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• Alberta Party MLA calls for independent investigation into handling of sexual misconduct allegations

  18-11-2018 20:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta Party MLA wants an independent investigation into how allegations of sexual misconduct by sitting MLAs has been handled by  government caucus.
  Karen McPherson, a former NDP MLA, said Sunday she has written to speaker of the house Robert Wanner calling for a probe into the process.
  If the process is deemed insufficient, McPherson wants “a full, independent investigation into the allegations.”
  Earlier this month it came to light that two sitting NDP MLAs had been accuse
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers try to rebound from a blown lead in Calgary in a short turnaround at home: 9 Things

  18-11-2018 20:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey Game Day #20Vegas Golden Knights (8-11-1) & Edmonton Oilers (9-9-1)
  The Edmonton Oilers had 2 points virtually waiting for them last night in Calgary but they slipped away.
  That’s tough when you are finally getting those mythical 4-point opportunities. You truly have the ability to shake things up in your own division and catapult yourself into a cozier position in the standings. Alas.
  Instead, we are left commiserating over what could have been…and what may be to
  
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• Three to See on Sunday, Nov. 18

  18-11-2018 16:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A FAN’S NOTES: THE THINGS WE LOVE AND DO NOT SHARE
  Check The List: The best advice I’ll ever give
  Ryan Garner’s life story/forensic audit is a love story, told in six chapters across three countries and countless pages, resulting in The Life List
  RYNO S. GARNER
   
  Editor’s Note: This will be honest, long, and very personal. Please pardon my excess, I have been on a cosmic tilt-a-whirl that came to a very sudden stop last week and I’m still reviewing the flight r
  
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• Player grades: Third-period collapse sinks Oilers in spirited Battle of Alberta

  18-11-2018 11:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 2, Flames 4
  Two different hockey games in Calgary on Saturday night. Despite beating a steady path of one-way traffic to the penalty box, a fired-up crew of Edmonton Oilers carried the play and a 2-0 lead through the first 30 minutes of play. They came apart at the seams after that as Calgary Flames ramped it up to dominate possession, play, and most importantly the scoreboard. The Flames poured in four unanswered goals down the stretch to take a 4-2 decision.
  The visitors had plenty of c
  
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• Edmonton city staff candlelight vigil marks a year confronting workplace harassment, discrimination

  18-11-2018 03:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A year after it emerged that at least one in five city employees said they have experienced harassment, one employee says more still needs to be done to fix what many have described as a toxic work environment.
  At a candlelight vigil held at Churchill Square Saturday evening that she helped organize, Cecily Poohkay said the anniversary was the perfect time to reflect on what has been learned and what still needs to happen.
  “There is a lot more work to be done but I think we get there by ta
  
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• Grande Prairie sex sting results in 19 arrests: Mounties

  18-11-2018 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nineteen men aged between 23 and 69 have been charged with soliciting sex during a three-day sting in Grande Prairie.
  Mounties said Saturday the targeted enforcement in the past week was needed to “address community concerns pertaining to sex activities in the downtown area.”
  A total of 34 charges were laid.
  Members of the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit, General Investigation Section, Community Policing and general duty members were involved in the operation.
  “Wo
  
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• Cannabis and driving: Keep activities in separate lanes

  18-11-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  No amount of cannabis consumption is safe behind the wheel, warn RCMP.
  “Cannabis affects everyone differently,” says Const. Mike Hibbs, from RCMP K-Division in Edmonton.
  “There is no safe limit for drivers who are recreational cannabis users or medicinal users, since everyone has a different body tolerance for drugs.”
  In the wake of cannabis legalization, police are reiterating the message that drug-impaired driving laws apply to all drivers, including those with medical
  
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• 'Front door to industry': NAIT unveils new Productivity and Innovation Centre

  18-11-2018 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton now has a “front door to industry,” with NAIT’s unveiling of its new Productivity and Innovation Centre.
  The centre — built with a $34.9-million contribution from the federal government’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund — is one of North America’s largest innovation spaces, at 17,650-square-metre building.
  “It is one of North America’s leading innovation spaces — both in size and scope,” said Glenn F
  
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• Man acquitted in $5 million Alberta-U.S. cocaine trafficking case

  18-11-2018 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A truck driver at the centre of a $5 million cocaine seizure at Alberta’s Coutts border crossing in 2016 has been acquitted of drug trafficking charges because there was reasonable doubt as to whether he knew about the drugs, a court has found.
  Parmjeet Singh Sandhu, from Ontario, and Jasmail Singh Sander, from British Columbia, were both charged with drug trafficking after border officers discovered 83 one-kilogram packages of cocaine stashed in various locations around a semi truck
  
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• Duchess Bake Shop creates replica Hogwarts Castle to support Bissell Centre

  18-11-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Welcome to Hogwarts, sweet-toothed Harry Potter fans. You won’t find any trolls in the dungeon but you will find gingerbread and frosting, among other delights.
  It’s all part of the Duchess Bake Shop‘s way of supporting the  Bissell Centre.
  Back in August, co-owner Garner Beggs began this massive 1:100 scale replica build of the Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter series, which takes up just under 50 square feet of floor space.
  “It’s made
  
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• German researchers looking for family of Alberta man linked to WW2 crash site

  18-11-2018 00:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Researchers are trying to locate surviving family members of a downed airman from Alberta who died when his bomber crashed in southwest Germany during the Second World War.
  Sgt. John Peter Heinig, who hailed from the tiny town of Ryley in central Alberta, was one of seven aboard the doomed four-engine Halifax that was shot down south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim on the night of Sept. 5, 1943.
  Heinig was the mid upper gunner on the plane.
  The plane was part of the 10 Squadron Royal Air Force base
  
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• Preemie reunion: Former NICU babies, families, return to Misericordia, Grey Nuns

  18-11-2018 00:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A crowd of tiny babies returned to the Grey Nuns and Mistericordia Hospitals for a reunion of sorts this Saturday.
  The little ones and their parents returned to celebrate their “graduation” from the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at the hospitals.
  Chelsea Townsend, along with her wife Jenaya, had returned with triplet sons who were born at the Royal Alexandra Hospital around six weeks early — after five days at the Alex they were transferred to the Grey Nuns, where t
  
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