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• UCP promise new scholarship, family benefit for military and first responders

  09-03-2019 22:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  The United Conservative Party unveiled a campaign promise to support emergency responders and veterans with a new fund Saturday.
  “There’s no higher form of public service,” said Tany Yao, the United Conservative MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, at the campaign announcement in downtown Edmonton.
  The program would create a $5,000 scholarship for military members who served in designated military operations. It would be available to family members in cases where military member
  
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• Edmonton Oilers injected with life from four new players and reborn Mikko Koskinen

  09-03-2019 21:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 68 Oilers vs Leafs
  The Edmonton Oilers are on a four game winning streak, with four new players and a reborn Mikko Koskinen leading the way.
  Koskinen has been rolling since the day the ineffective Cam Talbot got traded. In his 10 games since that time, Koskinen has a .926 save percentage, with six wins and four losses (two of the losses in extra time).
  Koskinen’s hot play has him shooting up the latest Edmonton Oilers Player Performance Rankings, moving into third spot overall, be
  
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• Saturday's letters: Red Deer impresses as Canada Games host

  09-03-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  On behalf of Alberta Sport Connection, athletes, coaches and mission staff, thank you Red Deer 2019 Canada Games Host Society, City of Red Deer, all organizers, volunteers and residents of Red Deer for your warm hospitality in hosting the 2019 Canada Winter Games, Feb. 15–March 2, 2019.You impressed the country and 3,600 athletes and coaches and approximately 20,000 visitors. Over 5,000 amazing volunteers were incredible ambassadors for the Games, Red Deer, and our province.
  The legacy of
  
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• Brian Jean: Kenney selling a fiscal fairy tale

  09-03-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When I stepped away from politics, I promised to continue to advocate on issues that matter to Albertans. Advocacy involves pushing good ideas at your opponents and your friends. You try to encourage them to do the right thing and that means speaking out when the wrong things are being said.
  Recent policy announcements from Jason Kenney have me concerned.
  In the last three weeks, Kenney has declared about 70 per cent of the Alberta budget to be off-limits when it comes to finding
  
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• Oil Spills: Oilers' Zack Kassian adds more scoring punch

  09-03-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Forward Zack Kassian has been scoring regularly for the Edmonton Oilers late in the NHL season and has done so whether he’s playing in a third- or fourth-line energy role or on the top lines alongside the likes of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers injected with life from four news players and reborn Mikko Koskinen

  09-03-2019 08:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 68 Oilers vs Leafs
  The Edmonton Oilers are on a four game winning streak, with four new players and a reborn Mikko Koskinen leading the way.
  Koskinen has been rolling since the day the ineffective Cam Talbot got traded. In his 10 games since that time, Koskinen has a .926 save percentage, with six wins and four losses (two of the losses in extra time).
  Koskinen’s hot play has him shooting up the latest Edmonton Oilers Player Performance Rankings, moving into third spot overall, be
  
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• Watch: Coach Hitchcock, Gagner, Draisaitl speak after practice

  09-03-2019 05:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock speaks to the media after practice Friday as they prepare for the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
  
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• Strathcona County, Fort McMurray RCMP smash drug ring

  09-03-2019 05:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Wood Buffalo and Strathcona County RCMP arrested five people after seizing a significant amount of drugs in Edmonton and Fort McMurray.
  An eight-month investigation led to police seizing an assortment of drugs valued at $800,000 in street-level sales, a handgun and $31,100 worth of cash earlier this month.
  “This is significant for a variety of reasons, one primarily is the co-ordinated efforts took in this matter to lead to a successful conclusion,” said Strathcona County RCMP Staff
  
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• Teenage girls hit by school bus in west Edmonton, charges pending

  09-03-2019 05:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges are pending against a school bus driver after two teenage girls were taken to hospital after they were struck while crossing a street in a west end neighbourhood Friday afternoon.
  “At approximately 3:49 p.m., EMS responded to 205 Street and Hemingway Road in Edmonton,” said Emergency Medical Services spokesman Alex Campbell in an email. “Two teen female patients were transported to hospital.”
  In a news release, Edmonton police said the two 13-year-old girls were t
  
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• Watch: Two Grade 8 students in hospital after being hit by school bus

  09-03-2019 05:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two female Grade 8 students from Bessie Nichols school in west Edmonton are in hospital after being stuck by a school bus on Hemingway Road at 205 Street on Friday. Charges are pending against the bus driver. The road was closed for hours while Edmonton Police Service officers investigated.
  
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• Keith Gerein: UCP plans for the future hamstrung by leadership controversies of the past

  09-03-2019 04:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  For a party that should be laser focused on the coming campaign, Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives seem to be spending an inordinate amount of energy fretting about one that happened 16 months ago.
  That was the UCP leadership race that ended in a rather easy victory for Kenney, though perhaps it wasn’t as easy as assumed since the party can’t seem to shake allegations of improprieties that occurred during the contest.
  Up until recently, the response from party leaders has lar
  
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• Three to See Saturday: Peter and the Wolves, Transmission and Captain Marvel

  09-03-2019 03:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary rockabilly act Peter & the Wolves is at Rocky Mountain Icehouse Saturday night.
  Peter & the Wolves and the Dice Cubes: Howlin’ Pete Cormier leads this Calgary rockabilly outfit with a night of music where swing dancing will definitely be encouraged. “I love feeling like I’m close to history, and things like that, old clothes, old cars,” Cormier told Postmedia a couple years back. “But what’s really great about music is that it doesn’t rus
  
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• Heavy snow led to 190 collisions during Edmonton morning commute

  09-03-2019 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heavy snow in the Edmonton area wreaked havoc on city streets and nearby highways Friday.
  Edmonton police recorded a total of 190 collisions between 5:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., including eight injury collisions, 22 hit-and-run collisions and 160 property damage collisions.
  Police said they were dealing with multiple collisions on Highway 16 near Strathcona County and on Highway 2 near Leduc shortly before noon. Minor injuries were reported after a multi-vehicle collision northbound on the QE II at
  
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• Watch: Edmonton police lay multiple charges in connection with illegal cannabis sales

  09-03-2019 02:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police seized $12,000 worth of illegal cannabis products during a search of a retail store Wednesday in the area of 150 Street and 118 Avenue. An Edmonton man is now facing four charges for illegal cannabis sales
  “If an individual chooses to sell cannabis or cannabis products containing cannabis they need to have a licence and follow the regulatory requirements to do so or there will be significant criminal consequences,” said Edmonton Police Service cannabis liaison Const.
  
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• School bus strikes two youth on Hemingway Road in west Edmonton

  09-03-2019 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Emergency crews are on the scene of a collision in west Edmonton between a school bus and two Grade 8 students from Bessie Nichols school.
  Fire crews were called to assist medical services at 3:49 p.m. after receiving a report that a bus had struck a person at Hemingway Road and 206 Street, said a spokeswoman with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services.
  Hemingway Road in The Hamptons neighbourhood is closed between 201 Street and 205 Street and police are asking motorists to avoid the area.
  Carrie Rosa,
  
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• Watch: RCMP make $800,000 drug bust

  09-03-2019 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  An eight-month investigation has led to Wood Buffalo and Strathcona County RCMP to seize drugs with an estimated street value of more than $800,000, a handgun and approximately $30,000 in cash earlier this month.
  “This is a significant seizure that is believed to have ties to organized crime operating here in Alberta,” said Insp. Eric Stebenne, operations officer with Wood Buffalo RCMP.
  Cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and GHB, commonly referred to as the “date
  
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• Doctor suspended six months, must pay $28,000 for inappropriately touching student

  09-03-2019 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Westlock doctor has lost his licence for six months after admitting to professional misconduct for inappropriately touching a medical student and inviting her to sleep in his bed.
  Dr. Subrata Chakravarty, an anesthesiologist who had been working in both Westlock and at the Sturgeon Hospital in St. Albert, must also pay $28,097 to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for investigation costs and an evaluation of his suitability for work.
  Once his practice permit is valid again in Au
  
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• Edmonton falls short in national ranking of city gender gaps: study

  09-03-2019 01:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  An annual report ranking quality of life for women in Canadian cities found Edmonton has one of the largest gender gaps in the country.
  The 2019 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) study of best and worst places to be a woman in Canada ranked Edmonton 25th out of 26 of the country’s largest cities.
  Edmonton’s ranking took a hit due to comparatively low scores in all indicators other than health, where it came in ninth. It was ranked 23rd in economic security, 25th in educa
  
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• UCP unveils plan to give $5 million in new funding to sexual assault service centres

  09-03-2019 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The UCP has promised $5 million in funding for sexual assault service centres and other supports if elected to government in the spring.
  “I’ve actually been extremely overwhelmed with the progress made on moving the needle on this critically important issue, but we still have a really long way to go,” said UCP deputy leader Leela Aheer at a Friday news conference.
  Among Canadian provinces, Alberta has the third highest rate of sexual assault, she said.
  We are very pleased that
  
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• Press Gallery podcast #264: The Carbon Tax And Creeps edition

  09-03-2019 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Press Gallery host Emma Graney and the Edmonton Journal’s Janet French took a deep dive into the provincial carbon tax this week, looking at exactly where all the cash has been spent.
  Join them and guests Keith Gerein, Clare Clancy and Dave Breakenridge to talk about the tax, the host of policies unveiled this week in the run-up to the spring election, and a bizarre and somewhat creepy video posted online by Jason Kenney’s office.Good Stuff from the Gallery
  Clare’s pick: This l
  
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• Edmonton police mourn the loss of service dog Jackal

  09-03-2019 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is mourning the loss of one of their top performing canine officers Friday after a medical episode during his shift resulted in the discovery of cancer throughout his body.
  Nine-year-old police service dog Jackal, a purebred German shepherd also known as Jack, had been with the force for seven years before his final shift Thursday night.
  According to the EPS canine unit, Jack became unusually lethargic during his shift Thursday night. He was taken to a vet where
  
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• School bus strikes two youth on Hemingway Road

  09-03-2019 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Emergency crews are on the scene of a collision in west Edmonton between a bus and two young pedestrians.
  Fire crews were called to assist medical services at 3:49 p.m. after receiving a report that a school bus had struck a person at Hemingway Road and 206 Street, said a spokeswoman with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services. She said one person was transported to hospital.
  Hemingway Road in The Hamptons neighbourhood is closed between 201 Street and 205 Street and police are asking motorists to avoid
  
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• Five guns seized in search of St. Albert home, two men charged - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2019 00:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five guns seized in search of St. Albert home, two men charged  Edmonton JournalTwo men have been charged after RCMP seized five guns and other prohibited equipment from a St. Albert residence.St. Albert RCMP executed a search ...
  
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• Five guns seized in search of St. Albert home, two men charged

  09-03-2019 00:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two men have been charged after RCMP seized five guns and other prohibited equipment from a St. Albert residence.
  St. Albert RCMP executed a search warrant in a home on Sunset Boulevard Wednesday as a result of an extensive investigation into possible illegal firearm manufacturing.
  Officers seized two derringer pistols, a MAC-10 machine pistol, an SKS-modified carbine and a STEN-submachine gun. They also found a silencer, two prohibited magazines, a taser and numerous rounds of ammunition.
  Eric
  
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