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• Man charged with second-degree murder in southeast Edmonton stabbing after turning himself in

  25-03-2019 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 25-year-old man has been charged in a fatal stabbing Friday evening in southeast Edmonton after turning himself into police Sunday.
  Police responded to Lakewood Village in the city’s Kameyosek neighbourhood around 8:25 p.m. Friday for reports of a stabbing.
  Officers located a distressed 35-year-old man inside a home who was transported to hospital and died from his injuries shortly after.
  An autopsy Monday morning confirmed the man died from a stab wound and the stabbing is the city&rsqu
  
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• Alberta Election Day 7: Notley pledges big expansion of $25-per-day child care; Kenney says UCP would 'put away failed teaching fads'

  25-03-2019 22:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 8 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related Alberta Election 2019: Here's what the parties have promised so far
  Head for the foothills! Everyone’s in Calgary today
  Notley stops at science museum
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced Monday that a re-elected NDP government would extend the party’s flagship $25-a-day child care plan, subsidizing all child care spaces in the province
  
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• No trains to NAIT station during spring LRT maintenance; Central station to temporarily close

  25-03-2019 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is planning spring and summer work on the LRT system that will include at least one temporary station closure, and replacement bus service to NAIT station.
  City spokesman Rowan Anderson said Monday that stopping Metro Line LRT service at the Kingsway station is a “byproduct” of some of the work being done on the Capital Line.
  He said the work on the Capital Line will reduce LRT frequency “a little bit”, and so to make up lost capacity while that project is happen
  
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• Watch: Judge rules to end Khadr's remaining sentence

  25-03-2019 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Omar Khadr is free after a judge ruled to effectively end his eight-year sentence for the killing of a U.S. soldier.
  Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Mary Moreau made the ruling Monday morning in Edmonton. Khadr was seeking the three and a half years remaining on his 2010 youth sentence to be reduced to one day as he awaits a decision in his U.S. appeal.
  “I’m really happy with the decision today,” said Khadr outside the courthouse. “It’s been a whi
  
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• Alberta Election Day 7: Kenney says a UCP government would embrace tried, true methods for schools, 'put away failed teaching fads'

  25-03-2019 20:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 8 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related Alberta Election 2019: Here's what the parties have promised so far
  Head for the foothills! Everyone’s in Calgary today
  Notley stops at science museum
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley will make an announcement slated for 1:30 p.m. at Telus Spark Calgary’s Creative Kids Museum, 220 St. Georges Dr. E. She hinted on Sunday she will make a major
  
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• Alberta Election 2019 backgrounder: What you need to know about child care

  25-03-2019 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chid care is shaping up to be an issue in this campaign.
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley teased a major announcement coming Monday on child care.
  The Alberta Party has promised to create a billion-dollar voucher system to offset child-care costs for those who can least afford them.
  Other parties are sure to weigh in.
  Here’s some background on child care in Alberta to help you frame that issue.  
  SPACES: There were about 130,900 licensed child care spaces in Alberta as of December 2018 operat
  
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• Not just Italians: Talking with your hands more about storytelling style, say U of A researchers

  25-03-2019 19:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Gesturing as you talk has more to do with storytelling style than nationality, say University of Alberta researchers.
  “We wondered if how frequently people gesture isn’t determined so much by their culture alone, but rather by what they are saying when they are speaking,” Elena Nicoladis, lead author and psychology professor in the Faculty of Science, said in a Monday release.
  “So we designed a study to look at the differences in how people present a story, and how that a
  
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• Toronto punkers PUP play in the dark with third record, Morbid Stuff

  25-03-2019 18:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  On the title track of PUP’s third record, Morbid Stuff, singer Stefan Babcock seems to be working through some, well … morbid stuff.
  Powered by a pounding beat, thrashing guitars and an impossibly catchy chorus, the song begins with our foul-mouthed and bored protagonist “stuck on death and dying and obsessive thoughts that won’t let up. It makes me feel like I’m about to throw up.”
  Things don’t get much sunnier as the album progresses to numbers such a
  
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• Alberta Election Day 7: Kenney to deliver education platform, Notley at Calgary museum, Khan talks carbon tax

  25-03-2019 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 8 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today.
  Related Alberta Election 2019: Here's what the parties have promised so far
  Head for the foothills! Everyone’s in Calgary today
  Kenney on education
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney begins his day by announcing his party’s education platform at 11 a.m. at the Calgary Jewish Academy, 6700 Kootenay St. SW.
  At 1 p.m., Kenney will hold a roun
  
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• ICE District developments: CityMarket grocery store to open

  25-03-2019 17:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A grocery store is moving in to the old Greyhound bus terminal site in downtown Edmonton’s ICE District.
  Loblaws CityMarket is slated to open as the anchor tenant in Block BG, the ICE District group announced Monday.
  “Announcing Block BG’s anchor tenant is a major milestone, as it showcases the continued progress and evolution of ICE District,” Darren Durstling, president and CEO, ONE Properties, ICE District Joint Venture partner, said in a statement.
  The 22,000-square-f
  
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• City announces Capital Line LRT closures for maintenance

  25-03-2019 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is going to close down parts of the LRT’s Capital Line through the spring and summer to complete construction and maintenance projects.
  A Monday news release from the city states that Capital Line service will be suspended to NAIT station for maintenance and construction projects.
  Information cards handed out to morning commuters in Central station say that the site will be closed for upgrades between April 6 and April 27.
  The city is planning to close part of Capital Line down fo
  
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• Judge rules in favour of Omar Khadr's request to end remaining sentence

  25-03-2019 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta judge has ruled in favour of Omar Khadr’s request to effectively end his eight-year sentence for the killing of a U.S. soldier.
  Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Mary Morneau made the ruling Monday morning in Edmonton. Family and supporters of Khadr cried and hugged each other when the decision was read out. Khadr was seeking the three and a half years remaining on his 2010 youth sentence to be reduced to one day as he awaits a decision in his U.S. appeal.
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• Edmonton Oilers covet fast forwards & skilled d-men but there's only one sane way to get them

  25-03-2019 16:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from team insider Bob Stauffer of Oilers radio, his take on how to fix the team: “Regardless of how GM situation plays out. Oilers need to: #1. Prioritize adding skill and speed to forward units #2. Transition D bringing in more offensive-minded puck movers. #3. Target really good back-up (1.5-2.5M range) #4. “Over-percolate” top prospects in Bakersfield.”
  My takeStauffer’s recommendations are somewhat similar as the recent ones we heard from NHL commentator
  
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• Edmonton weather: Let's reflect on the continued melt

  25-03-2019 15:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured 0 C with 20 km/h winds coming out of the south southeast.
  Today looks to be just another day where we get a little bit of wind, a little bit of clouds and then tomorrow will happen. The high today is 7 C, the low is -3 C with a wind chill overnight making it feel like -5. A slight chance of flurries tonight with a chance of rain tomorrow. Wow, rai
  
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• 'There’s nothing else like it' El Mirador building with unique design, at risk

  25-03-2019 14:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  The El Mirador apartment building has been an oddball on Edmonton’s architectural scene since it went up decades ago on 108 Street, just north of Jasper Avenue.
  Built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1935, with a matching annex added in 1953, the white stucco facade and red tile roof are a local rarity.
  But today, with the aging El Mirador at risk of being swept away as part of a larger two-tower redevelopment project, there’s an evolving discussion about how its architecture
  
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• Kenney says UCP would create Alberta Parole Board, cut ties with Parole Board of Canada

  25-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has pledged to create a provincial parole board if his party is elected — claiming prisoners released by federal parole authorities are playing a role in the province’s rural crime problem.
  At a campaign event in Red Deer Saturday, Kenney said a UCP government would end Alberta’s agreement with the Parole Board of Canada and pass legislation creating an Alberta Parole Board.
  While Quebec and Ontario have their own parole boards, Alb
  
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• 'It means there's going to be a lot less money for raising a family': Alberta farmers react to China canola seed ban

  25-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A halt by China on the purchase of Canadian canola seed has left Alberta farmers frustrated, out of money and looking for answers.
  Scott Keller and his family have been farming canola on their midsize farm near New Norway since the 1990s. He said he’s out $40,000 as prices dropped by close to 30 cents per bushel last Friday following the announcement of the ban by China.
  “It means there’s going to be a lot less money for raising a family. It really hurts,” said Keller.
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• Elise Stolte: No Blatchford or skyscraper, the humble Muttart project shows a path to a stronger Edmonton

  25-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Without an eye-catching tower, the new Muttart Lands redevelopment near the Stadium LRT Station could easily slip under the radar.
  But towers are overrated, in my books. This promises something better, something still rare in Edmonton — mid-level density that’s affordable, walkable, urban and quiet. It will fill in a vacant site, give east Jasper Avenue residents walking access to Commonwealth Recreation Centre, and create 1,000 new units right on an existing LRT line.
  Remarkable, no
  
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• At-risk El Mirador apartments are an ideal design for urban living, says researcher

  25-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The El Mirador apartment building has been an oddball on Edmonton’s architectural scene since it went up decades ago on 108 Street, just north of Jasper Avenue.
  Built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1935, with a matching annex added in 1953, the white stucco facade and red tile roof are a local rarity.
  But today, with the aging El Mirador at risk of being swept away as part of a larger two-tower redevelopment project, there’s an evolving discussion about how its architecture
  
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• Calgary UCP candidate says threats of 'smear campaign' prompted resignation

  25-03-2019 07:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Calgary UCP candidate resigned late Sunday night, sharing a video on social media that revealed online posts she had made that included sharing a link blaming Muslim refugees for a “rape crisis” in Germany and a Twitter exchange in which she opposed transgender people using Alberta school washrooms.
  In a video posted to her official Facebook account, the now former Calgary-South East candidate Eva Kiryakos said someone from outside the party “threatened” that they would
  
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• Edmonton Oilers covet fast forwards & skilled d-men but there's only sane way to get them

  25-03-2019 05:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from team insider Bob Stauffer of Oilers radio, his take on how to fix the team: “Regardless of how GM situation plays out. Oilers need to: #1. Prioritize adding skill and speed to forward units #2. Transition D bringing in more offensive-minded puck movers. #3. Target really good back-up (1.5-2.5M range) #4. “Over-percolate” top prospects in Bakersfield.”
  My takeStauffer’s recommendations are somewhat similar as the recent ones we heard from NHL commentator
  
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• 'Sky-high costs': Notley hints major announcement on child care at Edmonton rally

  25-03-2019 01:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley hinted that she will make a major announcement on child care Monday, following a week of energetic campaigning that saw party leaders travel across Alberta and roll out various platform promises.
  “Too many young families face sky-high costs for child care,” Notley said at a rally Sunday in Edmonton. “Those costs can rival mortgage payments and rent, and they stand as a major barrier to people who are buying their first home.”
  High child care costs
  
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