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• Watch: No Stone Left Alone commemorates Remembrance Day and Armistice

  05-11-2018 23:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A No Stone Left Alone ceremony was held at Beechmount Cemetery in Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Poppies were placed on all of the headstones in the Cemetery’s Field of Honour by military members and local Edmonton students.
  Also, soldiers from the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) and 61 Field Battery based out of Edmonton participated in a Remembrance Day ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice of 1918, which marked the official end of the First Wo
  
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• Icy roads contributing factor in fatal Morinville crash, say Mounties

  05-11-2018 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Icy roads were a contributing factor in a two-vehicle crash near Morinville late last week that left one man dead and another hospitalized, Mounties said Monday.
  Investigators said the 28-year-old driver was travelling southbound on Highway 28 near Township Road 570 around 8:40 p.m. on Nov. 2 when he lost control and collided with a truck traveling in the opposite direction.
  The driver of the truck sustained non-life threatening injuries. Neither vehicle had passengers.
  “The highway w
  
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• Corporate, union donations to be banned in Alberta's municipal and school board elections

  05-11-2018 22:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Corporate and union donations will be banned in municipal and school board elections under new rules introduced by the provincial government Monday.
  The changes will also limit candidate donations to $4,000, impose spending limits, and give Alberta’s election commission the power to investigate and levy $10,000 fines for anyone who flouts the rules.
  Much like earlier NDP government changes to election spending rules in provincial campaigns, Wednesday’s Bill 23, An Act to Renew Local
  
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• PHOTOS: No Stone Left Alone

  05-11-2018 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  No Stone Left Alone ceremony was held at Beechmount Cemetery in Edmonton on Monday November 5, 2018. Poppies were placed on all of the headstones in the Cemetery’s Field of Honour by military members and local Edmonton students.Also, soldiers from the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) and 61 Field Battery based out of Edmonton, participated in a Remembrance Day ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice of 1918, which marked the official end of the First Wo
  
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• Off-duty Mountie facing assault, break and enter charges

  05-11-2018 22:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  An off-duty Alberta RCMP member is facing assault charges after a man entered a home in Tofield and attacked the homeowner and another resident, Mounties said Monday.
  A man forced entry to the home on Oct. 29 but was restrained and convinced to leave the premises. He returned however and continued to assault both victims a second time before RCMP took him into custody.
  Const. Dane McCarty, also been charged with break and enter and two counts of mischief, has been suspended with pay pe
  
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• Ryan Strome, Edmonton Oilers' new Mister Zero, finding other ways to contribute

  05-11-2018 21:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 14: Oilers at Capitals
  Three lines have been humming along just fine for the Edmonton Oilers in recent times. The three feature attackers, Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on the first line, Leon Draisaitl on the second, have been consistent point producers since the beginning, with all sporting production rates north of a point per game. But in the last couple of weeks, secondary scoring has begun to emerge. Drake Caggiula has has pumped home 5 goals in his last 5 games and, not
  
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• Canadian Forces Trail: 97 Street renamed to honour Edmonton's military

  05-11-2018 21:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is now officially home to Canadian Forces Trail.
  The new name honours the relationship between the city, Edmonton Garrison, and the historical significance of the former Canadian Forces Base Griesbach, west of 97 Street and north of 137 Avenue; the trail runs along 97 Street from 137 Avenue to the city’s northern boundary near Anthony Henday Drive.
  Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton is the largest army base in Western Canada.
  For almost a century, said the city in a Monday releas
  
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• NDP MLA Robyn Luff alleges bullying within party, leaves legislature in protest

  05-11-2018 21:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  New Democrat member for Calgary-East Robyn Luff is refusing to sit in the legislature in protest over her treatment by party brass.
  In a letter sent to reporters Monday, Luff alleged bullying at the hands of NDP leadership, including Premier Rachel Notley, saying there is a “culture of fear and intimidation that leads to MLA’s [sic] being unable to properly represent their constituents in the legislature.”
  Luff said in her letter that MLAs have been stripped of their power to r
  
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• Police investigating fatal hit and run in McCauley neighbourhood

  05-11-2018 21:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are trying to locate the driver of a van involved in a fatal hit and run collision in the McCauley neighbourhood Sunday that left an 88-year-old man dead.
  The senior was crossing 97 Street at 106a Avenue in an unmarked crosswalk when he was struck by a white 2013 Nissan NV2500 van at about 5:45 p.m., police said Monday.
  Officers located the damaged unoccupied van in the area of 97 Street and 106 Avenue. Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact police.
  This is
  
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• Violent offender warning: Females in Edmonton area should be aware, say police

  05-11-2018 19:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 22-year-old convicted offender whose history includes sexual violence plans to live in the Edmonton area, warn city police.
  Jared Soosay — whose risk of offending behaviour increases significantly under the influence of intoxicants — will be monitored by the city police behavioural assessment unit.
  Soosay also goes by the alias, Jared Omeasoo.
  His court ordered conditions include:
  – Not entering into a dating, intimate, sexual relationship with any person, or have any friends
  
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• A few more tears: Ozzy coming home to Rogers Place July 9

  05-11-2018 18:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  He’s baaaaack and ready to frog hop on stage!
  Ozzy Osbourne returns to the golden capital at Rogers Place July 9, 2019, on his No More Tours 2 — which is a pretty hilarious name for anything if you think about it.
  The ever-growly Megadeth opens.
  Ozzy will be 70 by the time he comes to town, and if you combine his solo work with his threading in and out of Black Sabbath, you’re looking at over 100 million records sold, including soupy, screamy headbanger classics like No Mo
  
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• Connor McDavid shooting like crazy on power play now. How about adding Alex Chiasson?

  05-11-2018 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alex Chiasson has never been a big time goal scorer so it’s mighty optimistic to expect him to continue sniping away at a high level.
  The 28-year-old veteran — who only two months ago was a borderline NHL vet without a home and hoping for a PTO somewhere, anywhere — now has six goals in eight games for the Oilers, mainly due to some excellent chemistry with Leon Draisaitl, some high level shooting accuracy and/or puck luck.
  For the time being, though, might it work to add Chias
  
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• A few more more tears: Ozzy coming home to Rogers Place July 9

  05-11-2018 15:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  He’s baaaaack and ready to frog hop on stage!
  Ozzy Osbourne returns to the golden capital at Rogers Place July 9, 2019, on his No More Tours 2 — which is a pretty hilarious name for anything if you think about it.
  The ever-growly Megadeth opens.
  Ozzy will be 70 by the time he comes to town, and if you combine his solo work with his threading in and out of Black Sabbath, you’re looking at over 100 million records sold, including soupy, screamy headbanger classics like No Mo
  
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• Three to See on Monday, Nov. 5

  05-11-2018 15:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Passchendaele: Passchendaele, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, delves into the life and times of Canadian soldier Michael Dunne at the Battle of Passchendaele. Starring Paul Gross, the film pays tribute to those who served in the First World War — appropriate timing leading up to Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended The Great War. One of the film’s producers, Francis Damberger, will be in attendance to introdu
  
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• Edmonton weather: Cold, snowy, windy and the sun now sets before 5 p.m. *slow clap*

  05-11-2018 14:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -8.1 C with 10 km/h winds out of the north, northwest contributing to a -13 windchill.
  I’m going to do my best not to use this platform to constantly whine and complain about winter in Edmonton, because let’s face it no one likes a Debbie Downer or Gloomy Gus. That said, today is going to suck. It just is. The roads are awful, a -13 windchill is kick
  
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• Elise Stolte: City budget pits core versus suburbs in unnecessary competition for pools

  05-11-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s city budget is setting up a nasty battle between mature neighbourhoods and new suburbs over kids’ swimming lessons.
  Three central Edmonton pools are on the chopping block this budget, along with one central ice arena. Eastglen and Scona pools, and both the Oliver outdoor pool and single-sheet arena, had low paid attendance in 2016.
  Officials believe closing them will save at least $1.4 million a year.
  At the same time, council is looking to use debt to finance a $300-milli
  
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• Contraband, overdoses, death: Documents detail the flow of drugs into one of Canada's most advanced jails

  05-11-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It should be almost impossible to smuggle drugs into the Edmonton Remand Centre.
  There is no open-air exercise yard at the state-of-the-art provincial jail, where somebody with a strong arm or a drone could loft an illicit package.
  The centre does not allow visits — visitors meet their loved ones through off-site video terminals — ruling out in-person handoffs.
  Drugs stowed inside a body cavity should be detected by a newly installed body scanner, through which all inmates entering t
  
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• Alberta researcher lauded for investigating fast-food style private schools in developing nations

  05-11-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta doctoral student will receive an international award for his research into companies running for-profit schools that recruit some of the poorest children in developing nations.
  Education International, a federation of more than 400 teachers’ unions and associations from around the world, will recognize educational policy studies PhD student Curtis Riep with the Albert Shanker Education Award next July in Thailand.
  Riep, who is 32 and lives in Calgary, has studied th
  
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• UCP urges self-defence law revisit, more crime stat reports

  05-11-2018 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Requiring all police detachments in Alberta to provide quarterly reports on their responses to every incoming call, private municipal security forces and front provincial licence plates could be on the table if the United Conservative Party is elected in 2019.
  The changes are in a summer report the UCP commissioned after conversations with rural Albertans, police and local governments.
  Justice critic Angela Pitt, MLA for Airdrie, said last week the 21-page report, called A Safer Alberta, wi
  
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