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• Route 208 bus delay - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 23:51 via stalbertgazette.com
  Route 208 bus delay  St. Albert GazetteA city bus collision has caused a delay on Route 208. The bus was involved in a motor vehicle crash on its way to Government Centre. The trip departing.
  
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• St. Albert Native Erin McLeod pledges one per cent of her salary to charity - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 23:49 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert Native Erin McLeod pledges one per cent of her salary to charity  St. Albert GazetteTORONTO — St. Albert's Erin McLeod is joining Manchester United's Juan Mata, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini, U.S. international Alex Morgan and other soccer.
  
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• Man wanted in connection with northeast Edmonton shooting homicide

  28-02-2019 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are releasing the images of a suspect believed to be involved in the city’s latest homicide.
  On Tuesday, police were called to the northeast home near 135 Avenue and 38 Street at approximately 12:40 a.m. after reports of gunshots.
  There they discovered a deceased man.
  An autopsy has confirmed the 42-year-old male died from a gunshot wound, and the manner of death is homicide, police said in a news release Thursday.
  Homicide investigators are now seeking the public’s h
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Edmonton Oilers play it safe on trade deadline day

  28-02-2019 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers did not make a deal at the NHL’s trade deadline. Derek Van Diest and Jim Matheson talk about why that may be, and whether making a trade before the deadline is really worth it.
  
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• Wilson-Raybould outlines pressure and verbal threats - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 22:52 via stalbertgazette.com
  Wilson-Raybould outlines pressure and verbal threats  St. Albert GazetteSustained pressure, verbal threats and partisan political interference were detailed in testimony that former-Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.
  
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• Carbon tax costs add up for Slave Lake sawmill, owner says

  28-02-2019 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The owner of a Slave Lake sawmill says he paid nearly $500,000 in carbon taxes in 2018, one day after government staff questioned whether the number was legitimate.
  Ken Vanderwell, owner of Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd., said his Slave Lake sawmill absorbed the expenses in 2018 which totalled $488,207.10, through diesel, gasoline and natural gas bills. The company makes more than $60 million in sales per year and is one of the largest independent sawmills in the province, he said.
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• Cooper motions to hear from Trudeau - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 22:30 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cooper motions to hear from Trudeau  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert MP Michael Cooper is calling for the Prime Minister to testify before the justice committee. On Thursday, Cooper put forward two motions to the.
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: The Oilers play it safe on trade deadline

  28-02-2019 22:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Oilers made no deals on trade deadline. Derek Van Diest and Jim Matheson talk about why that may be, and whether making a trade before the deadline is really worth it.
  
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• Airport, SW hospital plan, Valley Line LRT impacting Edmonton's core real estate: CBRE report

  28-02-2019 22:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton International Airport, a proposed southwest Edmonton hospital, and the Valley Line LRT expansion are driving long-range commercial real estate trends, says a report from the real estate firm CBRE.
  One of the largest outside commercial and economic drivers is Edmonton International Airport (EIA) expansion, says the 2019 Canadian Real Estate Market Outlook, released Thursday.
  The report notes that the EIA continues to develop its available land to expand flight operations as well as t
  
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• Gas prices climbing to 101.9 in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 22:06 via stalbertgazette.com
  Gas prices climbing to 101.9 in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteSome gas stations have started increasing their prices heading into the weekend, according to GasBuddy.com. Some locations are still at 95.9, but a.
  
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• $54.2M project to twin Ray Gibbon Drive in St. Albert, Alta. gets go-ahead after cost sharing deal - On-Site Magazine

  28-02-2019 21:28 via on-sitemag.com
  $54.2M project to twin Ray Gibbon Drive in St. Albert, Alta. gets go-ahead after cost sharing deal  On-Site MagazineEDMONTON—The Alberta government and a city northwest of Edmonton have struck a cost sharing agreement for an eight-kilometre twinning project.
  
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• Fraud prevention event at West Edmonton Mall - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 21:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fraud prevention event at West Edmonton Mall  St. Albert GazetteThe St. Albert RCMP are inviting the public to a fraud prevention event at West Edmonton Mall. March is fraud prevention month and the RCMP will be.
  
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• Social Seen: Alberta Ballet's de.Vi.ate

  28-02-2019 20:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Ballet’s de.Vi.ate
  Where: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
  When: February 22
  What: Alberta Ballet’s debut of de.Vi.ate
  Featuring: Three contrasting modern ballets choreographed by Wen Wei Wang, Christopher Anderson and Jean Grand-Maitre
  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 @f
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' latest Achilles heel? Giving up goals in bunches

  28-02-2019 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 64: Oilers at Senators
  The Edmonton Oilers need to bounce back, and quickly, from their latest setback, one in which they were pounded 6-2 in Toronto on national TV on Wednesday night. One day later, the Oilers will try to pick up the pieces in the outskirts of Ottawa against a team that has traded away most of its top players this season.
  Alas, give or take surviving the Connor McDavid suspension, bouncing back from a setback in something the Oilers have been utterly incapable of doing
  
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• 'Nothing unreasonable': Safe consumption sites win court battle over Chinatown business group

  28-02-2019 19:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  An attempt to revoke approvals for three safe injection sites operating in the city’s core was dismissed by a federal court judge in a decision filed this week.
  Operating with the permission of the federal health minister, intravenous drug users are able to inject themselves under supervision at three sites at Boyle McCauley Health Centre, Boyle Street Community Services and the George Spady Centre shelter and detox programs. The supervision allows for overdoses to be reversed and for peop
  
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• Review: Mercury Opera's La Boheme fills Chez Pierre with love, laughter

  28-02-2019 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Can you remember the last time you laughed out loud at a gentlemen’s club? Can you remember the last time you laughed out loud while watching La Boheme at a gentleman’s club?
  Lucky attendees shared the uncommon experience Wednesday evening at Chez Pierre Cabaret, repurposed from its usual skin-and-sin modus operandi to help Mercury Opera present Puccini’s tale of love-struck bohemians.
  Under the guidance of director Darcia Parada, La Boheme has also been repurposed to fit the s
  
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• Food and theatre a tasty combo in SkirtsAfire mainstage kickoff

  28-02-2019 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  So much of art resides in that sense of a shared experience. But even if you’ve never tasted Deep Fried Curried Perogies, there’s a good chance you’ll relate to a play of the same name — one of the mainstage acts at this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival.
  The 70-minute production, which kicks off Saturday, March 9 at the Alberta Avenue Community Centre, tells the true story of Edmonton’s Michelle Todd, an actor, singer, dancer and playwright who was born into a migh
  
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• Sturgeon County death deemed a homicide - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 19:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sturgeon County death deemed a homicide  St. Albert GazetteThe death of an Edmonton man whose body was found in Sturgeon County earlier this month has been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical.
  
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• Editorial: Progress on poverty

  28-02-2019 18:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The number of children living in poverty in Alberta and across much of Canada has fallen dramatically.
  It gladdens the heart to know that significantly more kids are going to bed with full stomachs and walking to school in warm clothes. From another perspective, the good news on child poverty restores our faith about governments and what they can accomplish when they set their minds on tackling a serious problem by introducing effective and timely policies.
  In this case, the problem isn’t
  
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• City pilots Styrofoam recycling - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 18:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  City pilots Styrofoam recycling  St. Albert GazetteA new pilot project will allow St. Albert residents the option to recycle some of their Styrofoam at the Mike Mitchell Recycling Depot starting as early.
  
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• Put spills on ice with physics (and ice) - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 17:56 via stalbertgazette.com
  Put spills on ice with physics (and ice)  St. Albert GazetteIce cubes can help keep your drink from sloshing out of your glass, a new U of A study suggests – and could protect Arctic ice shelves from climate.
  
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• Child that flew through Leduc with measles was not properly vaccinated

  28-02-2019 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  An individual that flew through Leduc earlier this month with a confirmed case of measles was not properly vaccinated.
  The person was traveling to Inuvik, NWT from an international location and stopped in Leduc overnight from Feb. 12 to 13.
  Damien Healy, a spokesman for the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) health department, confirmed the infected individual was a child that was not properly vaccinated.
  The measles case prompted Alberta Health Services (AHS) to issue a public alert
  
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• Alberta RCMP received 11,000 reports of fraud in 2018

  28-02-2019 17:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta RCMP are warning the public to be aware of fraudulent activity after they received 11,000 reports of fraud across the province in 2018.
  “Impersonation and identity related incidents accounted for 14 per cent of all reported frauds for the year,” said RCMP Const. William Lewadniuk, in a news release on Thursday.
  Police released tips on avoiding fraud including never sending money on a dating site, regularly monitoring credit card statements and only purchasing items from reput
  
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• Oilers in 60: How the Toronto Maple Leafs ruined quesadilla night

  28-02-2019 16:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers came into Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the underdogs and it really showed.
  Things started off just fine, however.
  Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring with his 39th goal of the season.
  Make it 3️⃣9️⃣ for 2️⃣9️⃣ #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/QgLJaGKSBg
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) February 28, 2019Then the wheels came off the wagon.
  The Leafs would go on to score five straight goals in t
  
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• Edmonton weather: Goodbye February 2019, we won't miss you

  28-02-2019 15:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -6.8 C with 15 km/h winds out of the northwest contributing to a -13 wind chill.
  Today’s your last chance to wave goodbye to the month of February, but I imagine no one will shed a tear to see it go. No, in fact I think we should have a party to celebrate, a good wholesome party with chips, pop, cake and balloons. Nothing can ruin this par
  
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• Council orders confidential staffing report - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 14:45 via stalbertgazette.com
  Council orders confidential staffing report  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert city managers will now have to provide confidential annual reports on staffing to city councillors. During Monday's regular council meeting,
  
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• Commuter Alert: Groat Road Bridge reopened

  28-02-2019 14:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Groat Road Bridge was reopened Thursday morning just in time for the morning commute after an “incident involving a construction crane” shut down the busy bridge Wednesday afternoon.
  UPDATE – Groat Bridge is open again. Please drive carefully through the construction zone; watch for City roads and construction crew members. Thanks for your patience as we resolved this!#yegtraffic
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  — City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) February 28, 2019Adriana Amelio, spokeswom
  
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• Chance of flurries on Thursday - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 14:22 via stalbertgazette.com
  Chance of flurries on Thursday  St. Albert GazetteMix of sun and clouds on Thursday, and a 30 per cent chance of flurries in the morning. The daytime high of -9 C will feel like -15 C in the morning and.
  
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• Thursday's letters: Private health cherry-picks procedures

  28-02-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Private health care should be an option,” Letters, Feb. 26
  Art Davison mentions that countries with both public and private health-care services have much shorter wait times than Canada.
  On the surface, this might initially seem to be true. But if we look more closely at the U.S., we find that the private system focuses on eye surgeries and other easily treatable conditions, but leaves the more complicated chronic (and hence more costly) health ailments to the public sector. Thu
  
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• Keith Gerein: Unexpected good news in NDP third-quarter update, tough sell looms in coming election

  28-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Missing the Oscars by a few days didn’t dissuade Alberta’s NDP government from offering its own surprise performance of the year Wednesday.
  Journalists treated to an advance screening at the legislature were thrown for a loop. Expecting to see a horror show, they were instead given the disaster that wasn’t — a reversal of fortune story touted as the unexpected feel-good hit of the season.
  The Notley government released its latest financial results Wednesday, updating its
  
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• Edmonton councillor calls for review of 'upzoning' in city core

  28-02-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A city councillor is calling for a review of “upzoning” in the city’s core after hearing concerns that a slew of recent tower approvals is eating up market demand and driving up land prices.
  “We’ve had such a dramatic number of developments in downtown and Oliver and it seems in every case, the developer asks for upzoning,” Ward 6 Coun. Scott McKeen said Tuesday after making a notice of motion that he plans to ask city administration to look into the consequen
  
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• Player grades: Leafs give Oilers hard lesson in modern NHL hockey

  28-02-2019 07:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Toronto Maple Leafs whipped the Edmonton Oilers 6-1, giving Edmonton a lesson in how the modern NHL game is played.
  And it’s not played by slow, slow, slow forwards who lack skill. At least it’s not played that way with any success. Yet that’s what the Oilers have plentiful supply right now.
  It’s not a recipe for victory. It’s not a recipe to make the playoffs. It’s going to lead to more of the same.
  Connor McDavid, 3. Could never get going in this game, e
  
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• Mom relieved after man charged in 2016 death of six-month-old child

  28-02-2019 03:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman says she has been “a wreck” since learning that someone will finally be charged in connection with the 2016 death of her six-month-old baby.
  Police were called on July 5, 2016 after the baby boy was left with a man — a friend of the family — to babysit the infant while his mother went to work, police said in a news release Wednesday. 
  “I went to work at 7:30 in the morning, I texted my babysitter at 9:23 a.m. and asked him not t
  
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• Edmonton Oilers GM job is a "five Aspirin headache" but McDavid will draw candidates, says NHL insider

  28-02-2019 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in on from the Sportsnet panel, led by  former NHL executive Brian Burke, on Connor McDavid and the Oilers GM job.
  Said Burke: “He hasn’t complained about his teammates or the team’s lack of performance. He hasn’t said a word. He’s been the ultimate professional. He is one of the top players in the world. And so there will be a line up for that job around the block even though that’s a five Aspirin headache that job.”
  “And he hasn’t
  
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• Watch: Alberta deficit is down despite oil curtailment

  28-02-2019 02:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s finance minister says the province’s deficit will be $1.9 billion less in 2018-19 than originally expected, despite the volatile oil differential that hounded energy producers last fall.
  Third-quarter financials released Wednesday, which now predict a $6.9-billion deficit instead of an original $8.8-billion shortfall, also included an update on the province’s “path to balance” for the first time.
  -with files from Clare Clancy
  
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• Insisting on independence: Party seeks official status, wants to leave Canada

  28-02-2019 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dave Bjorkman is convinced there’s an Albertan appetite for separation from Canada, no matter what the polls say, and he’s banking on a new party to see it happen.
  Bjorkman is interim leader of the Alberta Independence Party which — as you might guess from the name — has at its core a promise of a referendum to ditch Confederation.
  The fact Alberta is landlocked doesn’t deter the Peace River-born Bjorkman. The UN Convention on Transit Trade of Landlocked States will
  
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• Petroleum association calls for less regulation, new pipelines

  28-02-2019 01:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) made a number of recommendations on Wednesday, ahead of this year’s provincial election, aimed at doubling investment in the provincial energy sector.
  Greater market access, lower corporate and municipal taxes, a straightforward regulatory process and proper climate policy are the recommendations being championed by the oil and gas association.
  Speaking at an Edmonton Chamber of Commerce luncheon, CAPP president Tim McMillan said a pro
  
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• Solicitor-client privilege waived for Wilson-Raybould - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 01:49 via stalbertgazette.com
  Solicitor-client privilege waived for Wilson-Raybould  St. Albert GazetteThe former federal minister of justice is slated to testify before the House of Commons justice committee after having her solicitor-client privilege waived by the ...
  
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• Alex Janvier painting sold for world record price in Edmonton

  28-02-2019 01:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta-based artist’s painting has sold for a “world record price” by an Edmonton auction house.
  Alex Janvier‘s 1981 acrylic on linen painting titled Wandering Child sold by Lando Auctions on Sunday for $35,400, about three times more than expected. The painting was estimated to sell for between $6,000 and $8,000.
  “It was quite surprising it sold for that high,” said Brent Luebke, auction manager at Lando Auctions.
  “There were lots of people bidding
  
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• Press Gallery: Former Wildrose adviser Vitor Marciano predicts a UCP blowout

  28-02-2019 00:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Wildrose press secretary Vitor Marciano joins Emma Graney.
  Marciano gives his take on where the future of Alberta politics is headed, and explains why he doesn’t see eye to eye with Jason Kenney.
  
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• Net-zero housing complex breaks ground - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 00:39 via stalbertgazette.com
  Net-zero housing complex breaks ground  St. Albert GazetteMorinville's first affordable housing project is now officially underway, and it will likely be the most energy-efficient place in town once it's built.
  
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• Some gas prices take slight drop in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  28-02-2019 00:14 via stalbertgazette.com
  Some gas prices take slight drop in St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteGas prices have started to go down at some stations in St. Albert, according to GasBuddy.com. Some locations are still at 103.9, but most are sitting at.
  
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• ACFA bringing Montreal Canadiens Alumni to St. Albert - MorinvilleNews.com

  28-02-2019 00:00 via morinvillenews.com
  ACFA bringing Montreal Canadiens Alumni to St. Albert  MorinvilleNews.comby Morinville News Staff. ACFA régionale Centralta is bringing Montreal Canadiens Alumni to St. Albert Mar. 17 for an afternoon of hockey entertainment from 2 ...
  
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