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• House explosion rocks north-central Edmonton neighbourhood, fire investigators on scene to determine cause

  03-12-2018 23:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire investigators remain on scene in north-central Edmonton after a house explosion and resulting fire rocked the neighbourhood of Westwood before noon Monday.
  Emergency crews responded to reports of an explosion around 11:40 a.m., district fire Chief Tim Famulak said at the scene near 120 Avenue and 102 Street.
  “They reported there were doors off, windows blown in, flames from the front and the side, so immediately we did a defensive attack since it was pretty much fully involved when we
  
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• Mikko Koskinen challenging Connor McDavid for top-performing Edmonton Oiler right now

  03-12-2018 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 27, Oilers vs Stars
  As always Connor McDavid is the Edmonton Oilers top player. No doubt he’ll be a top contender for league M.V.P. in June.
  But if there’s one player the Edmonton Oilers absolutely cannot afford to have out of their line-up right at this moment it’s goalie Mikko Koskinen, which is why he’s shot up to second place overall on the Oilers power rankings.
  The power rankings rate the on-ice performance of the Oilers this year, with a heavy emphasis on:
  
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• Saskatchewan rejects Alberta's appeal for united front on oil cuts

  03-12-2018 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Saskatchewan says it won’t be following Alberta’s lead in slashing oil production as Premier Rachel Notley moved forward with cabinet measures Monday to institute a 8.7 per cent cut.
  Notley announced Sunday that next year Alberta producers would see a reduction of about 325,000 barrels per day (bpd) in order to address a brutal oil price differential.
  The price differential between Western Canadian Select and West Texas Intermediate has fluctuated in recent weeks, peaking a
  
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• Fountain Park Recreation Centre’s 40th Anniversary Celebration

  03-12-2018 22:58
  Celebrating 40 years in the community! Fountain Park Recreation Centre opened its doors in 1978 as the first indoor aquatic... Read Post
  
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• Watch: Explosion and fire destroys north-side home

  03-12-2018 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents in the quiet north-side neighbourhood of Westwood were alerted to a house fire by the sound of an explosion around noon on Monday.
  According to Edmonton Fire Rescue District Chief  Tim Famulak, the front door of the house was blown off its frame before the consequent fire consumed the rest of the house.
  Neighbour Hope Robinson-Smyke thought a car had driven into her house or the roof was collapsing because of the loud noise coming from the explosion next door.
  A search of the
  
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• Fort McMurray hockey coach facing luring, sexual exploitation charges

  03-12-2018 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Fort McMurray hockey coach has been charged with sexual offences stemming from allegations of misconduct while he was a volunteer with the minor hockey association earlier this year.
  Mounties released few details Monday about the investigation except to say it takes “allegations of this nature seriously and continue to make this file an investigative priority.”
  Steven Charles Adams, 31, of Fort McMurray, is charged with luring a child, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
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• House explosion rocks north-central Edmonton neighbourhood

  03-12-2018 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A house explosion and resulting fire rocked neighbours in north-central just before noon Monday.
  Emergency crews were called to the scene about 11:40 a.m., with witnesses reporting the door and windows of the home near 120 Avenue and 102 Street were blown out by the blast.
  Flames and smoke were still billowing out from what is left of the home’s roof about 12:15 p.m.
  Four fire trucks were on scene as crews worked to contain the blaze.
  More to come…
   
   
  
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• Editorial: Alberta's oilpatch forced into desperate measures. Where is rest of Canada?

  03-12-2018 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a sombre speech that sounded more like wartime address than policy announcement, Premier Rachel Notley announced Sunday Alberta is ordering the oil sector to cut production.
  For a province that prides itself on its traditional adherence to free enterprise — even when the NDP happen to be in power — it’s an astonishing turn of events.
  Perhaps no less remarkable is the fact that the move was preceded by a plea for that very government intervention by some major players in an
  
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• Saskatchewan doesn't plan to follow Alberta's oil production cuts, says Moe

  03-12-2018 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his province won’t be following Alberta’s lead in curtailing oil production, though he plans to work with industry so the 8.7 per cent cuts in Alberta aren’t undermined.
  Premier Rachel Notley announced Sunday that Alberta producers would see about 325,000 barrels per day (bpd) cut from production next year in order to address a brutal oil differential.
  The price differential between Western Canadian Select and West Texas Intermediat
  
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• Man sentenced to eight years for killing of MMA fighter Ryan Jimmo in Whyte Ave. lot

  03-12-2018 20:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the hit-and-run killing of mixed-martial-arts fighter Ryan Jimmo will serve eight years in prison and lose the ability to drive for eight years following.
  Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paul Belzil Monday morning sentenced Anthony Getschel to six years for manslaughter, with another two years added for fleeing the June 2016 scene near 101 Street, in what he described as a “complete tragedy.”
  “One man died
  
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• Seasonal parking ban in effect after weekend snow dump

  03-12-2018 20:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A seasonal parking ban will take effect early Tuesday morning after the first big dump of snow this winter left the city blanketed with more than 30 centimetres of the white stuff over the weekend.
  Vehicles parked on designated seasonal parking ban routes after 1 a.m. will be ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense. The parking ban will stay in effect until the city announces it has been lifted.
  “To help with clearing the roads, we’re declaring a parking ban and bringing in c
  
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• Nick Lees: Sports Central giving skates and bikes to needy children at Christmas time

  03-12-2018 19:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  A mom and her four children in an older, small car were overjoyed when each of the kids received a bike at Sport Central.
  “There was obviously no way they could get all the bikes into the car and we offered to drop them off in our van,” says the charity’s Jim Harvey.
  “But the youngest boy, aged about five, hung desperately to his bike. I’m sure he thought he would never see it again if he let go.”
  Sport Central’s mission is to retrieve, repair, recy
  
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• Shares in Cenovus, Canadian Natural soar on crude production cuts

  03-12-2018 18:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shares in oilsands companies most likely to benefit from Alberta’s move to curtail crude production starting Jan. 1 are soaring in the wake of Sunday’s announcement by Premier Rachel Notley.
  In early trading Monday morning, Cenovus Energy Inc. rose as much as 13 per cent over its Friday close to $11.11, while Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. rose as much as 16 per cent to $38.74.
  Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix was the first oilsands CEO to call for the province to curtail production and on
  
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• Elise Stolte: Stranded. Despite fears, on-demand transit worth a look

  03-12-2018 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Andrew Medley, B-U-S spells independence.
  Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy put him in a wheelchair, but the bus is regular, safe and accessible.
  Lumbering slowly through his Wedgewood Heights neighbourhood, it’s everything he needs to be spontaneous, taking off to meet friends at West Edmonton Mall whenever the sun is shining.
  This is why he’s nervous about the city’s proposed on-demand transit project.
  It could be great, better than the bus. But he has so much to lose.
  
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• Elise Stolte: On-demand transit has some Edmontonians concerned

  03-12-2018 16:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Andrew Medley, B-U-S spells independence.
  Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy put him in a wheelchair, but the bus is regular, safe and accessible.
  Lumbering slowly through his Wedgewood Heights neighbourhood, it’s everything he needs to be spontaneous, taking off to meet friends at West Edmonton Mall whenever the sun is shining.
  This is why he’s nervous about the city’s proposed on-demand transit project.
  It could be great, better than the bus. But he has so much to lose.
  
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• Notley moves to slash 325,000 bpd of oil production in face of oil price crisis

  03-12-2018 16:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will cut oil production by 8.7 per cent starting in January in an effort to reduce the punishing price differential plaguing energy producers, says Premier Rachel Notley.“We must act immediately, and we must do it together,” she said in a speech Sunday at the Federal Building.
  About 25 producers are expected to face cuts until the 35 million barrels of oil currently in storage are shipped out of the province.
  “We have a fairly good sense of what we need to do to clear t
  
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• Edmonton weather: I ordered a side of snow not a full meal

  03-12-2018 15:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -6 C with 15 km/h winds out of the northwest contributing to a -12 windchill.
  The snowfall warning is over and the snow itself should be ending at some point this morning and then clearing. The wind is expected to kick up to 20 km/h around noon and it doesn’t appear that there’s any more snow in our forecast. As a matter of f
  
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• 'This is the time for AI': The global race for technology supremacy is underway

  03-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a global race underway to capitalize on artificial intelligence, a cutting-edge industry that’s no longer science fiction. Canada, looking to carve out its place, is up against world economic superpowers. Reporter Emma Graney visited China to explore that country’s growing AI expertise and what Canada needs to do to compete. Her reporting was supported with a fellowship from the Asia Pacific Foundation.
  Hong Kong — The conference crowd in Hong Kong is restles
  
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• Elise Stolte: Despite fears, on-demand bus service for distant suburbs worth exploring

  03-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Andrew Medley, B-U-S spells independence.
  Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy put him in a wheelchair, but the bus is regular, safe and accessible.
  Lumbering slowly through his Wedgewood Heights neighbourhood, it’s everything he needs to be spontaneous, taking off to meet friends at West Edmonton Mall whenever the sun is shining.
  This is why he’s nervous about the city’s proposed on-demand transit project.
  It could be great, better than the bus. But he has so much to lose.
  
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• Notley moves to slash 325,000 bpd of oilsands production in face of oil price crisis

  03-12-2018 06:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will cut oil production by 8.7 per cent starting in January in an effort to reduce the punishing price differential plaguing energy producers, says Premier Rachel Notley.“We must act immediately, and we must do it together,” she said in a speech Sunday at the Federal Building.
  About 25 producers are expected to face cuts until the 35 million barrels of oil currently in storage are shipped out of the province.
  “We have a fairly good sense of what we need to do to clear t
  
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• City crews clearing streets of fresh dump of snow

  03-12-2018 05:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  You didn’t think we would have a December without snow, did you?
  With Weather Canada forecasting five to 10 centimetres of snow to fall through Sunday night into Tuesday morning, in addition to the piles of white stuff which fell over the weekend, the City of Edmonton said in a news release Sunday it is doubling efforts to clear snow from roads, trails and bike lanes.
  The city said it has approximately 200 plows and graders out clearing the roads, supported by 250 crew members. 
  It al
  
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• Notley to Restrict Oilsands Production

  03-12-2018 03:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will cut oil production by 8.7 per cent starting in January in an effort to reduce the punishing price differential plaguing energy producers, says Premier Rachel Notley at a news conference Sunday evening.
  UCP Leader Jason Kenney and Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel have both pushed for production cuts.
  The province said oil production cuts will add an estimated $1.1 billion of government revenue in 2019-20.
  The price differential between Western Canadian Select and West Texas&n
  
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• Premier Rachel Notley moves to restrict oilsands production in face of oil price crisis

  03-12-2018 02:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta will cut oil production by 8.7 per cent starting in January in an effort to reduce the punishing price differential plaguing energy producers, says Premier Rachel Notley.“We must act immediately, and we must do it together,” she said in a speech Sunday.
  About 25 producers are expected to face cuts.
  Notley said it was a “very difficult decision.”
  “When markets aren’t working … then we have a responsibility to act,” she said. “Thi
  
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• 'Unchecked licence': Industry association says NDP changes will cost homeowners

  03-12-2018 01:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  New provincial rules related to land development will burden homeowners and erode accountability for publicly-funded infrastructure projects, says an industry association.
  “It all amounts to more costs having to be shouldered by homeowners,” said Carmen Wyton, CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Alberta Association (BILD).
  “We felt that we had some assurances that these cost impacts would be considered,” she said in an interview Friday, adding industry
  
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