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• ‘Gutless, cowardly’: Explosion injures two armoured vehicle guards at northeast Edmonton bank robbery

  13-12-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two armoured vehicle guards injured when an explosive device detonated at an Edmonton bank as part of an armed robbery marks a disturbing departure from typical tactics used by criminals, the union representing the guards has warned.
  The GardaWorld Security Services guards suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries early Thursday morning in the city’s northeast as they opened the front door and entered the lobby of the Scotiabank at 160 Avenue and 81 Street.
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• Watch: Explosion injures two armed guards in armoured car heist

  13-12-2018 21:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two armoured guards were injured in a surprise attack with an explosive in a bank lobby overnight.
  The guards were delivering money to a Scotiabank in the area of 160 Ave. and 82 St. around 2 a.m. when a person wearing a disguise used an explosive device to gain entry to the bank, and steal an undetermined amount of cash from the disoriented guards before fleeing the scene on foot.
  Edmonton Police say the suspect is still at large after the brazen robbery.
  
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• Huge blow to Edmonton Oilers with Kris Russell now out

  13-12-2018 21:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 32, Oilers vs Jets
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, bad news indeed, that veteran d-man Kris Russell is out for tonight’s game and on Injured Reserve: “The Oilers have activated forward Tobias Rieder from the Injured Reserve in addition to placing defenceman Kris Russell on IR.”‘
  Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock said Russell is day-to-day and won’t play today or tomorrow. It’s not known what ails the player, though the player did leave the game on Tuesday
  
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• Notes from the Dome: NDP pulls pipeline stunt in Ottawa, forest protection plan unveiled

  13-12-2018 21:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A stunt outside the Liberals’ Christmas party in Ottawa was aimed to remind federal politicians about the importance of pipelines, says Premier Rachel Notley.
  On Wednesday night, she tweeted a 10-second video showing the image of a digital counter projected onto a wall of a building.
  The number $8.3 billion is visible and climbing in the graphic, referencing revenue Canada has lost due to Alberta’s lack of pipeline capacity. It’s part of Alberta’s national ad campaign dub
  
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• Live at 2:15 p.m.: Mayor Don Iveson reflects on 2018

  13-12-2018 21:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson is expected go live on Facebook Thursday afternoon to reflect on what he says are highlights from 2018.
  The year-end address comes one day after city council signed off on millions in spending for affordable housing and green initiatives Wednesday as its multi-year budgeting process inches closer to the finish line.Council unanimously approved $3.5 million in annual spending to fund an affordable housing strategy following emotional endorsements from several on council, inc
  
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• Explosion injures two armoured vehicle guards at northeast Edmonton bank robbery

  13-12-2018 21:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for a suspect after an armed robbery and explosion at a northeast Edmonton bank injured two armoured vehicle guards Thursday morning.
  Officers were first called to a bank in the Mayliewan neighbourhood at 160 Avenue and 82 Street after GardaWorld Security Services reported a robbery and explosion to police at around 2:10 a.m.
  Police said two armoured guards entered the lobby of the bank when an explosion occurred injuring the guards. Northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul C
  
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• 'It's unacceptable': UCP board member quits citing past LGBTQ comments from Jason Kenney

  13-12-2018 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A United Conservative board member has asked the party to remove him from all posts he holds, saying leader Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ rights — and his failure to apologize for that — is something he can no longer stomach.
  Cody Johnston did not mince his words Thursday, telling media “I can no longer sit on any UCP board with a leader like Jason Kenney.”
  Johnston recently took up a role as communications director with the Freedom Conservative Party founded by ou
  
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• Drugged, drunk driving suits highlight dangers of driving under the influence

  13-12-2018 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a heavy weight locked around my right ankle, I could barely lift my foot off the ground, let alone walk nine steps in a straight line with flashing blurred vision glasses covering my eyes.
  The instructions for the drug impairment roadside sobriety test from Const. Braydon Lawrence were difficult enough to comprehend with headphones playing intermittent white noise, distracting my ability to hear. So I had no hope to pass the test from the beginning.
  Postmedia reporter Dustin Cook tries out
  
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• Marie Renaud wins NDP nomination in contested St. Albert riding - Edmonton Journal

  13-12-2018 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Marie Renaud wins NDP nomination in contested St. Albert riding  Edmonton JournalMember for St. Albert, Marie Renaud, has won one of the few contested NDP nominations ahead of the 2019 election.Renaud was up against her colleague ...
  
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• Marie Renaud wins NDP nomination in contested St. Albert riding

  13-12-2018 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Member for St. Albert, Marie Renaud, has won one of the few contested NDP nominations ahead of the 2019 election.
  Renaud was up against her colleague Trevor Horne, NDP MLA for Spruce Grove-St. Albert.
  Both MLAs were elected in the orange wave of 2015.
  The unusual head-to-head between two sitting MLAs was due to a boundary redraw late last year.
  Around 150 New Democrats voted in the nomination meeting at the St. Albert Curling Club Wednesday night.
  Renaud said battling against Horne wasn&rsq
  
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• Suspect on the loose after armoured vehicle guards robbed at northeast Edmonton bank

  13-12-2018 18:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for a suspect after an armed robbery involving two armoured vehicle guards at a northeast Edmonton bank that occurred at around 2 a.m. Thursday.
  Northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul Czerwonka said two guards sustained non-life threatening injuries to the head during the robbery near 160 Avenue and 82 Street. Alberta Health Services spokesman Kerry Williamson said paramedics transported two patients to hospital, including one adult male in serious, but stable condition, an
  
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• Edmonton weather: Remember yesterday? Repeat that

  13-12-2018 16:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -2 C with 9 km/h winds out of the south, southwest contributing to a -6 windchill.
  Today may be a windy day or like yesterday maybe not. Temperatures are supposed to get up to 3 C today with wind gusting to 40 km/h. Tonight winds die down to 15 km/h with a low of -5 C.
  Today’s forecast
  Today: A mix of sun and cloud. Wind west 20
  
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• Thursday's letters: Ticket jaywalkers to save lives

  13-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is trying to do its best to eliminate pedestrian deaths by installing more crosswalks, making existing crosswalks safer, and by installing more traffic lights.
  Yet of the last three pedestrian fatalities, two were caused by jaywalking and one was caused by crossing against the traffic light. Also, more recently, a pedestrian was seriously injured while crossing against the light.
  Another way to make the roads safer for pedestrians would be to have bylaw officers make notes o
  
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• Three to See Friday: art about our oil bust and Spidey learns who to trust

  13-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alana Bartol opening: With her tongue firmly in cheek, Calgary artist Alana Bartol re-imagines industrial remediation as a non-profit agency that finds caretakers for orphaned oil and gas wells in Alberta in her new show aptly called Orphan Well Adoption Agency.
  On Saturday at 1 p.m., she’ll also be leading a water-witching workshop showing people how to dowse — which while there’s no scientific evidence it actually works, she uses in her art practise. Register for that at
  
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• Opinion: Time Person of the Year fights for freedom of the press

  13-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prior to being named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year (2018), Maria Ressa took a short breather from journalistic work and spent time with our students here at MacEwan University in Edmonton as a visiting lecturer and scholar in the winter of 2016.
  Maria talked a lot about climate change and the coverage of natural disasters particularly Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest typhoon ever recorded in history which killed more than 6,000 Filipinos and wreaked billions of dollars in damages to the
  
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• Editorial: Schools must feel safe for all

  13-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There has been much attention recently on LGBTQ students and steps the Alberta government has rightly taken to support their safety in school.
  Less publicized, until recently, is that Catholic school teachers who are LGBTQ face their own struggles because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. In Calgary, Barb Hamilton, a former principal with the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) has filed two human rights complaints against the Calgary Catholic School District over her all
  
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• Keith Gerein: Buckle up, Alberta. Election season may be closer than you realize

  13-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Forty-nine more days.
  It’s barely a blip in the winter, a span long enough for only two more full moons to appear.
  Or, for the less astronomically inclined, less than one-quarter of a season for the Oilers and Flames.
  Whether you mark time by the moon or Connor McDavid, 49 days is all that remains before an election campaign could be underway in Alberta.
  Let that sink in.
  Unfortunately, without fixed election dates, we don’t yet know when the vote will be called.
  The decision rests s
  
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• Edmonton doctor accused of having sex with patients appears before tribunal

  13-12-2018 06:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton-area family physician is accused of having sex with four vulnerable patients and prescribing high amounts of opioids to an addict.
  Dr. Sanjeev Bhardwaj appeared Wednesday before a College of Physicians and Surgeon of Alberta hearing tribunal.
  College documents allege a physician had sex with the patients between 2006 and 2014.
  The college also alleges a physician falsely reported that he wasn’t having a sexual or inappropriate personal relationship with a patient.
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• Cappies review: Sound of Music

  13-12-2018 05:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  TOP 5 REVIEWS OF SOUND OF MUSIC (Morinville Community High School)
  By Emily Mahon
  Ecole Archbishop MacDonaldA dedicated and cohesive cast, intricate set, and vivacious characters — these were a few of the audience’s favourite things about Morinville Community High School’s performance of The Sound of Music.High in the Austrian mountains, an eager postulant named Maria Rainer is oblivious to the fact that her bubbly personality is not meant to be contained within the stone walls
  
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• Renaud topples Horne for NDP nomination - St. Albert Gazette

  13-12-2018 04:33 via stalbertgazette.com
  Renaud topples Horne for NDP nomination  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert MLA Marie Renaud has beat Spruce Grove-St. Albert MLA Trevor Horne in the race for St. Albert's NDP nomination. Renaud and Horne squared off.
  
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• Marie Renaud defeats NDP caucus colleague Trevor Horne in St. Albert nomination - CBC.ca

  13-12-2018 04:30 via cbc.ca
  Marie Renaud defeats NDP caucus colleague Trevor Horne in St. Albert nomination  CBC.caMarie Renaud won the NDP nomination in the constituency of St. Albert over her caucus colleague Trevor Horne Wednesday night.
  
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• 124 Grand Market expands Holiday Bazaar with more food and crafts

  13-12-2018 04:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  This weekend, the 124 Grand Market brings its Holiday Bazaar​​ back for the shopping season in a brand new downtown venue.
  On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 75 vendors will be exhibiting their wares in 15,000 square feet of space at the Capital Arts Building (just north of MacEwan University) at 10560 107 St. The Holiday Bazaar​​ hours are Friday 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Now in its sixth year, the Holiday Bazaar​​
  
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• Fraud cases reported to police skyrocketing in Edmonton

  13-12-2018 03:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Incidents of fraud reported to police in Edmonton continue to climb year-over-year, peaking last year at close to 7,000 cases, new police data released Wednesday shows.
  Over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017, fraud numbers rose 89 per cent to 6,965 from 2,689, with cases of identity fraud and identity theft more than doubling.
  “Front counter staff at several EPS divisions noticed an increase of reports of fraud and identity theft,” Edmonton Police Service Const. Kyle Pepp
  
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• Time to phase out work camps around Fort McMurray, Wood Buffalo mayor says

  13-12-2018 03:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray — It’s time to stop building new work camps for thousands of fly-in, fly-out workers and phase out existing camps as their permits expire, says the mayor at the heart of Alberta’s oilsands industry.
  Don Scott, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, proposed the moratorium Tuesday, specifically calling for a halt to new camps within 120 kilometres of Fort McMurray.
  There are currently 109 oilsands camps in the region, with 41 housing more than 25,000 p
  
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• Watch: Meeting Edmonton's new top cop

  13-12-2018 03:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dale McFee, the incoming chief of the Edmonton Police Service, held an informal meet and greet with media on Wednesday at Edmonton police headquarters.
  McFee spoke of a greater emphasis on collaborative policing between the RCMP and EPS.
  “At the end of the day, when you talk about criminal activity, there are no borders,” he said.
  McFee will begin his five-year tenure as the city’s top cop on Feb. 1 and will become the city’s 23rd chief of police, replacing former ch
  
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• Parent protests as Catholic schools eyed for closure and consolidation

  13-12-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dipping enrolment at St. Gabriel Elementary School is once again prompting the Edmonton Catholic school board to consider closing the Hardisty-area school.
  The board also voted Tuesday to consider amalgamating St. Jerome Elementary and St. Nicholas Junior High schools into a newly constructed K-9 school.
  The proposals have at least one St. Gabriel parent vowing Wednesday to keep open the school his six-year-old daughter loves so much.
  “We’re not going to let it go down without a figh
  
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• Aware of impairment: Drugged, drunk driving suits highlight dangers of driving under the influence

  13-12-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a heavy weight locked around my right ankle, I could barely lift my foot off the ground, let alone walk nine steps in a straight line with flashing blurred vision glasses covering my eyes.
  The instructions for the drug impairment roadside sobriety test from Const. Braydon Lawrence were difficult enough to comprehend with headphones playing intermittent white noise, distracting my ability to hear. So I had no hope to pass the test from the beginning.
  Postmedia reporter Dustin Cook tries out
  
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• Incoming police chief looks to foster Saskatchewan connections in Edmonton

  13-12-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Expect to see a greater emphasis on collaborative policing between the RCMP and the Edmonton Police Service when the city’s new police Chief Dale McFee takes the reins in the new year.
  At an informal meet and greet with media Wednesday, McFee said it would “be naive to think that people from our city aren’t going into the RCMP jurisdiction” to commit crimes and vice versa.
  “At the end of the day, when you talk about criminal activity, there are no borders,” he
  
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• Edmonton Oilers recall young hot shot d-man Caleb Jones

  13-12-2018 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Oilers, news of the recall of d-man Caleb Jones: “The Oilers have recalled Caleb Jones from the @Condors. The 21-year-old defenceman leads all Bakersfield blueliners in scoring this season with 12 points (2 goals, 10 assists) in 21 TheAHL games.”
  My take
  Jones was one of the pleasant surprises at training camp this year on the Oilers, with the 21-year-old stepping up in terms of his puck-moving and defensive reads. His skating has always been at the NHL level, but hi
  
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• Staff able to return next week to Strathcona County Community Centre after explosions

  13-12-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Following an extensive cleanup, County staff and council will be able to return to the Strathcona County Community Centre the week of Dec. 17, following two explosions that severely damaged the building at the beginning of November.
  “The magnitude of our restoration efforts has been enormous. Throughout, our focus has been on ensuring the safety of all people,” says Mayor Rod Frank in a news release. “Meeting all health and safety standards, and getting our people back to work
  
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• #MeToo actor Terry Crews to speak at Edmonton event

  13-12-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  The actor who highlighted that men could also have their #MeToo moment will be speaking about his experiences in Edmonton this winter.
  Terry Crews will appear at an event presented by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters Feb. 20 at the Shaw Conference Centre.
  The former NFL linebacker, most recently known for his work on the police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, spoke out in October 2017 about being sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive, joining many women in the industry who w
  
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• New program encourages women to let their aviation dreams take flight

  13-12-2018 00:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton International Airport together with Elevate Aviation is launching a new learning centre for youth ages 15 to 24 to encourage more youth and women to get involved in the aviation industry.
  Elevate Aviation, a non-profit company dedicated to helping women pursue careers in aviation, launched its program Wednesday at the airport, where it will take place.
  Kendra Kincade, founder and president of Elevate Aviation and an air traffic controller with Nav Canada, said she hopes the program
  
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• A Kinette Christmas without toys? - St. Albert Gazette

  13-12-2018 00:11 via stalbertgazette.com
  A Kinette Christmas without toys?  St. Albert GazetteDONATION LOCATIONS • Allstate Insurance • BMO Mission Hill Plaza • Century 21 Masters • Charmed Floral Design • CIVC • Drayden Insurance • DX Medical
  
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• Noon Hour Advent Concert - St. Albert Gazette

  13-12-2018 00:08 via stalbertgazette.com
  Noon Hour Advent Concert  St. Albert GazetteJolaine Kerley, soprano and John Brough, keyboards with guest Josephine van Lier, cello. One of Edmonton's leading sopranos in collaboration with Holy ...
  
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• Group including four Alberta youths face more than 80 charges linked to stolen guns, 'multitude' of break and enters

  13-12-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties recovered multiple stolen firearms, property and vehicles following the arrest of five people, including four youths, linked to a “multitude” of break and enters in the Laurier Lake area.
  The group — who collectively now face more than 80 charges — were arrested following a lengthy targeted operation that culminated in officers using a spike belt to disable the vehicle and a police dog unit and helicopter to track the fleeing suspects.
  Working on tips from the pu
  
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