St. Albert news

• Did someone say espresso caramel sauce? Or was that bacon jam?

  17-12-2018 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Christmas approaches, a sense of panic is sometimes triggered among those of us who thought they’d have time to make everything themselves.
  To ease the pressure somewhat, consider popping by Kitchen by Brad on Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to pick up holidays staples and gifts, too, including chef Brad Smoliak’s storied Devil’s Butter, BBQ Rib and Espresso Caramel Sauce and Bacon Jam. 
  Kitchen by Brad is at 10130 105 St. (Call 780-757-7704.) Feel free to pre-order y
  
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• Christmas angel helps spreads joy to 300 families - St. Albert Gazette

  17-12-2018 23:19 via stalbertgazette.com
  Christmas angel helps spreads joy to 300 families  St. Albert GazetteFrom patching up a leaky roof to generous donations, holiday cheer comes in many forms. That was especially true for Julie Demott and the Kinette Club of.
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Wind projects and trail investments

  17-12-2018 22:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced five new wind projects Monday as part of Alberta’s renewable electricity program.
  Three of the wind projects are private-sector partnerships with First Nations, which include a minimum 25 per cent Indigenous equity component. They include investments from companies based in Alberta, Ontario and France.
  The government said in a news release the new developments will create about 1,000 jobs and generate about 760 megawatts of affordable re
  
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• 'I have no intention of losing': Rachel Notley talks Election 2019

  17-12-2018 22:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says her party is playing to win in the 2019 election, but regardless of its fate she will stay on as MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona if she wins her seat.
  “I have no intention of losing, but … when I run to represent Edmonton-Strathcona, then I am doing that because I am running to represent the area,” Notley told Postmedia during a year-end interview Monday.
  “Of course I would (stay on as MLA), because that’s what I’m asking them to elect
  
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• Flair airlines unveils new direct flight from Edmonton to Miami, other sun-soaked spots

  17-12-2018 22:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you need a reason to escape the cold and ice of Edmonton, a low-cost independent airline is offering new direct flights to Miami, Fla.
  Flair is the first in Canada to offer direct flights to Miami. However, if you’re looking to seek some sun elsewhere, the airline starting this weekend is also launching direct flights to cities including Orlando, Phoenix/Mesa, Las Vegas, St.Pete/Tampa Bay, and Palm Springs.
  The airline is offering flights as low as $99 one-way for some destinations.
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• 'Shaw Conference Centre' to revert to 'Edmonton Convention Centre' after naming rights expire

  17-12-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city’s downtown conference centre will drop its corporate moniker on Dec. 31, when a longstanding naming rights contract with Shaw Communications expires.
  The facility has been named the Shaw Conference Centre ever since the telecommunications giant purchased the naming rights back in 1997. When the agreement expires on Dec. 31, the building will revert to its original name: the Edmonton Convention Centre.
  The centre is owned by the city, and is operated by the Edmonton Economic Develo
  
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• Help Determine St. Albert’s Policing Priorities

  17-12-2018 21:08
  Survey available from December 20, 2018 to January 4, 2019 The St. Albert Policing Committee, in collaboration with the St.... Read Post
  
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• Two Edmonton residents charged with murder of missing Saddle Lake Cree Nation woman

  17-12-2018 20:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man and woman have been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the killing of a woman whose body was recovered from the North Saskatchewan River in early October.
  Twenty-five-year old Lindsay Marie Jackson’s body was found in the river near Brosseau, about 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton on Oct. 3.Jackson had been missing since Sept. 22 and was last seen at her home on Saddle Lake Cree Nation, about 180 km northeast of Edmonton.The Edmonton medical examiner’s office
  
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• Amazon to build Leduc County customer facility, creating 600 jobs

  17-12-2018 20:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Amazon is expanding its workforce in Alberta.
  The major online retailer announced plans Monday to build a one-million-square-foot customer fulfillment facility at Nisku Business Park.
  The Leduc County operation will create more than 600 full-time jobs, Amazon estimates, adding to its 1,500 workforce at a similar fulfillment facility in southern Alberta’s Rocky View County. Approximately 700 workers will be employed over the term of the construction project, which will be developed on
  
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• Three to See Tuesday: Bill Murray's hustles and animal muscles

  17-12-2018 19:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man: Garfield once retweeted me and I walked around New York checking out Ghostbusters locations a few years back — that’s about as close as I ever got to the elusive Bill Murray. But it turns out so many people have gotten near Murray and experienced his always-on sense of humour there’s actually enough to make a documentary about it. He’s randomly dropped in on bachelor parties, played roadie to bands he does
  
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• NAIT goes big and shiny with new campus food research facility

  17-12-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new state-of-the-art research kitchen at NAIT aims to combine the school’s culinary and food research expertise to create an incubator for the Alberta agri-food business.
  The facility — called the Centre for Culinary Innovation — will be located on NAIT’s main campus will include six high-tech kitchen stations. Located next to NAIT’s award-winning fine dining restaurant, Ernest’s, on 118 Ave. just west of 106 St., the $2.55 million centre is expected to be c
  
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• Cher bringing Here We Go Again Tour to Rogers Place May 25

  17-12-2018 17:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether you believe in you and me, babe, or life after love, Cher is coming to Edmonton May 25 on her hilariously-named Here We Go Again tour to support her new album Dancing Queen.
  In case those two words remind you of the blinky-floored disco era, opening up will be Nile Rogers and Chic. This will be Cher’s first continental tour in five years with seven Canadian dates weaving through a larger U.S. tour.
  The tour’s title comes from Cher’s role in Mama Mia! Here We go Again, j
  
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• Edmonton weather: All I want for Christmas is ice melt

  17-12-2018 14:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -7.8 C with 3 km/h winds out of the west contributing to a -9 windchill.
  Funny, I understand this is the season of giving but I don’t remember asking Santa for freezing rain, and yet here it is like a lump of coal in my stocking. What gives, Santa? I thought we were cool. As if our neighbourhood roads and sidewalks aren’t brutal e
  
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• School trustees want school bus cameras, tougher penalties for drivers passing school buses

  17-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The provincial government should make video-cameras mandatory and pay for their installation on all publicly run school buses to deter drivers from potentially injuring and killing children, school trustees say.
  The High Prairie school board is also calling on government to stiffen the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus. Failing to stop when the red lights on a bus are flashing will net a vehicle owner a maximum $543 fine.
  “In the scheme of things, that is not impactful e
  
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• Research opens up possibility of saliva test for Alzheimer's disease

  17-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  University of Alberta scientists have advanced research that could help doctors detect the first signs Alzheimer’s disease using saliva samples.
  “All projections are for soaring increases in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and the costs are staggering,” said Roger Dixon, University of Alberta professor of psychology.
  The number of Canadians with dementia is rising sharply, and it costs $10.6 billion per year to care for them, according to the Alzheimer Society
  
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• Elise Stolte: Unions call for major cuts to City of Edmonton management

  17-12-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The pain is not over yet.
  On Friday, an exhausted council gave high-fives as they congratulated the mayor and staff on a job well done. They passed the four-year capital and operating budgets with a 2.6 per cent tax increase and mandate to cut 75 city positions.
  But a budget isn’t fixed until tax bills are in the mail.
  The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce has promised to keep pushing until council achieves a tax freeze, and now two civic unions plan to launch their call to cut management on Mo
  
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• Shots fired! Ken Hitchcock rips referees over Vancouver's mauling of Connor McDavid

  17-12-2018 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s about time someone in Oilers management blasted the refs and the NHL
  This in from Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock, his brilliant rip on the referees after Edmonton’s 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks that saw the Canucks get five power plays, the Oilers just one, and Connor McDavid no end of hooks, holds and slashes.
  In the media scrum, Postmedia’s Rob Tychkowski asked Hitchcock what the coach thought of the penalty calls: “I’m not going to comment on the p
  
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• Cult of Hockey game grades: Edmonton Oilers show physical and mental wear & tear in 4-2 loss to the Canucks

  17-12-2018 08:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers did not look like the club playing the second of back-to-backs on Sunday night in Vancouver. The Canucks were.
  But mental, as much as physical, errors crept into the Oilers game and it cost them a precious 4-2 decision in a 4-point, Pacific Division match-up against the Vancouver Canucks. But the Oilers also decisively lost the special teams battle on 4 critical opportunities…3 successful ones for the Canucks versus one failed 2nd Period power play for the Oilers (0 sh
  
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• Eight million views: Edmonton woman signs lyrics to deaf father at Three Days Grace concert

  17-12-2018 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A video of a woman signing lyrics to her deaf father at the Three Days Grace concert in Edmonton on Wednesday is touching hearts across the globe.
  In just four days, the video has been viewed more than 8.3 million times on Facebook. The post has been shared nearly 160,000 times, has more than 200,000 reactions and 12,000 comments.
  The video was posted by Facebook user Jules Maria on Thursday.
  “We couldn’t care less about what was happening on stage, watching them was absolutely mesme
  
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• Fort McMurray First Nation leaders fire back at councillor who accused them of misappropriating funds

  17-12-2018 03:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Leaders of a northern Alberta First Nation have fired back at a band councillor who filed a lawsuit accusing them of misappropriating funds.
  In August, Fort McMurray First Nation Coun. Samantha Whalen accused Chief Ronald Alfred Kreutzer, chief executive Bradley Callihoo, Coun. Ronald Allen Kreutzer, ex-councillor Byron Bates and a numbered company of improperly taking more than a half-million dollars from a nearly $35-million settlement with the federal government.
  Now, in a statement of defenc
  
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• Edmonton man wears dress to work to help fight human trafficking

  17-12-2018 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  After wearing the same black outfit everyday for almost two weeks, Michael Kalmanovitch’s phone rang.
  “Oh! Thank you — I’d love to have my dress changed,” he said into the receiver with a grin last Friday.
  Kalmanovitch is participating in Dressember, an activist effort to start conversations about modern slavery and human trafficking. Someone is supporting his effort by donating a yellow dress made by local designer Stanley Carroll, and yellow is one of Kalmanovitch
  
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• 'One in 50 years': U of A researchers help solve ice quake mystery at Alberta Beach

  17-12-2018 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The “earthquakes” that shook up several Alberta towns at the beginning of 2018 were actually “ice quakes,” researchers at the University of Alberta discovered.
  On Jan. 1, residents along Lac Ste. Anne at Alberta Beach reported hearing a very loud bang and woke to find cracks in their homes and on the ground. According to the Alberta Geological Survey, two seismic events were confirmed registering a magnitude of 2.0 on the Richter scale. The quakes were also felt
  
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