St. Albert news

• Nick Lees: Edmonton man, 69, set to crush Empire State Building fundraising stair run

  21-04-2019 22:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Clive Burke was a finger click away from deleting a phone message that would have seen him delete the chance to tick off a bucket list dream.
  “I was quickly deleting old messages on my phone when I luckily spotted one I’d overlooked,” says Burke, 69. “It said I’d been drawn for the May 14 Empire State Building Run-Up in New York.”
  Instead of running up a hill, participants climb the world’s most famous skyscraper.
  It’s a gut-busting, lung-searing,
  
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• Man pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 downtown Edmonton shooting

  21-04-2019 22:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who admitted to shooting a man across the street from an Edmonton casino three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for ten years.
  Pat Vincent Campiou pleaded guilty earlier this month to second-degree murder for his role in the death of Darren Sinner.
  Sinner was shot in the abdomen across the street from the now-shuttered Baccarat Casino at 101 Street and 104 Avenue just after midnight on Feb. 21, 2016.
  An agreed statement of facts signed April 15 states
  
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• Has Mark Hunter emerged as the leading candidate for the Edmonton Oilers General Manager Job?: 9 Things

  21-04-2019 16:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  I don’t know about you, but I watch every Stanley Cup playoff game through an Edmonton Oilers lens.
  Each game, each circumstance, I find my self wondering how they existing roster would perform and based on that…what changes have to be made in the off-season for that to become reality. Some of those situations give me hope and confidence. Other remind me of how hard of a road it is going to be.
  In the meantime, here are some real-world Oilers goings on, including some news on the G.
  
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• Somaliland Independence celebration in north Edmonton

  21-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Celebrations were underway Saturday evening as hundreds gathered at a north Edmonton venue to mark the 28th anniversary of Somaliland.
  Somaliland — a semi-autonomous region in the northwest of Somalia that declared itself an independent country in 1991 — operates as a democracy, with its own elections, currency and judicial system.
  Somaliland Independence Day, for expats at the event, many of them donning the colours of the Somaliland flag — red, green and white — is a wa
  
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• 'Get on it': Police chief shines light on Edmonton's meth problem

  21-04-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city police Chief Dale McFee knows that right now, fentanyl and marijuana are the drugs grabbing most of the headlines.
  But it’s another drug that has him concerned these days.
  McFee at a Thursday police commission meeting once again raised concerns about the prevalence of crystal meth on Edmonton streets.
  McFee said the drug is disproportionately showing up in calls for service — contrasting meth, a stimulant, with opioids like fentanyl, which are depressants and often make
  
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• Player grades: Tough night for Bakersfield and prospect Shane Starrett in 4-1 loss

  21-04-2019 09:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Bakersfield Condors came out flat and their conservative trapping style didn’t create a truly excellent scoring chance until mid-way through the second period.
  Colorado scored an early goal off a botched faceoff play. The Eagles played harder and scored more, winning 4-1 to even this playoff series at one win each.Joe Gambardella, 5. One of the Bake’s only glimmers in the first came when Gambardella almost stuffed in a shot off a Patrick Russell feed. Gambardella made a second pe
  
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• Man injured when train and cyclist collide in Wetaskiwin

  21-04-2019 05:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 24-year-old man riding a bicycle was seriously injured and airlifted to hospital in Edmonton after he collided with a train.
  The man was cycling near 47 Avenue and 49 Street in Wetaskiwin when he was struck by a CP Rail train, RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Laurel Scott said Saturday. Police received a call about the collision just before 5 p.m.
  Paramedics initially took the man to hospital in Wetaskiwin, then STARS Air Ambulance took him to hospital in Edmonton. Scott did not know if his injuries were
  
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