warmer weather has some farmers feeling more optimistic.
  “It’s been a godsend,” said Humphrey Banack of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. “We’re looking at another week of good weather and it’s going to allow a good portion of producers to get closer to that end.
  “With the weather we’re having n
  
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• School districts reverse course on class size request fees

  22-10-2018 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Public school boards in Edmonton and Calgary are refunding Postmedia more than $650 in fees the school districts charged to release data on class sizes earlier this year.
  After Postmedia in June appealed the fees charged by Edmonton Public Schools and the Calgary Board of Education, a manager in Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner told both boards the request for class size information was in the public interest, and recommended they refund the money.
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• Edmonton Oilers recall Cooper Marody as injuries start to pile up

  22-10-2018 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Andrej Sekera. Drake Caggiula. Matt Benning. Ty Rattie.
  Yes, the injuries are starting to pile up on the Edmonton Oilers, who have now recalled Cooper Marody from the AHL to fill in at forward.
  The #Oilers have recalled forward Cooper Marody from the @Condors & placed forward Ty Rattie on Injured Reserve. Marody has scored 2 goals & 4 assists in 5 games with Bakersfield this season. pic.twitter.com/cAJg3s4uLZ
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 21, 2018
  
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• Review: La Traviata opening night pleasurable, short on passion

  22-10-2018 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Opera’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, which opened at the Jubilee on Friday, Oct. 20, is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between five Canadian opera companies. Each company has chosen its own cast and conductor, but they have shared the designs (the sets were built in Edmonton) and the director, Alain Gauthier.
  Edmonton’s version is a solid, straightforward, and essentially conventional La Traviata, well sung, with a strong sense of ensemble. It w
  
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• Nick Lees: Don Metz in spotlight as Wayne Gretzky opens new restaurant in Rogers Place

  22-10-2018 00:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wayne Gretzky was upstaged last week by his good friend Don Metz at the opening of the Great One’s Studio 99 restaurant in Rogers Place.
  Metz was declared the most valuable player in making sure the restaurant opened as billed.
  “Three people put the restaurant together on time,” said Bob Nicholson, Oilers Entertainment Group CEO and vice-chairman. “And they were all named Don Metz.”
  Metz said some nights he decided he couldn’t take time to go home.
  “I sl
  
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