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Noon News RoundUp: Bitter four-week battle culminates on voting day

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ALSO: Alberta votes in the strangest — and closest — election in its political history View this email in your browser EDMONTON JOURNAL LA e e FacebookTwitterInstagram It's election day! Going to keep this intro short and sweet today because it is a busy one for sure. Weather looks to be pretty nice out there but there are clouds just hanging around. We will get election results, we may get a thunderstorm.  You can follow along with our up-to-date coverage of the Alberta election campaign on our live blog.  If you have any feedback on the day's newsletter please feel free to send an email to [email protected]. Spike in catalytic converter thefts prompts Edmonton council to review scrap metal bylaw Possible bylaw changes meant to prevent rising catalytic converter thefts in Edmonton will be up for debate at city hall this week. Around 3,350 catalytic converters were reported stolen in Edmonton in 2022, a more than 1,400-per-cent increase from 2018, when there were 213 such thefts. City administrative staff and the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) are suggesting options to help curb the trend which cost Edmontonians nearly $20 million in repairs and replacements last year. Eighty-year-old Edmontonian preparing for 44th Ironman competition Dick Ensslen, 80, has been doing competitions since 1976 and has competed in every Canadian Ironman competition since 1984. Now he’s getting ready for his 44th. “The lesson of my life, don’t stop big competitions if you don’t want to age fast and badly. All those bad hips and knees and hearts are self-inflicted, with rare exceptions,” said Ensslen. Edmonton hosts an AI gathering of the minds Edmonton hosted an artificial intelligence (AI) summit this week bringing in minds from all over the world to share their knowledge. For the second year in a row, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) hosted the in-person and virtual event Upper Bound which invites researchers, students, business leaders and anyone else who is interested in the world of AI. Oilpatch restarts production that was shut in due to Alberta wildfires Crescent Point Energy Corp. said Monday it has resumed production at its operations that were shut in due to the Alberta wildfires. The Calgary-based company was one of a number of oil and gas producers that was forced to temporarily halt output in the Kaybob Duvernay region earlier this month as wildfires blazed in central and northern Alberta. Click here for more local news stories AR R 2023" ratio  Under the Dome: Albertans will elect a new premier Monday. But who will it be?  After weeks, or even months of campaigning, we're down to the final days of Alberta's 2023 provincial election. In our latest episode of Under The Dome, Alberta legislature reporters Lisa Johnson and Matthew Black joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss some of the highlights of the campaign, what polling says heading into Monday's election day, and what they're looking for on voting night. You can watch all episodes of Under the Dome at edmontonjournal.com/underthedome or . Alberta Election 2023: Bitter four-week battle culminates on voting day  Albertans head to the polls for the final day Monday in what could be a nail biter of an election. The bitter four-week battle will officially end at 8 p.m, when voting stations close. The economy and health care have dominated the campaigns of both the United Conservatives and the New Democrats, but public polling has bounced back and forth throughout. Alberta votes in the strangest — and closest — election in its political history Whoever wins the Alberta election on Monday, it will be one of the strangest campaigns ever fought in the province, with plenty of drama but few policy issues, and the real possibility of the closest outcome in Alberta political history. In 2015, when the NDP won, it was the reversal of 40 years of conservative rule, aided by vote-splitting and a voting public whose patience was at an end. In 2019, when the United Conservatives won, it was a massive victory, featuring a re-energized right-wing movement looking to revitalize the province’s economy. Economy, health care, trust: Alberta election campaign hits final day before vote Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley made one final pitch to voters Sunday to upend Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government and deliver an upset win in the provincial election. “In this room, we share Alberta’s values. Danielle Smith and her UCP do not,” Notley told cheering supporters at an afternoon rally in Edmonton. Click here for more Alberta politics stories LN Edmonton Elks get ground game rolling in pre-season loss to Bombers It was another loss at home, but at least one that doesn’t count. Not officially, anyway. The Edmonton Elks closed out their pre-season schedule with a 25-23 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium, where the home team hasn’t won since Oct. 12, 2019 — two straight seasons and counting. Ken Holland's job of building a champion not getting any easier as his Oilers turn the page on another season Whether you are among those who would prefer to give Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland a B rating or just a berating, one thing most Oil fans can agree on is this: he won’t rate out as an A until he delivers some hardware. That didn’t happen in 2022-23, even as Holland did some solid work — summarized here and here — that seemingly had the Oilers loaded for playoff bear. Click here for more Sports stories AL It’s 2018. Rachel (Gabby Bernard) works part-time at a coffee shop while the unemployed Miles (Geoffrey Simon Brown) attempts to monetize YouTube videos of him pranking his partner. It’s not a particularly clever way to pay the rent given the amount of similar content clogging up the internet vene back then, but with the economy being the way it is, and Miles expressing distaste at the idea of drudge labour when he possesses a marketing degree, it’s all they have. Still, they do love each other. Listen, Listen a delightful screwball comedy of song At his job in an independent bookseller at the shopping mall, Montague (Farren Timoteo) takes great pride in making mix tapes for the store, lovingly programming bland instrumental versions of such middle-of-the-road classics as 9 to 5 and Dance With Me by Orleans into a seamless whole. He’s so finicky about the sounds he hears that he politely but insistently berates a customer service representative over the phone about their company’s choice of hold music. As a muzak aficionado, Montague can even go into detail about who formed the company, why and how it helps to boost productivity in retail environments. Click here for more Arts & Life stories This space is dedicated to the great and interesting photos taken by Postmedia photographers while they’re out and about town. Scroll through our archived Eye On Edmonton photo galleries. Follow Postmedia photographers on Twitter. Lorna De Denecia Fernandez votes at Austin O'Brien High School on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Edmonton. Greg Southam-Postmedia Voters line up at Austin O'Brien High School on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Edmonton. Greg Southam-Postmedia KR Letters To The Editor welcome We invite you to write letters to the editor. A maximum of 150 words is preferred. Letters must carry a first and last name, or two initials and a last name, and include an address and daytime telephone number. All letters are subject to editing. We don’t publish letters addressed to others or sent to other publications. Email: [email protected] Friday's letters: David Johnston's findings raise suspicion It is regrettable that David Johnston, who brought such lustre to his reputation should have besmirched that reputation by accepting the role of special rapporteur on the question of Chinese interference. Even though he was not formally acting as a judge, he was making a decision of supreme importance to the Canadian polity. He must have known that no matter how objectively and with what integrity, he actually performed his function, his findings, in view of his connection to the Trudeau family and to his membership in the Trudeau Foundation, would be met with scepticism. Justice must not only be done but it must manifestly be seen to be done. His findings would not be above suspicion. Judges, like Caesar’s wife, must be above suspicion. Whatever his findings, they would not be above suspicion. It is difficult to know who was the greater ninny: Trudeau in appointing a close family friend and neighbour or Johnston in accepting the task. M. Naeem Rauf, Edmonton Malcolm Mayes editorial cartoon of the day Candidate Rachel Notley plays shell game with carbon taxes. (Cartoon by Malcolm Mayes) Click here for more Opinion stories TLE Edmonton weather: Looks to be warm wth a chance of thunder Well, it’s a beautiful Monday morning and as I look out my window this morning I see a blue sky with a dash of happy clouds. And of course, it’s election day today, your last chance to get out there and vote. As I look at the forecast it appears that Mother Nature is also excited to put on a show today with a 60 per cent chance of rain and a risk of thunderstorms, so you may want to bring an umbrella to where ever you’re headed to place your ballot. If I may make a very small request though, can the rain wait until after my shift? I really need to mow my backyard. Mon 29 May % 24C 60% Chance of showers Tonight o 12C 60% Chance of showers Tue Wed 30 May 31 May 21C 20C 60% Chance of showers A mix of sun and cloud Night Night @ dqd 12C 11C 30% Chance of showers Showers Thu 1Jun 5 19C Cloudy Night 10C Clear VA 2 See the latest Obituaries, Memorial Notices and Other Sympathy announcements at edmontonjournal.remembering.ca © 2023 Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. 365 Bloor St East, Toronto, ON, M4W 3L4 You received this email because you are subscribed to Edmonton Journal's Noon News Roundup Newsletter, registered as [email protected] • • • Contact us • Digital Ad Registry © 2023 Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved.
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