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• Man's body found near Wetaskiwin, major crimes unit investigating

  06-01-2019 21:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Major crimes investigators are looking into the death of a man whose body was found in a rural area near Wetaskiwin.
  The body of the middle aged man was discovered near Range Road 243A and Township Road 473.
  RCMP were called to the area at about 1 a.m. Sunday. One of the Mounties’ major crimes units has been called in to help with the investigation. However, the death has not yet been deemed suspicious.
  A news release stated there was no concern for public safety. Members of the public wer
  
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• Lab-made meat: Edmonton startup hopes to break into growing industry

  06-01-2019 20:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A lab-produced chicken product created by a small startup company in downtown Edmonton is expected to be ready to serve within five years.
  Future Fields, a three-person company that launched a year and a half ago, is hoping to break through in the growing cultured meat industry by producing chicken products in a lab rather than the traditional farm in order to meet the growing demand for protein.
  The startup got off the ground when lead scientist and co-founder Matt Anderson-Baron first read abo
  
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• Edmonton Oilers Game Day #42 – And suddenly the 2018-19 season hangs in the balance: 9 Things

  06-01-2019 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oof.
  Look. Teams lose all of the time. It’s a game with just two sides. As a result the percentages will often just work against you.
  But it’s quite another thing when a team just fails to show up at a juncture when and where it was absolutely necessary to do so. And against an opposition which the numbers told us was the worst team in the league. Well, not so fast…
  The 4-0 result from the Edmonton Oilers Saturday turns today’s tilt against the Anaheim Ducks into one of
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #42 – Suddenly the Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 season hangs in the balance: 9 Things

  06-01-2019 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oof.
  Look. Teams lose all of the time. It’s a game with just two sides. As a result the percentages will often just work against you.
  But it’s quite another thing when a team just fails to show up at a juncture when and where it was absolutely necessary to do so. And against an opposition which the numbers told us was the worst team in the league. Well, not so fast…
  The 4-0 result from the Edmonton Oilers Saturday turns today’s tilt against the Anaheim Ducks into one of
  
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• Police arrest suspect after person found dead in Westmount apartment building

  06-01-2019 17:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is in police custody after a body was found in a Westmount apartment building Saturday evening.
  Police were called to the building at 110 Avenue and 124 Street at about 7:30 p.m. after someone called about a “disturbance.”
  Officers found a man dead at the address. A male suspect, whose age was not given, was found in the area with non-life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital by ambulance crews.
  There was only a small police presence in the area by 8:30 Sunday morning
  
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• Inmate's 13.5 months in solitary was 'cruel and unusual,' Alberta judge rules

  06-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge has ruled that a former Edmonton Remand Centre inmate held in solitary confinement for over a year suffered a cruel and unusual punishment for which he should receive a reduced sentence
  Justice Dawn Pentelechuk issued her decision in court in December. In a written decision released Friday, Pentelechuk awarded Ryan Prystay 3.75 days credit for every one he spent segregated at the north Edmonton jail, saying the treatment violated his Charter rights.
  The ruling paints a picture of life in
  
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• Crisis diversion teams, 211 get funding boost amidst growing demand

  06-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A plan to divert police away from situations better handled by social workers has become so popular that the agencies operating a local crisis diversion service are working over capacity.
  Calls to 211 — a public hotline that sees social agencies dispatch workers in outreach vans to help people who are in distress — have swelled since the program’s inception in 2015, pushing teams to respond to about 26 per cent more calls per month than they have the resources for. 
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• Player grades: Rock bottom as subservient Oilers kneel before Kings

  06-01-2019 09:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 0, Kings 4
  This was not a proud night for fans of the Edmonton Oilers.
  Their club was allegedly desperate to get back in the playoff race after finally ending a six-game losing streak in Arizona on Wednesday. Desperately needing to put some wins together, they failed to show up in their personal Little House of Horrors, Staples Center, and meekly rolled over 4-0 to the Los Angeles Kings. That would be the last-place overall Los Angeles Kings, or at least they were before picking up two ea
  
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• Police keep 'yellow vest' supporters and counter protesters separated during downtown rally

  06-01-2019 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police kept order during a rally in Churchill Square Saturday organized by self-described Canadian nationalists opposed to the United Nations.
  Adopting the yellow safety vests worn by French protesters agitating against higher fuel prices, living costs and tax fairness, about 100 ralliers were confronted by a slightly smaller group of counter protesters during the Saturday afternoon rally.
  Police kept the factions on either side of the red brick lines dividing the downtown Edmonton square. While
  
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