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• Notes from the Dome: Minister under fire for 'personal insults' lobbed at UCP MLA, province names lab services board chairman

  31-10-2018 23:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cabinet minister Marlin Schmidt was under fire Wednesday for calling UCP MLA Devin Dreeshen the “son of a rich farmer” and quipping that he wears a Trump hat, spurring MLAs on both sides of the aisle to tell Schmidt to apologize.
  Schmidt, the advanced education minister, withdrew his comments Wednesday afternoon.
  Dreeshen had raised concerns about NDP policies during the second reading of Bill 19, which was introduced Monday and aims to create a tuition cap for post-seconda
  
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• Home inspections, band notification key in Alberta child welfare overhaul

  31-10-2018 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  First Nations ties and the need to keep kids safe are the cornerstone of changes to Alberta’s child intervention system announced by the provincial government Wednesday.
  The overhaul includes formal notification of an Indigenous child’s band following an application for private guardianship, mandatory home inspections and cultural connection plans, strict new public reporting requirements around deaths and injuries, and funding for supports being tied to a child, rather than their gu
  
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• Review: Royal Alberta Museum an anthropological triumph, reflecting multifaceted past

  31-10-2018 20:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rumours and innuendo stating otherwise be damned, the new Royal Alberta Museum downtown is a breathtaking anthropological masterpiece worthy of its name.
  The sheer volume of artifacts is staggering, painting a nuanced and often surprising peek under the hood of what gives this province its identity. From an undead cavalry of prehistoric megafauna, through indigenous hunters and warriors covering the land with art, myth and bones, right up to the well-worn hockey equipment of our modern heroes &m
  
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• Woman, 85, dies after being struck in parking lot with her daughter

  31-10-2018 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  An 85-year-old woman died in hospital Tuesday after being run down by a vehicle in a southwest Edmonton parking lot earlier this month.
  The woman was walking with her 61-year-old daughter in the parking lot of Heritage Park Towers on Oct. 18 when the pair were struck by a Dodge Journey around 4:30 p.m.
  The mother and daughter were transported to hospital from the scene near 29 Avenue and 109 Street. The younger woman was released last Friday. Her mother died Tuesday, police said Wednesday.
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• Latest Kipnes donation of $10 million focused on urology patients, research

  31-10-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A $10-million donation from Dianne and Irving Kipnes is set to advance research and patient care at the Northern Alberta Urology Centre, renamed in honour of the Edmonton philanthropists.
  “Dianne and Irving Kipnes are once again making a huge difference in the lives of Albertans through their generosity,” said Alberta Health Services (AHS) President and CEO Dr. Verna Yiu, who on Wednesday officially renamed the site the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Urology Centre.
  Irving Kipnes has dedic
  
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• Greyhound makes last runs in Alberta; new bus companies aim to fill void

  31-10-2018 19:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Greyhound buses are making their final trips on Prairie routes Wednesday as the company officially winds down operations that previously served 100 Alberta communities.
  The biggest question in the three months since the company’s July 9 announcement has been whether other private companies will step in to fill the transportation void created by Greyhound’s exit, particularly in remote and rural communities that relied on its passenger and shipping services.
  As of Wednesday, about 80
  
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• Greyhound makes its last runs in Alberta; new bus companies aim to fill void

  31-10-2018 18:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Greyhound buses are making their final trips on Prairie routes Wednesday as the company officially winds down operations that previously served 100 Alberta communities.
  The biggest question in the three months since the company’s July 9 announcement has been whether other private companies will step in to fill the transportation void created by Greyhound’s exit, particularly in remote and rural communities that relied on its passenger and shipping services.
  As of Wednesday, about 80
  
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• The Press Gallery Interview: Derek Fildebrandt's quest for the balance of power

  31-10-2018 18:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Derek Fildebrandt’s spectacular fall from grace last year saw him booted from the United Conservative Party he’d been so passionate about getting off the ground. Now the member for Strathmore-Brooks has started the Freedom Conservative Party and plans to run under that banner in the 2019 election.Join Press Gallery host and provincial affairs reporter Emma Graney as she talks with Fildebrandt about his vision for the new party, his fallout with UCP leader Jason Kenney, and whether he
  
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• Dark humour makes The Comedy Company a fitting war memorial

  31-10-2018 18:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is little that tickles me more than a man dressed as a woman for fun. Put a man in a curly wig and a pair of dainty heels, rouge up his cheeks, stuff his bosom with bunched-up paper, and I am on the floor.
  I sense others agree. Many of these like-minded folk are gathering at the Varscona Theatre nightly till Nov. 11 for the world premiere of Neil Grahn’s new play for Shadow Theatre, The Comedy Company.
  Based on a true story, The Comedy Company was written to commemorate the 100th ann
  
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• Edmonton Oilers lose 4-3 to Minnesota Wild

  31-10-2018 15:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan explains after the game why his team lost to the Minnesota Wild by a score of 4-3 in Edmonton on Tuesday October 30, 2018.
  
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• Oilers in 60: Oilers' special teams not-so-special

  31-10-2018 15:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Halloween and so today is a special, spooooooky episode of Oilers in 60.
  Speaking of spooky, let’s talk about the Oilers penalty killing, which went 0-3  against the visiting Minnesota Wild at Rogers Place last night en route to a 4-3 loss. Yikes.
  The Oilers got goals from Leon Draisaitl, a beauty from Connor McDavid and another from PTO-darling Alex Chiasson. But it was all short-lived. Every time the Oilers scored a goal, the Wild responded in kind. The Oilers power play
  
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• Text with 911 Now Available in St. Albert

  31-10-2018 15:24
  New service continues City focus on resident safety The City of St. Albert is now offering Text with 911 (T9-1-1)... Read Post
  
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• Edmonton weather: The calm before the snow (it's coming)

  31-10-2018 13:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 0.2 C with 7 km/h winds out of the southwest.
  Well this is it. The last hurrah, so to speak. After today everything changes. The long-term forecast calls for nothing but snow, rain, flurries and low-single digit temperatures to kick off November (except for Saturday, which remains a pleasant anomaly in this sea of doom and gloom). The rain isn’t expected
  
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• Three to See on Wednesday, Oct. 31

  31-10-2018 13:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Laura Rain and the Caesars: It’s Halloween night, which means many will either take their costumed candy fiends door to door begging the neighbours for sugar, or simply stay home to dole out the sweets themselves. Good thing Laura Rain and the Caesars don’t take the stage until 9 p.m. Kicking off a five-night stint at Blues on Whyte, expect a gaggle of ghouls and goblins to show up to see the Detroit-based four-piece, fronted by Rain’s funky approach and powerhouse R&B voca
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Not all Albertans favour Trans Mountain

  31-10-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “NDP and UCP finally speak same language on pipelines,” David Staples, Oct. 27
  Not all Albertans are in favour of the Trans Mountain expansion and the increase in extreme oil, gas, and bitumen production this would cause.
  We who see the increasing damages to Alberta’s environment and our health were very concerned when ex-prime minister Harper destroyed Canada’s environmental regulatory process to push pipelines in 2012. It turns out the regulatory failure of Trans Mo
  
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• Opinion: It's time for a national conversation on seclusion rooms

  31-10-2018 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’ve often wondered why there’s very little public outcry when the media reports on the cruel use of seclusion rooms for kids with developmental disabilities and delays in schools across Canada.
  I’ve worked with kids born with developmental disabilities since I was 16. I started out as a respite worker for families through Child and Family Services. Twelve years ago, when my son was born, I remember someone making a half-hearted attempt at reassurance after we were told he has
  
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• U of A student who stabbed 19-year-old to death while on LSD wins shorter sentence on appeal

  31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta student who stabbed a companion to death on an LSD-fuelled hike through the Edmonton river valley won a reduced prison sentence Tuesday.
  Connor James Miller, who pleaded guilty last year to the 2016 death of 19-year-old Christopher Fawcett, appealed his seven-year prison sentence earlier this year.
  In a decision dated Tuesday, the Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled the sentence imposed by provincial court Judge E.A. Johnson did not fit the crime.
  “In our view a seven-
  
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• Spotlight: Eastern Alberta rural crime highlights

  31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Eastern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, launched in March, has made headway targeting the region’s chronic offenders. Here are some highlights picked from more than two dozen operations it has been involved in, along with local RCMP:
  Case A: April 2018Five people, from age 26 to 62, are arrested as part of an investigation centred on the towns of Hardisty and Bruce. Police locate a chop shop and recover stolen property from places such as Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Viking, Veg
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Goaltending gives Edmonton Oilers chances to win

  31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The goaltending’s been the big thing lately for the Edmonton Oilers.
  While many things have gone right for the Oilers, particularly in their last four games, to go 6-3-1 in their first 10 games of the season, the play of starting goalie Cam Talbot as well as backup Mikko Koskinen in his single appearance have backstopped the team to its winning record.
  Remember: many a pundit and average fan on the street weren’t giving the Oilers much of a chance to win games in October, much less c
  
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• 'Never at ease': Rural crime spurs new RCMP approach to tackling root causes

  31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Standing in a nearly empty Quonset on a northern Alberta farm, Lawrence Ference jabs his finger into the air pointing to spots where his belongings used to be.
  It’s just past 9:30 p.m. in mid-October and sleet is pooling in truck tire ruts carved in the mud outside. Inside, under harsh fluorescent lights, the bison farmer’s giant black dog Dexx weaves in and out of his legs looking for pats or food, or both.
  Minutes earlier, RCMP Sgt. James Morton watched a set of headlights disappea
  
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• Elise Stolte: These tiny suites could be Edmonton's answer to affordable housing

  31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The numbers are painful.
  This week city councillors endorsed a plan that would see 2,500 new affordable housing units under construction within four years.
  But to do that, Edmonton has to put in $132 million for land and permits to leverage $377 million in government grants, partner equity and private financing.
  It’s still only five per cent of the 50,000 units Edmonton needs.
  That’s a start, a good start. But it’s not going to get us where we need to be.
  If Edmonton’s ac
  
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• Player grades: Special teams double-fail torpedoes Edmonton Oilers vs. Wild

  31-10-2018 08:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wild 4, Oilers 3
  In theory it was the Minnesota Wild who were the tired club at Rogers Place on Tuesday night, but the observation suggests otherwise. The Edmonton Oilers came out hard early, dominated the first half of the game but gradually ran out of legs and/or ideas as the offensive attacks petered out.
  For the visitors it was their 14th win in their last 16 visits to a very welcoming northern Alberta city that will remain nameless, with a net goal differential of 50 to 28 in those games. K
  
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• NDP started our financial mess - St. Albert Gazette

  31-10-2018 08:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  NDP started our financial mess  St. Albert GazetteAgain, a letter from Alan Spiller in Saturday's paper (St. Albert Gazette, Your Views, Oct. 20) spouting nonsense about the past Alberta PC governments.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers 50/50 prize grew to $210,358

  31-10-2018 04:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  There was plenty of excitement at Rogers Place on Tuesday when the Edmonton Oilers played host to the Minnesota Wild, but not all of it was on the ice.
  With an unclaimed 50/50 prize during the pre-season, $46,000 was rolled into Tuesday’s draw and thousands of fans lined the concourse to purchase a ticket.
  The final prize of $210,358 was awarded to the fan holding ticket 200163B.
  The 50/50 draw is split between the winner, Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation and the charity volunteering t
  
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• West LRT design wraps up after wrangling over Stony Plain Road traffic

  31-10-2018 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s done.
  Design plans for the Valley Line West LRT were settled Tuesday after city council’s urban planning committee weighed one last change to traffic plans for the corridor where the LRT will travel down Stony Plain Road.
  “Now the scope of this project is set. We know exactly how it’s going to work. We have everything we need to move ahead and get into procurement, except for one other thing, which is funding,” Mayor Don Iveson said Tuesday after committee appr
  
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• Edmonton-area man killed in Grande Prairie hit-and-run collision between F-350, Volkswagen

  31-10-2018 01:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton area man is dead after a hit-and-run collision involving a Volkswagen and a stolen Ford F-350 in Grande Prairie Monday.
  RCMP in the northwest Alberta city said the collision happened around 10:18 p.m. near 100 Street and 68 Avenue. The 26-year-old man driving the Volkswagen was transported to hospital but died of his injuries.
  Police said the Ford was reported stolen in Grande Prairie Oct. 15, and that they encountered the truck driving erratically down 116 Street on the night of the
  
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• City councillors caught up by bus traffic-snarl map

  31-10-2018 01:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A map showing the stickiest traffic spots for city buses didn’t impress councillors keen to get moving on measures to get buses out of traffic congestion.
  “I think it’s a matter of I have one sense of urgency, and they appear to have a different sense of urgency — a much lesser sense of urgency,” Ward 10 Coun. Michael Walters said Tuesday following an urban planning committee meeting during which city staff presented the first phase of its study on transit priority
  
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• Edmonton students compete to send tiny science experiment to space

  31-10-2018 01:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Junior high science classes across the city will soon battle to send their experiments boldly where no Edmonton student’s test tube has gone before.
  For the first time, Edmonton Public Schools has secured a spot on a rocket to send one experiment on a voyage 400 kilometres up to the International Space Station next spring.
  “It’s probably the most exciting thing that’s happened in my career,” said Stacey Mabey, a teacher and science consultant with the public school
  
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• South Edmonton smell funny? Fire crews respond to gas leak in industrial area

  31-10-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire crews sealed a gas leak in an industrial area Tuesday afternoon that stank up a swath of south Edmonton.
  Fire service spokeswoman Katie Stewart said three crews responded to Maple Leaf Metals at 4510 68 Ave. at 4:17 p.m.
  The crews sealed a gas leak and dispersed the vapour, which was being pushed south by the wind. The smell prompted “multiple” other gas leak calls from concerned citizens in the area, she said.
  The gas that was leaking was mercaptan — a smelly compone
  
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• Indigenous artists create painting for MacEwan University, plea to end resource extraction

  31-10-2018 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Indigenous artists brought their message of land and water protection to MacEwan University through paint while campaigning for Alberta’s booming resources industry to slow down.
  A new painting highlighting “a symbol of resistance against resource extraction” will hang in the university’s kihêw waciston Indigenous Centre when the four-day project is completed Thursday. Artists Christi Belcourt, a Métis artist from Lac Ste. Anne, and Isaac Murdoch, from th
  
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• City releases four-year plan for waste services spending

  31-10-2018 00:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  City staff are pitching an annual 2.5 per cent rate increase as part of its 2019-2022 proposed waste services budgets, which were published online Tuesday.
  That means a single-family home will pay an additional $1.15 per month on its waste utility fee starting next year. For multi-unit homes, the increase is $0.75 per month.
  The documents lay out plans for 2019-2022 spending for residential and commercial waste collection, operation of waste management and recycling facilities, as well as the ad
  
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• Second-degree murder charge in slaying of Lloydminster man

  31-10-2018 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old Lloydminster man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a body was discovered outside an apartment building in the eastern Alberta city.
  RCMP responded to the apartment on 45 Street at 3:30 Monday afternoon and found 31-year-old Mitchell Daniels dead from what a news release called “suspicious” injuries.
  An autopsy in Edmonton Tuesday determined he was the victim of a homicide.
  Local police handed the case over to the RCMP major crimes unit. On Tuesday, the
  
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• Para-athlete Tony Flores named as Alberta's first disability advocate

  31-10-2018 00:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tony Flores has long promoted the rights of all people, and promises to bring that passion to his new role as Alberta’s first disability advocate.
  He’s particularly looking forward to having more conversations with members of the disability community, he said Tuesday, and learning their stories so he can better work for them and be their voice for change.
  Flores’ new role will see him support children, youth and adults with varying abilities by raising awareness of their rights
  
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