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• Elise Stolte: New street festival aims to grow into all corners of Edmonton

  05-04-2019 23:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a strange request heading to city hall Tuesday.
  Or at least is looks strange if all you read is a city report recommending council approve spending $58,000 to shut Jasper Avenue to vehicles for one Sunday in August.
  Is it those crazy cyclists and a “war on cars” again? No. Far from it. Think of this as a neighbourhood-wide block party and local business booster. It’s a pilot project that could spread across the city to be so much more.
  Paths for People has been wo
  
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• Edmonton's top cop of 2018 honoured for keeping Candy Cane Lane alive

  05-04-2019 23:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Kiwanis Club of Edmonton’s top cop of 2018 is being recognized for his work keeping the city’s Candy Cane Lane running.
  “When you become a police officer, you come with that belief system that you’re part of the community, you give back to community, that’s why I became a police officer,” said award winner Staff Sgt. Duane Hunter.
  Candy Cane Lane is a neighbourhood in the west Edmonton community of Crestwood that partners with the Edmonton Food Bank to rai
  
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• Alberta Election Day 18: Police say 'numerous reports' of election signs being vandalized

  05-04-2019 23:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 18 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 Who are the candidates in my riding: A guide to Alberta's 2019 provincial election They're not just different, they're miles apart. Here's how the NDP and UCP platforms compare. Alberta Party promises 3,500 long-term care beds, seniors' ministry
  Election sign vandalis
  
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• Watch: Leon Draisaitl cool as a cucumber as he approaches fifty goals

  05-04-2019 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers’ forward Leon Draisaitl was typically reserved after practice, saying that while fifty goals would be a record to celebrate, he wasn’t pushing himself too hard to make it happen. Rather, he’s going to lace up against the Calgary Flames on Saturday as he would any other regular season game, hoping that good play and good teammates will get him, his stick and thus the puck just to where they need to go.
  “I’m happy with how I’ve played this season
  
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• Canines clean up well with mudroom dog washes

  05-04-2019 21:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mudrooms, it seems, are going to the dogs. But in a good way.
  They’re no longer just for dumping coats, wet or dirty footwear, or hockey gear. Today’s newest versions are getting a makeover tailored to keeping our four-legged friends clean with dog wash stations now front and centre.
  A number of Edmonton-area home builders are adding these mutt-friendly mudrooms as an option on new builds and previewing them in their show homes. Others have already built some for their clients and th
  
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• IN PHOTOS: Check out thousands of orchids in St. Albert this weekend - Global News

  05-04-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  IN PHOTOS: Check out thousands of orchids in St. Albert this weekend  Global NewsThe 42nd Annual Orchid Fair celebrates the art of orchid growing and helps people learn more about the beautiful blooms.
  
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• IN PHOTOS: Check out thousands of orchids in St. Albert this weekend

  05-04-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  The 42nd Annual Orchid Fair celebrates the art of orchid growing and helps people learn more about the beautiful blooms.
  
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• The Candidate tickles the audience with political mayhem and dirty habits

  05-04-2019 20:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Live theatre is meant to trigger conversation among audience members. What did you think? How did it make you feel? Where is the cheapest parking? Edmontonians have come to enjoy all those queries while experiencing an evening at the Citadel.
  But after attending both plays in the farcical diptych currently on stage at The Citadel complex — The Party and The Candidate — I was left with one overwhelming question. What is the business model for this madcap approach?
  The two comic plays,
  
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• Alberta Election Day 18: Alberta Party pledges 3,500 long term care beds, Kenney to discuss job numbers

  05-04-2019 19:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Day 18 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 Who are the candidates in my riding: A guide to Alberta's 2019 provincial election They're not just different, they're miles apart. Here's how the NDP and UCP platforms compare.
  Rachel Notley in Ardrossan, Sherwood Park, Grande Prairie
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley
  
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• Conversion therapy stances, sexist book, put candidates under spotlight

  05-04-2019 18:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Questions about the character and religious underpinnings of some seeking office in Alberta’s provincial election continued to ricochet around the political ecosystem in the third week of the campaign, putting a handful of candidates under the spotlight.
  A UCP-alligned third-party advertiser called Shaping Alberta’s Future unveiled a new attack website called NDPFacts.ca. Its first NDP target was Calgary-Klein NDP candidate Craig Coolahan, who once contributed as an editor to a book
  
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• Edmonton man faces additional terrorist hoax, public mischief charges

  05-04-2019 18:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man is facing additional terrorism hoax charges as the Alberta RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) investigates a letter threatening Canadian and U.S. citizens.
  The INSET team responded March 26 after a letter indicating that a man was planning acts of terrorism against citizens in both countries was received by the U.S. Consulate in Calgary, RCMP said in a news release last week.
  Investigators eventually determined that the suspect had drafted and distributed
  
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• Commuter Alert: Head on collision slowing Stony plain road

  05-04-2019 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Traffic is being diverted from Highway 627 as Stony Plain RCMP attend the scene of a head-on collision.
  The collision occurred on the highway near range road 275, traffic is now being diverted to Highway 779 and Campsite Road.
  It was not immediately available if anyone was injured in the accident. Spruce Grove and Enoch RCMP are also on scene.
  Stony Plain is approximately 42 kilometres west of Edmonton.
   
  
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• Edmonton weather: Mix of sun and cloud was the name of my high school band

  05-04-2019 15:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured -2 C with 11 km/h winds out of the southeast contributing to a -5 wind chill.
  Ya it’s Friday with a high of 9 C and of course a mix of sun and clouds. Well for some people that means no work on the weekend. For some it means maybe heading out to a lake, seeing a movie, seeing friends at a movie.
  So whatever the weekend means to you do it wel
  
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• Friday's letters: Endlessly rebuilding Oilers should look to Vegas

  05-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Oilers have done it again — missed the playoffs, and that will continue until we get a number 1 goaltender. Need proof? Look no further than the Las Vegas Golden Knights; two years ago they had no superstars, only journeymen, except one, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, and they went on to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  They have done it again this year, albeit with a few stars. So Bob Nicholson should appoint Keith Gretzky as GM and let him find a number 1 goaltender and a couple journeymen f
  
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• Prairie Sky Gondola pitch sails back to committee

  05-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The private group hoping to build a gondola connecting Whyte Avenue, Rossdale and downtown Edmonton will return to city hall next Tuesday to negotiate next steps.
  “This is just the furthest thing from a half-baked high school idea, and I think on Tuesday Edmontonians are going to really realize just how realistic this is,” said Prairie Sky Gondola‘s Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson on Thursday.
  Hansen-Carlson is one of 18 business people and developers who teamed up to try and make an ur
  
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• Omar Khadr is a free man. Does the U.S. care?

  05-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  For nearly seven years, Canadian court rulings over the fate of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr have prompted speculation over what, if anything, the latest legal wrangling means for relations between Canada and the U.S.
  An Edmonton court ruling last week is proving no different.
  Khadr walked out of court in Edmonton last Monday a free man after a hearing that hinged in part on Canada’s prisoner transfer laws and a treaty with the U.S.
  During the hearing — the last of
  
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• David Staples: Trudeau ban on tanking Alberta crude is 'unCanadian,' former Liberal MP says

  05-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Trudeau Liberals are now proceeding with their pipeline-killing, economy-crushing recipe to landlock future Alberta oilsands development.
  Maybe they will wake up to the harm that they’re now engaged in. Fortunately, it’s still not too late on a few key files, including Bill C-48, the proposed tanker ban of Alberta crude oil on the northwest B.C coast.
  Federal leaders have certainly heard enough damning testimony about this unnecessary and misguided ban, most recently from former
  
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• Petal peddlers from across the world bring exotic beauties to St. Albert orchid show - CBC.ca

  05-04-2019 09:00 via cbc.ca
  Petal peddlers from across the world bring exotic beauties to St. Albert orchid show  CBC.caAmong the hundreds of orchids on display in St. Albert at the 42nd Annual Orchid Fair this weekend, it takes a special kind of flower to stand out.
  
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• IN PHOTOS: Check out thousands of orchids in St. Albert this weekend - Globalnews.ca

  05-04-2019 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  IN PHOTOS: Check out thousands of orchids in St. Albert this weekend  Globalnews.caThe 42nd Annual Orchid Fair celebrates the art of orchid growing and helps people learn more about the beautiful blooms.
  
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• Player grades: Draisaitl makes it exciting but Oilers close out home slate with another loss

  05-04-2019 08:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sharks 3, Oilers 2
  Some drama to the very last of Edmonton Oilers’ 41st and final home game of the season, but the outcome was all too familiar for the home faithful as the Oil fell 3-2 in regulation to San Jose Sharks.
  This was the Leon Draisaitl Show, as the Oilers’ young scoring star sniped his 48th and 49th goals of the season and came oh-so-close to #50. Alas, despite several good looks down the stretch Leon was unable to light the lamp again for what would have been the ultimat
  
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• Watch: Alberta Leaders Post Debate Commentary

  05-04-2019 07:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s four major political party leaders comment after a televised debate in Edmonton on Thursday April 4, 2019. NDP Leader Rachel Notley, UCP Leader Jason Kenney, Alberta Liberal Party Leader David Khan and Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel faced off in what is expected to be the only leaders debate of the 2019 election campaign that will conclude with the provincial election on April 16, 2019. Leaders debates have proven to be crucial for all parties in determining the outcome
  
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• Elise Stolte: No clear debate winner as long-shot parties fail to score points needed

  05-04-2019 05:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thursday night’s party leaders’ forum was a good debate but not one I see shifting the course of this election as dramatically as the 2015 debate did.
  Here’s my quick take: there was no clear winner. With a so-far polarized campaign between the NDP and the UCP, this was the chance for the Alberta Liberal leader or the Alberta Party leader to steal the show. Here’s how I think each leader did.
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel
  Mandel needed a big win. He needed to channe
  
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• Alberta Election 2019: Party leaders break out their greatest hits in 90-minute debate

  05-04-2019 05:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Four party leaders put their best sales pitches forward Thursday to an Alberta-wide audience in the only debate scheduled during a 28-day campaign so far weighed down by mud-slinging between an NDP looking to win a second term and a UCP anxious to put the province back in conservative hands. 
  The UCP, NDP, Liberal and Alberta Party leaders sparred over pipelines, balancing the budget, health care, education and more. But in some of the most contentious exchanges of the night, the candidates
  
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• Keith Gerein: Leaders' debate a good show, but offered little help to undecided voters

  05-04-2019 05:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  There were engaging discussions on health care and pipelines, pointed exchanges on social issues, a couple of zingers and even a surprise suggestion of marijuana smoking.
  Thursday night’s Alberta election debate was a lively affair at times, featuring four well-prepared, intelligent party leaders.
  But it’s hard to see it as a decisive event, with no one delivering that much sought-after but incredibly rare “knockout blow.”
  Of course that won’t stop claims of victory
  
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• Edmonton police issue warning on release of convicted sex offender

  05-04-2019 03:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are warning to the public about the release of a convicted sex offender, and have reason to believe he may offend again.
  Police said in a news release Thursday that 47-year-old convicted sexual offender Calvin Soosay will be residing in the Edmonton area and the service has “reasonable grounds” to believe he will commit another sexual offence against girls under the age of 16.
  Edmonton police said they will be issuing a recognize order on Soosay and he will be monitor
  
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• Edmonton man wanted on drug importation charges turned himself in to police

  05-04-2019 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man wanted by RCMP on drug importation charges has turned himself in to police.
  The Federal Serious and Organized Crime North unit alongside the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics Unit seized 4.75 kilograms of opium on March 21.
  A warrant was issued for the arrest of Shahriyar Dolat Khah Bachchek, 39, of Edmonton after he was charged with importation of opium and possession for the purpose of trafficking. He has since turned himself into police, an RCMP news release said Thursday.
  Klara Bie
  
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• City councillor calls for bylaw change to ban conversion therapy

  05-04-2019 01:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton city councillor wants to find a way for the city to crack down on the pseudo-scientific and discredited practice of conversion therapy.
  Conversion therapy claims to be able to change someone’s sexuality or gender orientation through spiritual or therapeutic intervention, but the practice has been found to cause harm and has been rejected by scientific and health bodies around the world, such as the Canadian Psychological Association.
  Ward 4 Coun. Aaron Paquette said that after
  
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• Watch: Alberta Leaders Debate 2019

  05-04-2019 01:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Leaders of four Alberta political parties — Rachel Notley of the Alberta NDP, Jason Kenney of the the United Conservative Party, Stephen Mandel of the Alberta Party, and David Khan of the Alberta Liberal Party — debate issues surrounding the province ahead of the provincial election.
  Related Alberta Election 2019: Here's what the NDP, UCP and other parties have promised so far Who are the candidates in my riding: A guide to Alberta's 2019 provincial election They're not just differen
  
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• Alberta leaders square off in much-anticipated debate

  05-04-2019 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta political leaders are squaring off to win votes Thursday in a televised debate that’s sure to touch on topics ranging from the economy to education.
  The much-anticipated debate between NDP Leader Rachel Notley, UCP Leader Jason Kenney, Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel and Liberal Leader David Khan comes during the third week of campaigning before Albertans head to the polls April 16.
  Political pundits will no doubt be watching to see which leader takes the bulk of criticism from
  
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• Employee charged after bomb threat at Edmonton International Airport

  05-04-2019 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton International Airport employee has been charged after a bomb threat was made, say RCMP.
  Edmonton International Airport RCMP (EIA) responded to a bomb threat heard over the Public Address system around 1:27 p.m. on March 24, said police in a Thursday release.
  An immediate investigation was launched, but shortly after, the threat was determined to be a hoax, and no flights were delayed as a result.
  “We took this situation very seriously” says Sgt. Beth Philipp of
  
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