Crescent Heights student wins provincial piano composition award
Crescent Heights High School Grade 12 student Micah Sudom won a provincial prize in the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association Composition Competition for his piano piece In The Wild. He earned a $40 prize and a chance to enter the national contest. Sudom wrote the piece over six months and plans a free public concert at Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church at 2 p.m.
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Music Teachers Association
Crescent Heights
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Alberta health issues hantavirus risk and cleanup steps
Alberta Health Services warns of hantavirus risk and offers simple cleanup steps. Ventilate for 30 minutes before cleaning, wear gloves, soak droppings with bleach solution, avoid vacuuming, and dispose of waste in a sealed bag. Seek Health Link advice for significant infestations. Symptoms resemble flu and can appear within weeks. 11 Alberta cases were confirmed from 2014 to 2016, including one fatal.
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Alberta Health Services
Alberta
Supreme Court declines Lanny McDonald appeal on quarry dispute
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the investors led by Lanny McDonald in a dispute over Birch Mountain Resources. The case concerns how the Alberta lime stone quarry was lost to Brookfield Asset Management after financial trouble. Brookfield calls the claims meritless. earlier courts found no merit.
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Supreme Court of Canada
Lanny McDonald
Birch Mountain Resources Ltd
Alberta
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd
Calgary Flames
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Brookfield
Calgary
Court of Appeal
Supreme Court
Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer seeks United Conservative leadership
Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer announced he plans to seek the leadership of the new United Conservative Party if formed after a July vote. He urged a plan with jobs and social policy, criticizing NDP policies and arguing Albertans want substance over partisan noise. He has long ties to conservative movements in Manitoba and Alberta. The merger of the PCs and Wildrose is pending late July membership approval, followed by a leadership race and an October winner.
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Alberta
Calgary
Doug Schweitzer
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Rachel Notley
Jason Kenney
Pcs
Brian Jean
Wildrose
Notley defends two Fort McMurray fire reports progress
Premier Rachel Notley told the legislature that two independent reviews into the May 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire are imminent while the Wildrose opposition pushes for a judge led public inquiry. The blaze displaced over 80 000 people and caused extensive property damage with insurance claims expected to reach at least 3.8 billion. Jean of Fort McMurray Conklin argues for inquiry but won’t reveal alleged ground level negligence. Notley counters that facts from the reports must be reviewed first.
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Don T Get Sextorted Campaign Image Feature
An image from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection campaign Don't Get Sextorted Send a Naked Mole Rat is described as part of a safety outreach. The material emphasizes online risks and awareness messaging.
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Canadian Centre For Child Protection
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Centre For Child Protection
Canadian centre uses unclothed mole rat meme to curb sextortion
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection launches a humour based campaign in Winnipeg to help boys avoid sextortion by sending a meme of a naked mole rat. Executive director Lianna McDonald notes rising cases involving teenage boys and says the approach differs from earlier female focused efforts.
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Centre For Child Protection
Canada
Tpline
Lianna McDonald
McDonald
Ex-nurse in Ontario pleads guilty to eight murders
Elizabeth Wettlaufer admitted to using insulin to kill seniors in three long term care facilities and a private home over nearly a decade. She pleaded guilty to eight first degree murder counts four attempted murders and two aggravated assaults saying she acted under a belief she was an instrument of God.
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Elizabeth Wettlaufer
Wettlaufer
Canada
James Silcox
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