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• Riding profile: Drayton Valley-Devon

  14-04-2019 23:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 46,637
  Eligible voters: 32,291
  The candidates
  Carol Nordlund Kinsey, independent candidate for Drayton Valley-Devon in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Carol Nordlund Kinsey, independent
  Age: 56
  Occupation: Marriage commissioner
  Reason for running: “My campaign is based on four principles. 1) Return our province from party politics to people politics. I believe in direct democracy. 2) I believe in initiative, referendum and recall for elected officials. 3) I would work towards an imm
  
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• About 696,000 early-voting Albertans set advance polls record

  14-04-2019 23:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A record number of Albertans flocked to the polls in five days of advance voting, amounting to more than 25 per cent of eligible voters.
  “I think we’re all very excited over here by how big of a turnout it was,” said Pamela Renwick, director of operations and communications with Elections Alberta. “It’s pretty amazing.”
  The early turnout of about 696,000 shattered the 2015 election total of 235,000 — around 10 per cent of eligible electors.
  Advance votin
  
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• Kenney stands by Calgary UCP candidate after RCMP search

  14-04-2019 23:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is standing by Calgary-East UCP candidate Peter Singh, whose auto-repair shop was searched by the RCMP Thursday night.
  Mounties seized a computer hard drive, other electronic devices and a suitcase from the Autopro location.
  Kenney had been silent on the issue this week, but told Postmedia in a brief exchange Sunday that he stands by Singh.
  “All I know is what you know,” Kenney said of the police investigation.
  The UCP leader was approached by
  
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• Riding profile: Leduc-Beaumont

  14-04-2019 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 48,337
  Eligible voters: 32,825
  The candidates
  Shaye Anderson, NDP candidate for Leduc-Beaumont in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Shaye Anderson, NDP
  Age: 44
  Occupation: Minister of municipal affairs
  Reason for running: “I want the best for Leduc-Beaumont, and for me that means continuing the work that our NDP government has been committed to for the past four years. Leduc and Beaumont are two of the fastest-growing municipalities in Alberta, and we need a government that will inves
  
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• 'Where is the morality?': Alberta Party calls for investigation into alleged robocall impersonation

  14-04-2019 22:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is calling this provincial election “one of the nastiest campaigns” in Alberta history after he was informed of a robocall impersonating him to endorse Jason Kenney and the UCP.
  “I’ve just had enough of it,” Mandel told media Sunday morning outside the Federal Building. “Where is the morality in politics? It’s getting so despicable.
  “We just want this stuff to stop. There’s two days left in the campaign. Ma
  
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• Riding profile: Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin

  14-04-2019 22:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 43,798
  Eligible voters: 26,883
  The candidates
  Bruce Hinkley, NDP candidate for Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Bruce Hinkley, NDP
  Age: 70
  Occupation: Educator, principal, small business owner, non-profit executive director
  Reason for running: “I am fighting for universal health care which makes life better for Albertans. I’m also very proud of our accomplishments as a government —funding new schools, hospitals and other important infrastructure pr
  
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• Riding profile: Strathcona-Sherwood Park

  14-04-2019 21:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 47,853
  Eligible voters: 33,859
  The candidates
  Albert Aris, Green Party of Alberta candidate for Strathcona-Sherwood Park in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Albert Aris, Green Party of Alberta
  Age: 67
  Occupation: Residential energy assessor
  Reason for running: “To open the door for the Green party in this riding.”
  Priorities: This is a long-term plan to get Green awareness in the riding.
  Don Melanson, Alberta Advantage Party candidate for Strathcona-Sherwood Park in the 2019 Al
  
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• Riding profile: Sherwood Park

  14-04-2019 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 45,992
  Eligible voters: 33,768
  The candidates
  Chris Glassford, Alberta Advantage Party candidate for Sherwood Park in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Chris Glassford, Alberta Advantage Party
  Age: 44
  Occupation: Commercial security installer
  Reason for running: “Proper change cannot be achieved from behind a keyboard. A leap of faith is sometimes the best course of action.”
  Priorities: The will of the constituents ultimately wins, making my personal priorities irrelevant; upgra
  
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• Nick Lees: Edmontonians raise $113,000 to help feed children at Ecuador orphanage

  14-04-2019 21:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Craig Hamaliuk told his friends at a dinner last week that the orphanage they had supported in the village of Zumbahua, Ecuador was out of food money.
  “We need to raise $400 a month to make sure these youngsters living in extreme poverty have a hot meal every day for the next year,” said Hamaliuk, an Edmonton personal fitness trainer.
  His heart went out, he said, to the volunteers who work in this small village four hours from Quito and nestled 14,000 ft. up in the Andean foothills.
  
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• Riding profile: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville

  14-04-2019 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 52,141
  Eligible voters: 35,488
  The candidates
  Jessica Littlewood, NDP candidate for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville. in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Jessica Littlewood, NDP
  Age: 36
  Occupation: Executive assistant, Ernst & Young LLP
  Reason for running: “Growing up in a working class home I learned that Alberta was not built for families like mine. With a single father who worked in the trades and a mother with complex health needs I know the struggle of navigating government supp
  
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• Riding profile: Morinville-St. Albert - Edmonton Journal

  14-04-2019 19:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Riding profile: Morinville-St. Albert  Edmonton JournalPopulation: 50225Eligible voters: 34332The candidatesNatalie Birnie, NDPAge: 57Occupation: Executive director, Acheson Business AssociationReason for ...
  
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• Riding profile: Morinville-St. Albert

  14-04-2019 19:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 50,225
  Eligible voters: 34,332
  The candidates
  Natalie Birnie, NDP candidate for Morinville-St. Albert in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Natalie Birnie, NDP
  Age: 57
  Occupation: Executive director, Acheson Business Association
  Reason for running: “I listened to Rachel Notley speak about the reasons people run for office. She spoke so passionately about public service that I felt my own call to service. I’ve served my community for years and now I feel that my acumen and instinc
  
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• CADTH conference brings 6,000 healthcare professional to Edmonton this week

  14-04-2019 18:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Hope and Hype of advancing medical systems will be the focus point next week as the annual Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH) symposium descends on the Edmonton Convention Centre.
  The annual conference will bring 6,000 healthcare professional to Alberta’s capital to discuss how a booming pipeline of changing drugs and health systems are offering patients with incurable diseases hope for a cure.
  “There’s a lot of hope that this new innovation, this ne
  
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• Riding profile: St. Albert

  14-04-2019 18:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Population: 47,745
  Eligible voters: 35,850
  Sheldon Gron, Alberta Independence Party candidate for St. Albert in the 2019 Alberta election.
  Sheldon Gron, Alberta Independence Party
  Age: 41
  Occupation: MWD field engineer
  Reason for running: “I grew tired of complaining about politics and decided that it was time to do something about it.”
  Priorities: To represent my constituency to the best of my ability; to make St. Albert and all of Alberta a better place to live for everyone; and to
  
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• Man dies in two-vehicle crash on south Edmonton Highway 2 overpass

  14-04-2019 17:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old man has died following a two-vehicle crash on a Highway 2 overpass in south Edmonton early Sunday morning.
  Police responded to the scene on the 41 Avenue SW overpass at Highway 2 around 2:30 a.m., spokesperson Carolin Maran said in a statement.
  It was reported a 2008 Jeep Wrangler was travelling north on the Highway 2 off-ramp and failed to stop for a red light at the intersection when it crashed into a 2009 Kia Rio on 41 Avenue SW eastbound on a green light, Maran said.
  Emergency
  
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• Who actually broke the Edmonton Oilers Department of Player Personnel and how Ralph Krueger could fix it: 9 Things

  14-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have an opportunity here. I wonder if they’re willing to go out and grab it?
  Former Edmonton Oilers head coach Ralph Krueger has spent most of the past 6 years as Chairman of Southampton, a soccer club in the English Premier League. Until this week,that is.
  A thoughtful man with a gift to be able to inspire people and an ability to extract the best from talent, Krueger not only survived the indignity of being unceremoniously fired by the Edmonton Oilers via Skype i
  
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• 'Seduction of secrecy': Will anyone fix Alberta's freedom of information system?

  14-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  To paramedics and hospital staff, it’s known as a Code Red — a case where there are no ambulances available to take a call.
  David Khan, leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, had heard the stories about the issue — how paramedics in some cases were waiting more than an hour to hand a patient over to ER staff and get back on the road.
  To understand the extent of the problem, the party needed data. So in 2017, the Liberals requested statistics through the province’s freedom o
  
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• 'A dream come true': New president of Labatt Canada pays first visit to Edmonton brewery

  14-04-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kyle Norrington’s first job out of university was to sell beer for Labatt to bars and restaurants in downtown Toronto.
  And 19 years later, after serving as the vice-president of global brands for the company, Norrington has returned to his roots as the president of Labatt Breweries of Canada — the first Canadian to hold the position in more than a decade.
  The Winnipeg native made his first trip as president to the Edmonton brewery last Monday to host a town hall meeting with the empl
  
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• Player grades: Joe Gambardella leads Bakersfield to Pacific-clinching win

  14-04-2019 08:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Bakersfield Condors? Damn good and stacked with young talent.
  It’s almost enough to console an Oilers fan at this time of year. Almost.
  The Ontario Reign, the worst team in the AHL’s Pacific Division, were never in this the game on Saturday night against Bakersfield, losing 6-3.
  Bakersfield, the Oil’s farm team, can now lay claim to being the best team in the division in the regular season.
  The Bake is cooking even without two highly-skilled players, Kailer Yamamoto and Eth
  
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• Edmonton Law Day hears mock case on mandatory breath samples

  14-04-2019 02:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the court of public opinion, it is constitutional for a police officer to ask a driver to provide a breath sample despite not having grounds to believe they may be impaired, those attending Law Day at the Edmonton courthouse decided Saturday.
  The mock constitutional appeal case heard arguments from defence lawyer Will Van Engen and Crown prosecutor Courtney Mah in a situation that will likely be heard as a real case in the future.
  It examines a change to the Criminal Code of Canada that came
  
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• Election Notebook: Advance polls oopsy and an Alberta Party diversity promise

  14-04-2019 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Advance polls last week saw around 235,000 Albertans cast a ballot, but some have been left scratching their heads after receiving notes from parties thanking them for their vote.
  In one such email provided to Postmedia, the United Conservative Party gave the recipient a virtual high-five of sorts.
  “You were part of a record-breaking turnout for early voting that shows Albertans are fired up for the election,” the party wrote.
  “Now that you’ve done the most important thin
  
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• Alberta election policy deep dive: Disability changes

  14-04-2019 00:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The UCP says it would remove a controversial IQ assessment for Alberta’s $853-million Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program should it win government, while the Alberta Party would back-fill benefits and introduce an Alberta Accessibility Act.
  Political parties don’t often create detailed disability platforms, but each has dedicated multiple pages of promises to persons with disabilities this election.
  The Alberta Liberal platform also included a page of disability pro
  
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