-The Alberta Electric System Operator told EPCOR to manage power consumption earlier this morning in the province, and so rotating outages were in effect in Edmonton.
The system operator issues an alert when the power system is under stress, and this morning’s problem was caused by an “unexpected outage of thermal generation”.
We’ve been checking the outages map, and it appears things are back to normal again. (as of 10am)
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-Canada’s unemployment rate jumped last month to 6.1 percent.
Experts say jobs weren’t added, while more people were looking for work.
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-If it hasn’t been dusty enough for you lately, wait til Monday, because that’s when Edmonton’s street sweepers are going to start their work.
Crews will be out 24-hours a day on weekdays, and officials are confident they’ll be done by June 1st–depending on the weather.
A parking ban will be in effect starting April 15th from 7am til 7pm, on residential streets.
Watch for the signs or sign up for notifications at edmonton.ca.
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-It’s been almost three years since a huge fire destroyed the Citadel Mews-West seniors complex in St. Albert, and the property owners are now looking to start rebuilding later this year.
They say a number of things prevented them from doing so sooner, including the pandemic, supply-chain issues and higher interest rates.
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-An addition to the Rocky Mountain House Health Centre is now complete, which means the facility will be able to double the number of surgeries done there every month.
The Centre has been around since 1971, and this new addition will allow about 120 people to undergo surgery every month.
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-The Edmonton Police TRAP team arrested six people they believe are involved in a series of vehicle thefts.
Members of the Targeted Response to Auto Theft Prevention team had noticed a spike in early morning thefts of idling vehicles last month, and after finding four stolen vehicles at a west end motel, they arrested one suspect.
While investigating him, they were alerted to a home in west Edmonton, where they found three more stolen vehicles.
Five people were arrested in connection with that.
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-City planners are looking to hear what you think of some of the ideas being considered for Old Strathcona.
They’re talking about new parks, transit upgrades and more, while making it more pedestrian-friendly.
This would include wider sidewalks, with areas where people could just hang out, setting up an urban plaza, and turning the parking-lot at the farmer’s market into a park.
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-An agency that helps children and youth who’ve been abused, neglected or witnessed a crime, is on the move.
Edmonton Zebra Centre has been downtown since 2002, but they’ve outgrown that space, and will be heading to 112th Avenue and 143rd Street.
Officials say the larger space will be welcome, as demand for their help has grown by 85-percent, just in the past five years.
The Centre is planning a fundraising campaign to help pay for the new place and renovations.
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-The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Network says the wildfires that raged through the province last year are going to have an impact for decades.
The group says not only did the fires kill off between a tenth and third of harvestable trees for forestry companies, but the habitat for caribou herds was destroyed as well, and caribou are a threatened species.
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-A new seniors housing development in northeast Edmonton will be the first project supported by the city’s new Indigenous-led affordable housing grant.
Metis Capital Housing Corporation will get more than 2-million dollars for the seniors lodge in the Montrose neighbourhood.
It includes affordable suites, a common dining area and social programming.
A recent assessment found that nearly 1 in 4 renters in Edmonton are in core housing need.
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-Plans to airlift an Orca calf that’s been stranded in a Vancouver Island lagoon since March 23rd are being abandoned in favour of something else.
Now officials plan to use a large net to coax the whale out of the region once the tide is high enough.
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-Canada beat Finland 4-1yesterday at the Women’s World Hockey Championship in New York.
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