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• Alberta election notebook: UCP candidate uses old skyline photo, small party policy update

  27-03-2019 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  UCP candidate for Calgary-Mountain View Jeremy Wong provided a blast from the past to voters when he used an old Calgary skyline in campaign materials.
  Wong recently replaced former UCP candidate Caylan Ford, who quit the race after online posts surfaced where she suggested white supremacist terrorists are treated unfairly.
  Wong’s campaign flyers show a dated downtown Calgary skyline.
  So Jeremy Wong left this on my doorstep (Calgary-Mountainview), notice anything wrong? https://t.co/7MQr3l
  
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• Trade away or buy out Andrej Sekera? No, Edmonton Oilers should hold on to cagey veteran

  27-03-2019 23:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers fans and bloggers are already in next year country, debating what the team should do in the off-season, with one notion repeated quite often, that the team should look to bring in a top-pairing d-man and perhaps move out a Kris Russell, a Darnell Nurse or a Andrej Sekera.
  NHL pundits have also joined into such talk, with former NHL GM Brian Burke recently saying the Oil’s top priority is to clean out cap space so a top pairing d-man can be acquired: “If you look at th
  
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• Man accused of smuggling guns can be extradited to U.S., judge rules

  27-03-2019 23:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta judge has ruled there is enough of a case to extradite a man accused of participating in schemes to smuggle handguns from the United States to Canada.
  In a hearing in Edmonton Tuesday, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Douglas Mah found there is sufficient evidence to warrant Colby Stephan Skolseg being committed for extradition to the U.S.
  Skolseg’s fate is now in the hands of the federal justice minister, who ultimately decides whether Canadian citizens should be su
  
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• Three to See Thursday: Jom Comyn at Common; Therese Greenwood launch; Apollo 11

  27-03-2019 23:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jom Comyn: Jom Comyn’s human name is Jim, but he won’t bite you if you call him Jom. More importantly, he’s one of Edmonton’s finest singer-songwriters, with a voice like a honey waterslide full of stuck and sleepy snuggle bears. The guy is a magic antidote to all the yelling back and forth that is today’s Alberta. Opener Aladean Kheroufi, meanwhile, Canadian by way of Algeria, writes songs that are Idiosyncratic, goofy and devastating. With a glass half full stubbo
  
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• Alberta's election commissioner levies $9,000 in new fines related to Callaway campaign

  27-03-2019 22:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s election commissioner has slapped a political donor with $9,000 in fines related to the Jeff Callaway campaign, which has been at the centre of an ongoing UCP political scandal.
  Happy Mann, a former Wildrose candidate and former UCP nomination candidate, was fined $3,000 for three separate offences Wednesday.
  One penalty was for contributing to Callaway’s campaign with “funds given or furnished by another person,” and the two other fines were for providing other
  
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• City unveils first-phase home builders for Blatchford development

  27-03-2019 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Plans for the first homes to be built in the long-awaited green Blatchford development were revealed Wednesday.
  The first four companies that have signed land deals to build a total of 43 townhouses on the former downtown city airport land were announced at a press conference in a brewery across the street from the southern edge of the development.
  Design renderings from builders Carbon Busters, Encore Master Builder, Mutti Homes, and Ocheller by RedBrick show off modern concepts with lots of wi
  
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• Review: Roots-rocker Shakey Graves wows, woos the Winspear crowd

  27-03-2019 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  “It’s crazy seeing you folks here in this magnificent concert hall,” Shakey Graves said upon taking the Winspear Centre stage Tuesday night, marveling up at the rafters before laying out the evening’s plan.
  “We’re going to do some covers tonight; there are music stands all over this building, so plenty of room for backup lyrics,” he noted, eliciting several whoops and yelps from the sold-out crowd before reminding us, “Come on this is a concert hal
  
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• Nathaniel Rateliff, Rheostatics, Aloe Blacc, Sheila E at Interstellar Rodeo July 26-28

  27-03-2019 19:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Back for its eighth year with an enticing and truly eclectic lineup including Rheostatics, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Prince collaborator Sheila E., Interstellar Rodeo once again walks the talk of its sponsor-label Six Shooter Records’ mantra: “life is too short to listen to shitty music.”
  Rheostatics — beloved by the late Gord Downie, who played Interstellar in 2014 — are the pride of Etobicoke and one of the nation’s most influential indie
  
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• Notley promises second route out of Fort McMurray, $1.35 billion to expand Alberta high load corridor

  27-03-2019 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost three years after tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents scrambled down a single choked highway to escape a monstrous wildfire, NDP Leader Rachel Notley promised her government would push ahead on a second route out of the northern city if re-elected.
  Notley rolled out the promise Wednesday during a campaign stop in Fort McMurray, where she also laid out a $1.35-billion plan to expand the Alberta high load corridor over the next six years.
  “It was one of the scariest moments i
  
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• Alberta Election Day 9: Notley pledges to build second highway out of Fort McMurray, Kenney gets 'tough' on rural crime

  27-03-2019 18:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 9 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 NDP, UCP and other parties have promised so far UCP to unveil rural crime strategy: Here are some fast facts on the issue Notley promises $1.35 billion to expand Alberta high load corridor over six years NDP signs vandalized with swastikas, crude language in central Edmonton
  Rachel Notley in Fort McMurray
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• Notley promises second route out of Fort McMurray, $1.35 billion to expand Alberta high load corridor over six years

  27-03-2019 18:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Almost three year years after tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents scrambled down a single choked highway to escape a monstrous wildfire, NDP Leader Rachel Notley promised her government would push ahead on a second route out of the northern city if re-elected.
  Notley rolled out the promise Wednesday during a campaign stop in Fort McMurray, where she also laid out a $1.35-billion plan to expand the Alberta high-load corridor over the next six years.
  “It was one of the scariest mome
  
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• NDP signs vandalized with swastikas, crude language in central Edmonton

  27-03-2019 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city police are investigating after several election signs were vandalized in central Edmonton.
  The targeted signs in support of NDP Leader Rachel Notley and NDP candidate David Shepherd, who is running for re-election in the constituency of Edmonton City-Centre, were found early Wednesday spray-painted in black with swastikas and crude language.
  “As a member of Rachel Notley’s team and the NDP candidate for Edmonton City-Centre, I am proud to represent a positive campaign t
  
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• UCP to unveil rural crime strategy: Here are some fast facts on the issue

  27-03-2019 17:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is set to announce his party’s rural crime strategy Wednesday morning.
  The NDP government has been focused on rural crime for more than a year.
  Here’s some background to help frame the policy announcement:
  CRIME FIGHTING SPENDING: Budget 2018 contained $10 million for a rural crime action plan to target repeat and chronic offenders and target the root causes of crime. The vast majority of that went to 39 more RCMP officers and 40 civilian posit
  
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• Man charged after girls allegedly groped at Edmonton public pool

  27-03-2019 16:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 53-year-old man has been charged after three girls reported they had been groped in a southwest Edmonton public pool.
  On March 3, at approximately 3 p.m. the girls reported a man had grabbed them in the lazy river at the Terwillegar Recreation Centre, said Edmonton police in a news release Wednesday.
  They reported the man was alone in the pool, wearing black swim trunks and reflective goggles. He was also holding a yellow pool noodle around his waist.
  Police said the man was identified and arr
  
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• Edmonton-produced Equus: Story of the Horse takes three Canadian Screen Awards

  27-03-2019 16:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A local science documentary about the history of horses which moved at high speed around the world to get its footage pulled a hat trick at the Canadian Screen Awards non-fiction programming gala in Toronto Tuesday night.
  Edmonton director, producer, writer, narrator and anthropologist Niobe Thompson announced on Instagram, “Equus races to the finish and takes three Canadian Screen Awards!
  “Congratulations to Darren Fung for winning his second CSA for best musical score. To Daron Don
  
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• Blatchford first-phase home builders to be unveiled

  27-03-2019 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The companies who will build the first homes on the long-awaited green Blatchford development are expected to be announced Wednesday.
  The Blatchford development is intended to turn the 217-hectare former airport into an environmentally sustainable community with up to 30,000 residents over 25 years.
  City council voted to close the airport in 2009, and a design by Perkins and Will was selected in 2012 following an international competition. But in the years that followed, council approv
  
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• Watch: Post game interview Oilers coach Hitchcock after 8-4 win

  27-03-2019 16:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a hat-trick in the first period. Klefbom had three assists. In the first period. Leon Draisaitl scored his 44th, 45th and 46th of the season for the first regular-season hat trick of his career. Zack Kassian scored his career high 15th. Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists.
  Edmonton Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock post game interview after defeating the Los Angeles Kings 8-4 during NHL action at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
  
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• Alberta Election Day 9: Jason Kenney vows to 'get tough' on rural crime

  27-03-2019 15:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 9 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 NDP, UCP and other parties have promised so far
  Jason Kenney in Lac St. Anne
  UCP Leader Jason Kenney will be at Lewis Farms in Lac St. Anne, just west of Edmonton, at 11 a.m. to announce details of the party’s plan to tackle rural crime.
  Rachel Notley in Fort McMurray
  NDP leader Rachel Notley will be in Fort M
  
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• Keith Gerein: Kenney walks risky tightrope with GSA policy

  27-03-2019 15:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ever since Jason Kenney entered Alberta’s political stage two years ago, he’s been kept on his toes catering to competing interests within the “big tent” conservative movement.
  The balancing act has been evident in his grassroots guarantee of taking policy direction from UCP faithful while also vowing to overrule ideas he sees as destructive to the party.
  It’s been visible in his copious platform announcements, which have included reasonable, well-researched ideas t
  
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• Edmonton weather: 30 per cent chance of snow, 100 per cent chance of melting

  27-03-2019 13:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured 1.1 C with 10 winds of the north, northwest.
  Yes, we may see some snow this morning, but I’m not counting my eggs nor my chickens. Thirty per cent his hardly a sure thing and even if it does snow it’ll be gone by tomorrow as temperatures are expected to hold steady in that 6-8 C range for the rest of the week and heading into the we
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Trust those who report potholes

  27-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I am puzzled by the way the city responds to reported potholes on its webpage. I just reported a pothole on our street and received a reply that they are going to dispatch a supervisor to inspect my report and check to see if it warrants a repair.
  Is this for real? Does the city actually think citizens are sitting at their computers reporting fictitious locations?
  Barry Newcombe, Edmonton
  Warnings about laser therapy
  Re. “It’s OK to thrive,” March 25
  The Journal published an ar
  
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• Opinion: Doorsteps are a powerful election forum for candidates and voters

  27-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In case you are wondering, today is day nine of the 28-day Alberta election campaign. The good, bad and the ugly of Election 2019 are very apparent in the first week — all being amplified on every platform from print, radio, television to everything virtual. The challenge is how will you make your decision in this environment?
  In my mind there is absolutely no excuse to miss this opportunity to define your Alberta. It is a privilege, not a right, to govern. Candidates must earn every vote
  
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• Opinion: Alberta election promises on equalization ring hollow

  27-03-2019 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Once more it is election time and, as often happens in provincial elections, a federal dynamic kicks in and parties try to use the federal system to their advantage targeting the government in Ottawa and its policies as the enemy. This leads to all sorts of promises and claims made to gain votes. A recent statement by UCP Leader Jason Kenney is reflective of this tactic.
  “If the federal government continues its attacks through the National Energy Board (NEB) and the federal carbon tax, the
  
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• Oil Spills: Reasons to watch the Edmonton Oilers as season nears end

  27-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about what Edmonton Oilers fans can look forward to watching over the last few games of the 2018-19 season with the team out of the NHL playoff picture.
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Nicholson becomes lightning rod for frustrated Oilers fans

  27-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers Entertainment Group chief executive officer Bob Nicholson’s recent comments about Edmonton Oilers forward Tobias Rieder — Nicholson blamed Rieder, who hasn’t scored a goal all season, for the team’s failure to secure a playoff spot — turned Nicholson into a lightning rod among many Oilers fans, a figure onto which they turned their frustrations over yet another losing season — 12 of the last 13 of them out of the NHL playoffs.
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• Elise Stolte: Highway builders warn Alberta heading for a shock as pavement condition slides

  27-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you thought potholes in Edmonton were bad, just wait till you drive some Alberta highways.
  Alberta now has a greater share of its highways in “very poor” condition than any other province in Canada. And that’s bad, because Alberta also has more highways than any other province in Canada.
  Look at a map. Our highways spin off almost everywhere.
  For at least the last 10 years, officials have been warning that Alberta’s base budget for maintaining highways is not enough to
  
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• David Staples: Edmonton cannabis plant part of Canadian push for global business

  27-03-2019 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s legalization of cannabis is boosting Edmonton cannabis companies like Radient Technologies, giving them a head start when it comes to developing new cannabis processing technology and products.
  “You’re seeing the Canadians as the leaders globally,” says CEO Denis Taschuk of Radient, a company that uses microwave technology to extract pure Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) compounds from hemp and cannabis on an industrial scale. Those compounds will
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton Oilers convert Quick start into blowout win over Kings on Hat Trick Night

  27-03-2019 09:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kings 4, Oilers 8
  Goals were cheaper by the dozen in Edmonton’s downtown arena on Monday night. The Oilers scored early and often, got a little sloppy in the middle frame, but ultimately rolled to an 8-4 win over Los Angeles Kings. After an entire season without a single hat trick by any Oiler, two of Edmonton’s primary scorers, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, both lit the lamp three times. Connor McDavid added a goal and three helpers
  The Oil had plenty of trouble with a cou
  
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• Fire crews investigating blaze on Grandin LRT station tracks

  27-03-2019 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Train service through the Grandin LRT station was shut down for about an hour as a small fire flamed on the tracks Tuesday evening.
  Fire crews arrived on scene to the station near 110 Street and 99 Avenue at 7:12 p.m. for reports of a fire on the platform level, spokeswoman Kristi Bland said.
  The fire was determined to be “on the tracks below the platform” and was declared out at 7:49 p.m.
  There’s a fire in Grandin Station. Emergency Service have been called. Stay clear! #yeg p
  
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• Toronto City Council 'on notice' over proposed oil lawsuit: Kenney

  27-03-2019 03:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is putting Toronto City Council on notice.
  Kenney is upset at a motion by Coun. Mike Layton, who has proposed suing oil and gas companies over climate change.
  With the election now in full swing, Kenney took time out at a Tuesday campaign announcement in Edmonton to say he’d written to Toronto Mayor John Tory to slam the motion as “injurious to national unity,” “divisive,” and “damaging to Canada’s economy.”&
  
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• Press Gallery interview: Jason Kenney's education platform explained

  27-03-2019 03:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A United Conservative Party government would proclaim a seven-year-old piece of education legislation, turfing some legal protections for Alberta LGBTQ students and school staff introduced by the NDP government, Jason Kenney announced Monday.
  Join Dave Breakenridge and Janet French as they dive into the details of the far reaching education platform.
   
  
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• 'Always laughing, joking': Friend of hookah bar shooting victim saw pal hours before death

  27-03-2019 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aklilu Mengiste saw his friend hours before he was shot dead Sunday morning by a gunman who fired into the windows of a Whyte Avenue hookah bar in the city’s latest homicide.
  “He told me, ‘I’ll be back,’ and that’s what happened after,” said Mengiste, of the 1:30 a.m. killing at Xhale Lounge, 8120 101 St.
  Mengiste operates Ertale Lounge at 124 Street and 118 Avenue.
  An autopsy Tuesday morning determined 26-year-old Abubeker Gemechu Abduraman, known to fr
  
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• Watch: Kenney clarifies his stance on GSAs

  27-03-2019 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  UCP leader Jason Kenney clarified his postion on Gay Straight Alliances in Alberta schools at a media event on Tuesday.
  Kenney said he and his party support GSAs, but using legislation is not a moderate approach.
  “Let highly trained teachers and principles make a decision on a case-by-case basis of what’s in the best interest of the child,” he said.
  Kenney announced Monday that a UCP government would proclaim a seven-year-old piece of education legislation, replacing Alberta&rs
  
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• Watch: Maintenance to LRT line leading to closed station, temporary changes to service

  27-03-2019 01:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Craig McKeown, director of engineering and maintenance for Edmonton Transit, and Brad Smid, acting director of LRT infrastructure delivery, outline upcoming transit changes at Central LRT station in Edmonton, on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The station will be closed from April 6-27 for maintenance and upgrades as part of the city’s TLC for LRT program.
  The program will see upgrades and maintenance conducted on the station and on surface tracks. Capital and Metro Line LRT service frequency and
  
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• Alberta Teachers' Association slams UCP education platform

  27-03-2019 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Solutions to the biggest problems facing Alberta’s schools are absent from the United Conservative Party’s K-12 education platform, the Alberta Teachers’ Association said.
  The UCP education platform, released Monday, fails to tackle ballooning Alberta class sizes and an impending crisis of educating children with complex needs, ATA president Greg Jeffery said Tuesday.
  He flagged the UCP’s plan to increase high-stakes testing, roll back protections for students in gay-stra
  
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• Watch: Kenney unveils skills training program

  27-03-2019 00:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  UCP leader Jason Kenney rolled out his vision for a more skills training for young people in Alberta if they win the spring election.
  His plan includes more vocational schools, an Alberta trades hall of fame and getting junior high school kids working on job sites.
  At the heart of Kenney’s skills training platform was his belief in a dichotomy between the worth placed on university degrees versus trade qualifications.
  His proposals were largely based on Germany’s trades education mod
  
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• Is a fix in the works? Main St. in Albert Lea remains under water - KIMT 3

  27-03-2019 00:26 via kimt.com
  Is a fix in the works? Main St. in Albert Lea remains under water  KIMT 3We're learning what the city and state are doing to fix the problem.
  
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