Edmonton Journal
GENERATING SOME NEW IDEAS
Inside the turbine room at the Rossdale Power Plant, past large gaps in the floor and teal-coloured consoles and railings that guests are told not to lean on, there is writing on the wall. “Last run of 10,000 parsons,” one reads, dated Feb. 4,...
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YOU KNOW THE DRILL
Workers with Alberco Construction drill a series of holes in the ice along the North Saskatchewan River north of the Dawson Bridge Wednesday as part of their rehabilitation work on the bridge. The project will address structural wear and extend the...
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THE BETTERDOME?
Todd Gilchrist, the vice-president of university services, operations and finance at the University of Alberta, unveils design changes Wednesday that will transform the exterior of the Universiade Pavilion, also known as the Butterdome.
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FRIGID FIREFIGHTERS
Members of Edmonton Fire Rescue Services practice cold-water rescue techniques Monday on the North Saskatchewan River near the Capilano Park boat launch. Daytime highs are not expected to crack the -10 C mark until Sunday.
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NUGE'S SILVER STICK
Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins celebrated his 1,000 NHL game Sunday at Rogers Place before he and his teammates took to the ice in a 5-0 win against the St. Louis Blues. Nugent-Hopkins potted a goal in the game, becoming just the 10th player to...
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XI WELCOMES STEADY STREAM OF LEADERS SHAKEN BY TRUMP'S NEW WORLD ORDER
Donald Trump's tariff war occupied U.S. allies for much of last year. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world's other major economy. South Korea's Lee Jae Myung kicked off the trend...
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WINTER BLOCK PARTY
Steve Buzak works on a sculpture for the Chiseled ice carving exhibition in Ice District Plaza Friday. Temperatures are expected to fall back below the freezing mark Sunday, which should help to preserve the ice carvers' intricate work.
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VIBRANT COMMUNITY
Mayor Andrew Knack launches the 2026 Chinatown Vibrancy Fund Tuesday during an event at the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative Society. The fund was created in 2024 to help support community projects in the struggling neighbourhood.
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WHEN THE MAGIC MELTS
Crews strive to preserve the melting Ice Castles attraction in downtown Edmonton on Monday. The attraction, featuring elaborate ice sculptures, has temporarily closed due to the recent warm weather, which will continue this week. Five-day forecast:
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RIVER VALLEY WALK
A pedestrian takes advantage of Thursday's nice weather to stroll through the river valley near Grant Notley Park. The weekend forecast calls for a high of 4 C and low of -1 C on Saturday, and high of 4 C and low of 0 C Sunday. See the extended...
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ICE CABIN FOR A CAUSE
Tyler Gamblin and his family built an ice cabin in their front yard they hope will help them raise $10,000 for children's sports charity Free Play for Kids. The cabin is made of 664 coloured blocks of ice that required almost 2,000 litres of water and...
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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
The sun sets behind a pedestrian walking along 101 Avenue near 96 Street Monday. Daytime highs of between -5 C and -7 C this week will give way to a warm spell, with highs expected to climb above the freezing mark Saturday and Sunday.
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`DERELICT' BUILDING BURNS
Firefighters work to control a blaze in an empty commercial building on 111 Avenue next to live entertainment venue The Aviary Sunday. The Aviary owner Philip Muz says he is unsure if a Friday show by local band Vanity Hour will be able to go ahead.
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WILL TOP U.S. COURT END THE TARIFF TURMOIL?
WASHINGTON 'Tis the season for renaming — everything from a cultural hub dedicated to a beloved slain president to new destroyers to 2025 itself. No, U.S. President Donald Trump hasn't labelled the year with his name, but his trade representative, in a...
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`A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS'
What do the remote town of Healy, Alaska, a Cessna 182 aircraft, an airport in Josephburg, Strathcona County, and a cattle ranch near Edmonton all have in common? They are all landmarks for the memories and sacrifices that helped build a unique road...
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DOWNHILL FROM HERE
Zaylah Effah, 8, and her father, Bismark, experience a wild ride after losing control of their sled Wednesday in Gallagher Park. Daytime highs are expected to remain in the -15 C range until Tuesday, when warmer air is expected to arrive.
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THE CLEANUP CONTINUES
Workers clear LRT tracks of ice and snow along 102 Avenue near 101 Street over the weekend. City officials say round-the-clock snow-clearing efforts are expected to continue into residential neighbourhoods over the next two weeks.
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THE WIZARD OF WINTER
Scott Campbell takes a stroll through the Ice Castles Saturday. Highs of between -5 C and -11C should keep the popular attraction looking good this week.
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DID TRUMP SAVE CANADA FROM BAD POLICY?
WASHINGTON, D.C. Prime Minister Mark Carney rescinded Canada's digital services tax (DST), a threeper-cent levy on digital services revenue from large domestic and foreign businesses, in June after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to halt trade...
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HOW MANY IS TOO MANY?
Health Canada has approved the first drug specifically developed to treat moderate to severe postpartum depression, a condition affecting roughly one in five women in Canada. ZURZUVAE, also known as zuranoline, is a 14-day treatment that helps the...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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City hall aims to balance the books
Years of financial surprises have left Edmonton with a depleted emergency fund, but city officials are now working to turn the corner on that deficit. Structural budget variances since the COVID-19 pandemic have eaten into the city's financial...
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BOOM & GLOOM
In one southwestern Ontario city, forever linked by history to all things jumbo, one of the world's largest automakers is building Canada's biggest factory — a $7-billion colossus expected to employ about 3,000 people. Only 50 kilometres away, in...
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SANTA GETS 625 HELPERS
Charlotte, 9, hugs Santa Claus Thursday during Kaleo Collective's annual Little Santas event at Londonderry Mall. During the two-day event, 625 children were able to pick out Christmas presents for their parents in a free store set up at the mall.
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THE TRADITION CONTINUES
Visitors check out the Christmas decorations along Candy Cane Lane Tuesday. The popular Crestwood neighbourhood attraction has been a holiday tradition since a group of area homeowners began decorating their properties in 1968.
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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
A lone busker sings Christmas carols Monday at Whyte Avenue and 106 Street in support of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
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`HOPE FOR OUR PEOPLE'
Grand Chief Greg Desjarlais of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations speaks Monday during the opening of Boyle Street Community Services' King Thunderbird Centre. The facility provides supports for people experiencing homelessness.
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Artists write accidentally complementary books
For the artist or artist-curious in your life, two Edmonton-forged authors have each just released terrific and philosophically useful non-fiction books, hilariously and sometimes painfully depicting their professional struggles amid wider, shakier...
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SERVICE WITH A SMILE
Volunteers with the Candora Society help serve a warm meal Thursday during the Holiday Community Lunch at the Abbottsfield Recreation Centre. The society expected to serve over 300 meals to some of the city's most vulnerable children and families. The...
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Return of Indigenous artifacts sparks `healing'
As a trove of Indigenous artifacts repatriated from Vatican vaults landed in Ottawa this week, Tanya Harnett's heart soared. The associate dean, Indigenous relations, for the arts faculty at the University of Alberta, Harnett is a member of...
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A SELFIE ON SKATES
A man takes a selfie during a workout on the Victoria Park Skating Oval Monday. The temperature is expected to fall to -24 C Thursday and -27 C Friday.
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MISSION OF MERCY
Kyang Chen and his 16-month-old daughter, Kaia, meet Santa Claus Monday at the Stollery Children's Hospital after St. Nick arrived in a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron. Children at the hospital...
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ONTARIO CITY A CENTRAL SPOT IN FENTANYL FIGHT
In an underworld of criminals, guns and deadly fentanyl, Windsor, Ont., is a national nexus. Windsor's place in the country's booming fentanyl trade was recently highlighted with a record-shattering 46-kilogram drug bust. The $6.5-million fentanyl...
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THE CAN MAN RETURNS
Dan Johnstone, a.k.a. Can Man Dan, began his 15th annual winter campout Friday at the Toys “R” Us on Gateway Boulevard. Every year, Johnstone camps in the cold while collecting food, toys and other donations for those in need during the holidays. He...
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ILLUMINATING EXPERIENCE
Premier Danielle Smith and Lt. Gov. Salma Lakhani throw the switch Wednesday night to light up the Alberta legislature grounds for the holidays. They were joined by Speaker Ric McIver, Elder Leonard Saddleback and Edmonton MP Eleanor Olszewski.
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Property tax increase creeps up
Property taxes for homeowners could now be going up to 6.92 per cent after council approved ongoing funding for Explore Edmonton Wednesday. But if one councillor had his way, next year's price-tag could have been substantially higher. Calling for...
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THE BUCKET BRIGADE
Workers make their way through the Ice Castles installation at Fan Park Tuesday. Organizers anticipate the icy attraction will open in late December if the weather co-operates. Temperatures are expected to plunge Friday.
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FIRE GUTS FORMER CHURCH
Flames billow from the church building at the corner of 96 Street and 106 Avenue Sunday. The 113-year-old structure, which was home to The Mustard Seed from 1988 to 2024, was slated for demolition due to significant structural concerns.
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WHY CHINESE EVS KEEP HAUNTING LIBERAL PRIME MINISTERS
OTTAWA Mark Carney has inherited Justin Trudeau's nightmare. In his decade as prime minister, one of the policy decisions that haunted Trudeau was the unavoidable question about whether to allow Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) into the Canadian...
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A CHRISTMAS SELFIE
A woman sets up a selfie in front of a giant Christmas tree at the LeMarchand Mansion in Oliver Friday. About 10 centimetres of snow has fallen on the city as November comes to a close. The cold is expected to ease up Sunday, but scattered flurries...
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`A GREAT DAY FOR ALBERTA'
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney have signed a deal putting in motion a plan to develop a new privately-funded oil pipeline through northern B.C. and address most of the federal environmental laws the province has taken...
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SKI SEASON BECKONS
Staff at the Edmonton Ski Club are hard at work with their snow cannons Wednesday as the weather conditions finally begin to co-operate. Temperatures are expected to stay well below the freezing mark into early next week.
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A WIN FOR THE POLICE
Staff Sgt. Marco Antonio from the Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement Section displays some of the items seized Sept. 23 when more than 200 police officers from several services in Alberta and B.C. descended on 40 sites known to be used by the One...
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ANGEL AND SINNER
Chucky the Angel, the Spruce Grove Saints' mascot, became a hit online last week after a video surfaced of him staring down a Vernon Vipers player who was in the penalty box during the Nov. 14 game. Chucky is played by 14-year-old Eric Weidman.
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IS YOUR DOCTOR GETTING PAYMENTS FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY?
In Canada, when a doctor hands you a prescription, you trust that what's been recommended is the best drug for your health. What you can't know is whether your physician has benefited financially from a relationship with the company that made the drug...
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SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE
Right up until Jake Walman's last-minute game-tying daysaver and the overtime goal from Jack Roslovic in Monday's Edmonton Oilers win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, the heroes getting the biggest applause were the Oilers Warriors. Poppies flooded...
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`EVERYONE IS AGREED THAT IT'S AWFUL'
SASKATOON You're a Canadian farm kid, sitting in a European trench in 1915. A man you've never met is dying across a stretch of open land, 100 yards away, as you pen a letter home. Death is everywhere. You've shot moving bodies, you've huddled against...
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BUILDER, CITY SPAR OVER LOT
In Raj Dhunna's eyes, the City of Edmonton is a pot that is calling the kettle black. Dhunna is the CEO of Regency Developments, which owns the site of the old Bank of Montreal Building at 101 Street and 102 Avenue. Five years ago, Regency's plan to...
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IN BLACK AND WHITE
Abby Rancier of Rancier Farms in Killam waits to take part in a livestock competition during Farmfair International at the Edmonton Expo Centre Wednesday. Farmfair is Alberta's largest beef cattle event. It runs until Saturday.
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A MOMENT OF MEMORY
Annunciation Catholic Elementary School Grade 5 student Mikayla Habiling takes part in the 15th annual No Stone Left Alone remembrance ceremony at Beechmount cemetery Wednesday, placing a poppy on the grave of a veteran. Prime Minister Mark Carney,...
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CARNEY'S FIRST BUDGET UNVEILED
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Prime Minister Mark Carney enter the House of Commons Tuesday before tabling the federal budget, a plan that contains new spending, cuts to the public service and a $78.3-billion deficit.
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Another infill build destroyed by fire
A single-family home under construction in south Edmonton burned down Sunday night, the sixth fire involving infill projects in weeks, with four cases ruled arson. Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services (EFRS) was on the ground at the 7139 Saskatchewan Dr....
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FROM FAMILY HOME TO IRAQI SPOILS
Mayer Lawee, an 86-year-old Montreal man, remembers a childhood in his family's elegant mansion, built by his father and uncle in the heart of Baghdad, Iraq's quixotic capital, especially family weddings in the walled gardens with its tiered fountains,...
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THE BUCK STARTS HERE
Famed bucking bull Black Jack and his pen-pal Big Easy were corralled at Ice District Plaza Thursday to hobnob with the public and promote the 2025 Professional Bull Riders Canada National Finals, which will be held at Rogers Place Nov. 14-15.
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TEEN REBELLION?
Students from Bellerose Composite High School in St. Albert gather on St. Albert Trail Thursday to protest the province's use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work. Students at more than 70 other schools also walked out in protest.
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Teachers union vows to fight on
The union representing striking Alberta teachers is vowing to launch a legal challenge of the government's back-to-work bill that was passed through the province's legislature in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Bill 2, the Back to School Act, was...
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BLAZE IN BELGRAVIA
Firefighters work to contain a blaze that consumed a mid-block multi-unit residential structure under construction on 77 Avenue near 116 Street in the neighbourhood of Belgravia Sunday night. The fire destroyed a neighbouring home and damaged two...
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ACCESS TO CHEAP CANADIAN MEDS ON LIFE SUPPORT
Linda Klonsky usually orders her prescription eye drops from a Canadian pharmacy that charges US$250 for a three-month supply. But that came to an abrupt halt late this summer when it came time for her to reorder, as the Trump administration's latest...
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A PROUD MOMENT
Members of Recruit Training Class 163 officially graduated into the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), the Lakeshore Regional Police Service and the Lacombe Police Service Friday during a ceremony at city hall. Forty of the new officers will be joining the...
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SIGNS OF DISCONTENT
Busloads of teachers visit the Alberta legislature Thursday to rally for a deal as their strike drags into its third week. Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday her government will introduce back-to-work legislation Monday.
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Police search for remains after break in 1990 disappearance of woman, 83
Police have a suspect, now they need to find the body of an elderly Edmonton widow, missing for 35 years. They believe Ruth Clarke, 83, was killed and thrown down an abandoned rural well somewhere north of St. Albert in November 1990. Now they have to...
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`This victory belongs to all of us': Knack wins as Cartmell concedes
Andrew Knack is poised to be Edmonton's next mayor. Second-place finisher Tim Cartmell conceded at 2 p.m. Tuesday, almost a day after polls closed at 8 p.m. Monday. “This victory belongs to all of us,” said Knack Tuesday afternoon from his Old...
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SHAPING THE FUTURE
A voter arrives at Earl Buxton School to cast a ballot in Monday's municipal election. For up-to-the-minute results, please visit EDMONTONJOURNAL.COM.
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BEAR THE WORST OF HISTORIC WILDFIRE SEASON
Fire WE025 started small. But in late May, hot and dry conditions and gusty winds whipped it into an out-of-control inferno. Over 116 days, it swept across northwestern Manitoba, chewing up 447,000 acres of boreal forest — an area larger than Houston —...
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MAKING ALBERTA BETTER
Philanthropist and human rights lawyer Douglas Stollery receives the Alberta Order of Excellence from the Lieutenant Governor Salma Lakhani Thursday at Government House. Other recipients from Edmonton include lawyer, developer and investor John Day and...
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Angry teachers rally outside State of the Province event
Hundreds of teachers and supporters rallied outside Rogers Centre on Thursday morning while Premier Danielle Smith spoke at the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce's State of the Province Address. Teachers are nearing the end of Week 2 since 51,000 Alberta...
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PICK YOUR NEW PLATE
The provincial government said Wednesday it is revamping the province's licence plates, scrapping the “Wild Rose Country” slogan in favour of “Strong and Free.” Albertans will be able to vote online for one of eight different plate designs.
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Police bust opium farm in northeast after a `very quick' investigation
Opium poppies aren't native to Canada. It takes special soil and fertilizer to grow them in the Canadian climate. That's why an early summer discovery of a farmer's field in northeast Edmonton, filled with 60,000 growing poppy plants, was very...
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A BURST OF FLAVOURS
Instructor Kelsey Johnson and student Angelica Hernandez blend carrots and peas with butter, lemon juice and seasoning as NAIT's culinary arts program lends several helping hands to assist the annual Boyle Street Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday.
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T. REX IN HOT PURSUIT
Finn Ferne, 4, poses for a photo as he and his dad check out the Canadian premiere of Jurassic World by Brickman at Telus World of Science on Friday. More than two years, six million LEGO bricks and 10,000 build hours went into the creation of the...
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NATURE'S PALETTE
A cyclist is surrounded by fall colours in Wolf Willow Ravine Wednesday. The warm temperatures are on their way out, with a high of 9 C expected for Saturday before a drop to just 2 C for Sunday and Monday.
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CLEANLINESS CONCERNS BEGIN TO BOIL OVER
Nearly 20 years after exposing a lack of transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system, the Edmonton Journal has teamed up with MacEwan University to explore ongoing issues in how food safety standards are enforced, including lengthy gaps...
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