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• Three blazes strike city - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 23:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Three blazes strike city  St. Albert GazetteThree fires broke out in the city in the past week. Les Mroz, the fire prevention and safety officer for St. Albert Fire Services, said typically cold.
  
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• Oake rink students of the game - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 23:55 via stalbertgazette.com
  Oake rink students of the game  St. Albert Gazette“Everybody seems to know,” said skip Nic Oake of the undefeated St. Albert Skyhawks in the metro Edmonton league. “They were all mentioning it (in ...
  
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• Frigid weather wreaks havoc - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 23:55 via stalbertgazette.com
  Frigid weather wreaks havoc  St. Albert GazetteThe cold snap that's been gripping Alberta for the past week is keeping the city's utility department on its toes. With temperatures dipping well past -25.
  
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• Celebrate women in science Monday - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 23:23 via stalbertgazette.com
  Celebrate women in science Monday  St. Albert GazetteIf you looked for a fisheries biologist at Alberta Fish and Wildlife 15 years ago, odds are you'd find a guy with a beard, says Laura MacPherson.
  
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• Metro Line woes: Signalling issues cause unexpected LRT delays Friday

  08-02-2019 23:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Metro LRT line runs along flat lands, but it continues to face an uphill battle.
  A problem, which the city identified as “signalling system issues,” resulted in an unplanned disruption during the Friday morning commute from 8:30 a.m. until about noon.
  “ETS staff safely off-loaded Metro line passengers at stations, and bus replacement service operated between Churchill and NAIT,” said Rowan Anderson, an ETS spokesman in a news release Friday.
  The City of Edmonton teste
  
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• Province asks experts to chart path for banning conversion therapy

  08-02-2019 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province is convening a group of experts to examine ways to ban conversion therapy in Alberta, a move that follows murmurs of potential legislation on the issue.
  The group will meet regularly for five months and report back to Alberta’s health minister with recommendations, said a Friday news release.
  “Conversion therapy is a damaging, hateful practice that has no place in our province,” Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said in a statement. “Albertans deserve to trust th
  
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• Gas prices holding on Friday - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 23:11 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas prices holding on Friday  St. Albert GazetteMost gas stations are offering gas at 88.9 in St. Albert, according to GasBuddy.com. Most locations along St. Albert Trail are still sitting at 88.9, but.
  
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• Three Edmonton friends split million dollar lotto win

  08-02-2019 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three friends from Edmonton are splitting a million bucks after winning a December jackpot.
  Evelyn Osamudiamen will share the win with friends Edna Iwemjiwe and Funmi Owota after buying the $4 Dec. 29 Lotto 6/49 ticket at the Southgate Lottery kiosk inside the shopping centre.
  Osamudiamen checked the group’s winning ticket about a week later.
  “I was in complete disbelief,” she said. “I had to call my husband over to make sure I was seeing things correctly — whe
  
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• Oscar Klefbom and Matt Benning trending up on Edmonton Oilers defence

  08-02-2019 21:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers Performance Rankings February 8 2019
  How great is it to see Oscar Klefbom back on the Edmonton Oilers blueline? Pretty damn great.
  In Edmonton’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, Klefbom repeatedly did what Oilers d-men failed to do in his absence: he pounced on loose pucks in his own zone before opposing players could grab them and quickly passed them right on the sticks of his own players exiting the zone.
  He actually successfully headmanned the pucked, leading to Oilers a
  
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• Youth committee looks at priorities - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 20:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Youth committee looks at priorities  St. Albert GazetteChoosing between staying in St. Albert and moving to Edmonton remains top of mind for youth in the city, says the chair of the St. Albert youth advisory.
  
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• Leave of Absence full of desperation and hope - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 19:40 via stalbertgazette.com
  Leave of Absence full of desperation and hope  St. Albert GazettePREVIEW Leave of Absence Feb. 6 to 16 Walterdale Theatre 10322 – 83 Ave. Tickets: Regular $20, seniors $18, Walterdale card members $15. Visit.
  
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• Edmonton man charged with child exploitation after police receive tip from Texas

  08-02-2019 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 21-year-old Edmonton man has been charged with multiple counts of child exploitation after police received a tip from a father in Texas that his daughter was being coerced into sending sexually explicit photos.
  In a news release Friday, police said the investigation stemmed from a tip received in May 2018, after a father in El Paso, Texas, contacted Cybertip, a reporting service operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
  Police said the father found evidence of his 10-year-old daugh
  
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• Take an interest in saving - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 18:24 via stalbertgazette.com
  Take an interest in saving  St. Albert GazetteEntering the “real world” can be intimidating for someone *fresh* out of university or trade school. Your savings account is barer than the plains and you.
  
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• Oilers in 60: A win on the road, maybe stay on the road?

  08-02-2019 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  We got ourselves into a little pickle Oilers in 60 fans!
  Trevor got sick so to do the show we used this new type of technology that allowed us to use a digital Trevor!
  That aside the Oilers won 4-1 over the Minnesota Wild Thursday night and everyone was happy again.
  The team faces the San Jose Sharks next, wonder if they can keep this going.
  If they can just figure out a way to not play in Edmonton anymore, the Oilers will be fine.6-4-2 in last 12 road games.
  2-10-0 in last 12 home games.
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• Dining Out: Partake provides value worth savouring

  08-02-2019 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  One doesn’t have be an unreconstructed grouch to approach “About Us” mission statements with caution.
  That said, Partake’s take on itself — i.e. “combining hearty, rustic French cuisine with a cozy and welcoming neighbourhood atmosphere” — pretty well hits the mark.
  Situated just off the 124th Street ‘Promenade,’ it’s an appealing, small(!) room made for a winter city, falling design-wise somewhere between a brasserie and an
  
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• A miracle, or just made up? Damien Atkins tackles the binary in We Are Not Alone

  08-02-2019 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Damien Atkins is a good talker. The Edmonton-raised actor and playwright, now toiling in Toronto, is back home for his one-man show for Theatre Network, We Are Not Alone.
  If looking at his resume wasn’t enough to validate his chops — Atkins’ play, Good Mother, made him the youngest playwright ever to have a new work staged at the Stratford Festival — a few minutes on the phone is enough to persuade a listener of the power of story, at least as told by Atkins.
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• Social Seen: 5 Artists 1 Love

  08-02-2019 17:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  5 Artists 1 Love
  Where: Art Gallery of Alberta
  When: February 2
  What: Annual African History Month celebration of artistic vibrancy
  Featuring: Art by Adanna Onuekwusi, Braxton Garneau, Mario Griffith, Tony Ezeifedi and Shaihiem Small
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codi
  
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• Fitness column: Scrap overnight solutions for healthy long-term weight loss

  08-02-2019 17:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Recently, Kevin O’Leary challenged a Shark Tank contestant to mass produce her healthy soup line. He suggested she would make more money if she outsourced production.
  She had tried outsourcing, but quality dropped significantly. O’Leary set things straight when he replied, “that’s just how things work.”
  Somewhere along the line, ‘units sold’ displaced quality and service. My first fridge (formerly owned by my parents) lasted more than 25 years. I ha
  
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• Wine column: Choose sweet or sparkling to pair wine with Valentine's Day chocolate

  08-02-2019 17:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is a common misperception that wine and chocolate can be paired, but the duo rarely work together because chocolate is too sweet for a dry wine. The exception would be when pairing with a style of wine that is as sweet or sweeter than the chocolate. If you’re thinking of picking up some quality chocolates (we have amazing chocolatiers in Edmonton) for Valentine’s Day here are some tips for a perfect pairing.
  Milk chocolate pairs well with white Port, Pineau des Charentes, fortifie
  
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• Vintage style meets nerd at new Whimsical Cupcakes location

  08-02-2019 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  With five years under her belt in Garneau, Whimsical Cake Studio owner Darcy Scott has made a move to a bigger and better shop.
  Now located just north of Whyte Ave. at 102 St., Whimsical Cake Studio is roughly double the size of the old Garneau location, and at least twice the fun. Modelled after the eclectic and ebullient style of its owner, Whimsical offers a host of cupcake and cake options to customers, and a plethora of hand-made candy and chocolates, too.
  “If butter and sugar are inv
  
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• Celebrating the Grand Reopening of the Art Gallery of St. Albert - Canada NewsWire

  08-02-2019 16:00 via newswire.ca
  Celebrating the Grand Reopening of the Art Gallery of St. Albert  Canada NewsWireFunding from the Government of Canada supported a full suite of renovation activities at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, allowing the space to become fully...
  
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• We built this galaxy together: A look at the best-ever Lego spaceships

  08-02-2019 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Lego Movie: The Second Part opens this Friday — Benny looks pumped.
  Is it totally pathetic that it brings me to tears in the first Lego movie as Benny the spaceman bounces off the walls screaming “SPACE SHIP” when he finally gets to play?
  Something about that scene really clicks into a deeper vein of nostalgia — not just for the Danish outer space-themed building toys, but the sense of possibility the whole human race used to feel as we pumped ridiculous resources int
  
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• Friday's letters: Don't repeat median mistake on Jasper Ave.

  08-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I hope somebody on city council can remember the effects the previous raised median (the one with the balls) had on Jasper Avenue.
  I am in favour of any improvements to Jasper Avenue, but I think a raised median of any height with trees west of 109 Street would be very detrimental to the overall project in that it would isolate the north and south sides of Jasper Avenue, which is exactly what happened with the previous median.
  An unobstructed view of the opposite side of the road from
  
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• Editorial: Act on inactive wells

  08-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s NDP government has shown it’s willing to stand up for the environment and hold to account those whose actions do it harm.
  It’s earned accolades from nature groups — and fierce defiance from local residents, opposition politicians and recreation groups — for seeking to preserve large swaths of wilderness as parkland. Early in its mandate, it gave officers the ability to issue tickets on the spot for offences on public lands such as littering, dump
  
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• Snow and frostbite in minutes in St. Albert Friday - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 13:55 via stalbertgazette.com
  Snow and frostbite in minutes in St. Albert Friday  St. Albert GazetteA multi-day episode of very cold wind chills continues. The coldest wind chill values will be between minus 40 and minus 45. Regions in central and southern ...
  
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• Edmonton weather: Still cold. Still bitterly, bitterly cold

  08-02-2019 13:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -27.5 C with 2 km/h winds out of the south, southeast contributing to a -30 wind chill.
  Extreme cold warning
  Yup, still a thing. Everyone’s favourite extreme cold warning was extended Friday as forecasters continue to call for wind chill values between -40 and -45.
  “Most of Alberta will see continued extreme cold return this afternoon
  
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• Watch: As temperatures plummet a small team cares for those living rough

  08-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With the temperature hovering around -25 C, and Environment Canada forecasting a windchill of -40 C, a small group huddles under a parking lot just north of Edmonton’s downtown core.
  It’s 7 a.m. and the eight members of the Boyle Community Services Street Outreach team are holding their morning meeting before fanning out across the city to check on the welfare of Edmonton’s homeless population.
  The team searches Edmonton’s homeless encampments five days a week handing ou
  
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• 'I think it's time to get out': Urban campers face down freezing temperatures

  08-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Freedom.
  That’s the reason 50-year-old George gives to explain why he chooses to live in a tent on a snowy hillside in Edmonton’s river valley.
  Speaking through a wall of snow-covered canvas, the man who describes himself as a “veteran” of living rough, admits the past several days the city has spent under an extreme cold warning have been hard. But he won’t go to the shelters or to the Central LRT station, which opened Tuesday — several days into the ongoing
  
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• David Staples: Cure for slippery winter sidewalks? Retractable spikes on boots

  08-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Had any bad falls on our slippery sidewalks this winter? I wiped out about two months ago, only to break the fall with my hand and cut up my knuckles. They’re still sore.
  It’s been a brutal winter for falls and crash landings, which is why I’m excited about a new product that is becoming a staple at major Alberta worksites: Kickspike work boots with retractable spikes.
  With a click of a button on the back of boot, Kickspike deploy six stainless steel spikes for traction on ice
  
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• Player grades: Determined Edmonton Oilers grind down Wild

  08-02-2019 08:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 4, Wild 1
  For one game at least, Edmonton Oilers got the message. After a couple of days of team meetings off the ice  and battle drills in practice, the Oilers took to the ice in Minnesota and worked their collective butts off for 60 solid minutes. The result wasn’t always pretty but it was very effective, as they skated, hit, and ground their way to a 4-1 win over the Wild. It was a solid team effort in which even coach Ken Hitchcock took one for the team when he got beaned w
  
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• 'We do not face an immediate catastrophe': Political strategist Brian Topp on Alberta's fiscal situation

  08-02-2019 03:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s no evidence Alberta is dealing with a fiscal crisis, says political strategist Brian Topp.
  “We do not face an immediate catastrophe … but we do need to make some smart decisions,” he said in an interview. “We don’t need to do catastrophic cuts to our health care and education.
  “The province has the lowest taxes of any jurisdiction in Canada … and the highest GDP growth.”
  Topp, a veteran NDP strategist and former chief of staff
  
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• Baha'i Perspectives on Life After Death - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 03:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  Baha'i Perspectives on Life After Death  St. Albert GazetteIs there a way to conceptualize the unknowable? How does some knowledge of life after death help to inform our understanding of how we live our lives in this ...
  
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• St. Albert Trekkers Walk St. Albert Trails - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 03:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert Trekkers Walk St. Albert Trails  St. Albert GazetteWalk for fun, fitness and friendship and join the St. Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club for a guided walk along trails and streets in St. Albert. 5- and 10-km available.
  
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• Oil Spills: Should Oilers be buyers as trade deadline approaches?

  08-02-2019 02:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest talks to Oil Spills host Craig Ellingson about whether or not the Edmonton Oilers should trade for scoring help now as the NHL approaches its Feb. 25, 2019, trade deadline.
  The Oilers could use better scorers among their forward ranks, but one question is would it be worth exchanging prospects for them now as the team’s immediate playoff fortunes aren’t clear?
  
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• Elise Stolte: $44k for councillor MBA doesn't belong on the taxpayer dime

  08-02-2019 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jon Dziadyk flipped faster than a flapjack Thursday morning when news broke that the rookie councillor was asking taxpayers to foot two-thirds of the $67,000 bill for his executive MBA.
  At first, he defended the expense, but within hours he apologized and promised to reimburse the $11,000 covered so far. He said it was wrong for public dollars to support a university degree he’ll benefit from for the rest of his career. “It was inappropriate. … I feel like I broke the trust of
  
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• Dog critically injured in St. Albert, charges pending against man - CTV News

  08-02-2019 02:20 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  Dog critically injured in St. Albert, charges pending against man  CTV NewsPolice said the dog was kicked more than once by a 27-year-old man who lives in the same home.
  
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• Man wanted after downtown shooting, four others charged

  08-02-2019 01:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for a man wanted on an attempted murder charge and have charged four others after a Jasper Avenue shooting last December that left one man in hospital with gunshot wounds.
  Police are searching for Hanad Mohamed Farah, 28.
  “On Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at approximately 1:35 a.m., police were called to an establishment in the area of Jasper Avenue and 100 Street on the report of a weapons complaint. Upon arrival, officers located a 31-year-old man who had been shot,” sa
  
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• Provincial government to offer Filipino language and culture curriculum by 2020

  08-02-2019 01:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Families who want their children to learn Filipino at school could have more options starting next year.
  On Thursday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced the provincial government will develop a K-12 Filipino language and culture program, to be ready for interested schools by 2020.
  It may expand the availability of Filipino classes to younger grades and more locations, depending on whether school districts choose to offer the program.
  Some districts, including Edmonton Catholic Schools and L
  
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• Zone 5 Black Gold/Yellowhead Seniors Association: AGM - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Zone 5 Black Gold/Yellowhead Seniors Association: AGM  St. Albert GazetteThe Zone 5 Black Gold/Yellowhead Seniors Association will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. at Villeneuve Alberta.
  
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• Preview Party: another Landscape show and Marigold Santos: SURFACE TETHER - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Preview Party: another Landscape show and Marigold Santos: SURFACE TETHER  St. Albert GazettePreview our newest exhibitions at the opening reception for another Landscape show and Marigold Santos: SURFACE TETHER. Your AGA welcomes everyone ...
  
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• Ken Hamm: Yardbird Suite Blues - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Ken Hamm: Yardbird Suite Blues  St. Albert GazetteKen Hamm, from Forget, Saskatchewan – guitar, banjo, dobro, national steel and vocals. Award winning guitarist Ken Hamm is one of Canada's foremost ...
  
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• Haters Roast – The Shady Tour 2019 - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Haters Roast – The Shady Tour 2019  St. Albert GazetteIt's an outrageous evening of unapologetic comedy starring the contestants from the reality television show on VH1. They're all sisters when they walk on stage, ...
  
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• Shelley Jones "A Touch of Cole" from Edmonton - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:46 via stalbertgazette.com
  Shelley Jones "A Touch of Cole" from Edmonton  St. Albert GazetteShelley Jones – vocals; Bruce Mohacsy – piano; Wes Yaciuk – guitar; Wes Caswell – bass; Sandro Dominelli – drums. Vocalist Shelley Jones, guitarist Wes ...
  
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• Mother Mother: Dance and Cry Tour - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:46 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mother Mother: Dance and Cry Tour  St. Albert GazetteWith special guests Said The Whale. The Vancouver-based band's new album features 12 tracks, all of which were written by lead singer Ryan Guldemond and ...
  
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• Free Lunchtime Music with Gunnar Lang at SASA - St. Albert Gazette

  08-02-2019 01:46 via stalbertgazette.com
  Free Lunchtime Music with Gunnar Lang at SASA  St. Albert GazetteRelax and enjoy your lunch while listening to Gunnar sing and play the guitar during this free hour of music in the luncheon area from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on ...
  
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• Charges pending against St. Albert man after dog kicked, found in critical condition: RCMP - Global News

  08-02-2019 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  Charges pending against St. Albert man after dog kicked, found in critical condition: RCMP  Global NewsCharges are pending against a 27-year-old man, after a St. Albert RCMP investigation found a dog that had allegedly been kicked more than once and was in ...
  
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• Edmonton businessman pleads guilty to $5 million Ponzi scheme

  08-02-2019 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man admitted Thursday to running a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme over a span of eight years that defrauded investors of more than $5 million.
  Timothy Ray Carruthers, 59, entered guilty pleas on 22 counts of fraud over $5,000 in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench Thursday.
  Court heard Carruthers was behind a nearly $5.3 million scheme involving fake bridge mortgage loans, to which he recruited relatives, neighbours, acquaintances and work contacts.
  He used the funds to pay for m
  
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• Police searching for vehicle after January shooting

  08-02-2019 01:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are searching for a vehicle connected to a January south Edmonton slaying.
  Manvir Singh Sidhu, 23, was shot outside a residence on Crabapple Crescent last month. Police released images of a vehicle connected to that shooting on Thursday.
  Police believe the suspect vehicle is a 2010-2012 Jeep Liberty. Anyone with information on the suspect vehicle or any individuals involved in the shooting are asked to contact police.
  Surveillance video viewed by Postmedia on Jan. 22 showed a dar
  
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• St. Albert man faces charges after dog kicked multiple times - Edmonton Journal

  08-02-2019 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert man faces charges after dog kicked multiple times  Edmonton JournalA man is facing charges after a dog was taken to the 24-hour veterinarian hospital in critical condition.An RCMP news release issued Thursday said the St.
  
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• St. Albert man faces charges after dog kicked multiple times

  08-02-2019 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is facing charges after a dog was taken to the 24-hour veterinarian hospital in critical condition.
  An RCMP news release issued Thursday said the St. Albert detachment received a report of animal cruelty on Feb. 5. Their investigation found the dog was kicked more than once.
  The police say the dog was kicked by a 27-year-old man who lived in the same home.
  The investigation is ongoing.
  
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