St. Albert news

• Edmonton woman honouring memory of father by warning others about need to get vaccinated before travelling

  10-02-2019 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman is warning others about the dangers of travelling to foreign countries without knowing the health risks, two years after her father contracted a virus while abroad which led to his death.
  As a lead-up to World Encephalitis Day on Feb. 20, Jillian Hughes is sharing her experience of dealing with her father’s illness and what she wishes her father would have done so others don’t have to go through the same ordeal she and her family went through.
  During a vacation in T
  
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• Northern Light explores bloodlust and other deep, dark secrets in 2019/20

  10-02-2019 22:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northern Light Theatre has landed on “obsessions and confessions” to define the three plays being presented (two as world premieres) in the upcoming season, which kicks off this fall.
  “I normally come across one play that I love, and we program it, and then I find a second play and I look for the link, and then I go looking for another play with that link,” says artistic director Trevor Schmidt of his programming process.
  Then he jokes: “It’s as close as I get
  
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• Partial private financing for Valley Line West expansion to be proposed at council

  10-02-2019 22:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  City LRT planners are proposing that the new line slated for west Edmonton be partially financed with private dollars.
  An update scheduled for council’s executive committee Monday on the west leg of the Valley LRT line is recommending the city pay for the $2.67-billion project using a design-build with partial private finance (DBF) model. What that means is a private contractor would finance the construction of the project, but not take part in the management and operation of the line
  
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• Gas in St. Albert at 88.9 - St. Albert Gazette

  10-02-2019 22:26 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas in St. Albert at 88.9  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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• Councillors divided on criminal record rules for taxi drivers

  10-02-2019 17:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  People with criminal convictions for domestic violence or impaired driving are getting licences to drive Edmonton taxis, contrary to city rules that are supposed keep them out of the business.
  The problem, according to a committee of councillors who oversee the issue, is that the bylaw isn’t clear.
  In 2018, tribunals composed of three city councillors granted taxi licences on appeal to five out of 10 people who appealed rejections by city officials because they were found to have a crimina
  
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• Transgender woman found dead near Highway 16 died of overdose, mother says

  10-02-2019 17:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The mother of Myrah Whitstone, the transgender woman whose body was found along a rural highway last spring, says her child died of an overdose.
  Alvina Whitstone said she spoke to an official from the Edmonton medical examiner’s office on Thursday after she told Postmedia that she still had no news on how Myrah died 10 months after she was found.
  But she — and police — still have questions about how Myrah Whitstone ended up abandoned almost 30 kilometres from where she was
  
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• City scraps website FOIP responses - St. Albert Gazette

  10-02-2019 16:51 via stalbertgazette.com
  City scraps website FOIP responses  St. Albert GazetteThe prospect of posting some freedom of information (FOIP) responses online is off the table for St. Albert. On Monday night, Coun. Natalie Joly requested.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Surprise, surprise. It's still cold

  10-02-2019 16:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Sunday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -28.3 C with 10km/h winds out of the southeast contributing to a -37 wind chill.
  Extreme cold warning
  Much like the rest of Alberta, Edmonton remains under an extreme cold warning with forecasters saying the wind chill could reach between -40 and -50.
  “Extreme cold conditions are expected to end by this afternoon for many areas. However, som
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers are very close to a decision on Andrej Sekera and other assorted Sunday musings: 9 Things

  10-02-2019 15:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers home woes continue. Last night, a 5-2 defeat, their 5th consecutive at Rogers Place.
  It was a game in which the club had to play close to a perfect game to have a chance at 2 points versus a very good team. But key errors at critical times by players that should know better sunk them.
  So, as Sunday dawns, the Oilers are looking up.  Waaayyy up, at the St. Louis Blues. The Blues currently hold the final wildcard in the Western Conference and they are 4 points up on Edmont
  
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• Cloudy skies in Sunday’s forecast - St. Albert Gazette

  10-02-2019 13:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cloudy skies in Sunday’s forecast  St. Albert GazetteEnvironment Canada's extreme cold warning continues: A multi-day episode of very cold wind chills continues. The coldest wind chill values will be between.
  
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• Past jurors should be able to talk to mental health workers about deliberations: Private member's bill gains ground

  10-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton-born private member’s bill aimed at permitting former jurors to speak with mental health workers about how the deliberation process affected them has cleared another hurdle in Parliament.
  The bill — which received unanimous cross-party support during its second reading — was initiated by St. Albert-Edmonton MP Michael Cooper, who serves as Conservative deputy justice critic.
  As it stands now under the Criminal Code, jurors are prohibited for life from discussing any
  
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• Time for a compass check - St. Albert Gazette

  10-02-2019 07:07 via stalbertgazette.com
  Time for a compass check  St. Albert GazetteIt seems, from following my daily diet of information overload, that those in positions of leadership in government, business and individuals generally.
  
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• Shots fired! Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock blasts team for lack of desire

  10-02-2019 06:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock, his scathing indictment of the Edmonton Oilers after their 5-2 loss on Saturday night to the San Jose Sharks.
  “We didn’t even give ourselves a fighting chance. The game was over. When you turn it over that many times and you make casual plays like that, you give yourself no chance. We did it on the first, second goal.. we did it on the fourth goal.
  “I don’t have the answers but we can’t play this way and actually exp
  
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• Watch: Edmonton Oilers fall 5-2 to the San Jose Sharks

  10-02-2019 06:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers home woes continued at Rogers Place as the San Jose Sharks swam into town, smelled blood in the water and had a feast. The Oilers managed to score two goals, one each by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zack Kassian, but it wasn’t enough as the Sharks posted five goals, including a hat trick by Kevin Labanc.
  The Oilers head back on to the road for a three-game road trip beginning in Pittsburgh on Feb. 13.
   
  
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• Cult of Hockey Player Grades: The Edmonton Oilers fall 5-2, as critical mistakes put the home team behind the 8-Ball

  10-02-2019 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Prior to Saturday’s game, I had tweeted out that the Edmonton Oilers would have to play a near-perfect game in order to beat the deep and talented San Jose Sharks.
  Well, they didn’t…and they couldn’t.
  In fact the Oilers put themselves behind the 8-Ball half-way though the 1st Period on an unlucky deflection off Kevin Gravel’s shin pad. Heading into the night the Sharks were 18-2-2 on the season when leading after 1. Well, thanks in part to that particular bounce, t
  
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• Hot stuff: Student chefs battle it out at culinary competition

  10-02-2019 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A challenge to be your culinary best is back, pitting 18 teams from different high schools from around the Edmonton and area against each other to see who will be the new team of top chefs.
  The annual competition of the High School Culinary Challenge (HSCC) being held at NAIT Saturday is in its 12th year providing students with a chance to cook, learn, communicate and even win a scholarship.
  The teams were provided with information on what they will need to prepare back in November so they can p
  
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• Stephen Mandel regrets missing deadline that led to five-year election ban

  10-02-2019 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel says he only recently learned that his paperwork hadn’t been filed on time with Elections Alberta after missing a September deadline that resulted in a five-year ban from running. He plans to take the issue to court.
  “My CFO was sick,” Mandel said at a Saturday news conference, adding he learned of the problem on Jan. 30. “He missed some of the dates. That’s part of the reason we’re here today.”
  In a July letter s
  
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• 'We’re going to lose businesses': Strathearn residents miffed at plan to shut down 95 Avenue

  10-02-2019 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A proposal to temporarily close 95 Avenue to speed up construction of the Valley Line LRT shows a lack of respect for the community, residents and business owners said at an often-tense public meeting Saturday.
  TransEd, the group building the line, held the meeting to get feedback on the plan to shut down 95 Avenue between Connors Road and 85 Street for seven months beginning in late April or early May. During the closure there would still be pedestrian access and there would be some north-
  
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