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Weekly Digest Edmonton Mar 23 - Mar 29, 2026

埃德蒙顿周报要闻(2026-03-23 至 2026-03-29)

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  1. 埃德蒙顿警方于3月17日在爱德华王子岛逮捕了47岁的 John Angus Joseph MacArthur,他被控二级谋杀;调查称29岁的 Marika (Mika) Sutton 于2025年8月在Wetaskiwin与Lacombe之间的QEII公路附近被杀并被遗弃。

  2. 警方于3月17日逮捕了56岁的 William McMullin,指控他在约会应用上结识女性后用药物性侵,多名受害人已站出来,警方呼吁其他可能的幸存者主动联系。

  3. 超过20名埃德蒙顿及周边地区的医疗从业者表示,阿尔伯塔拟议将安乐死资格限制为“12个月内可能死亡者”并禁止在医疗场所宣传,会导致不必要的痛苦并把临床人员置于伦理困境。

  4. 本地男子 Brandon Loney 在过去18个月里饱受严重疼痛折磨,私人捐助的MRI发现了Tarlov囊肿;他们正为出国治疗筹款,反映阿省专科就诊等待时间过长的问题。

  5. EPCOR 表示,尽管春季融雪带来更多有机物导致自来水氯味加强,埃德蒙顿自来水仍然安全;可流水冲洗几分钟或使用碳过滤器缓解异味,通常3–5天会好转。

  6. 市议会批准设立非住宅破败物业税子类——未整修的商业物业业主可能面临最高约57%的税费上调,预计约两年后开始发出评估通知。

  7. 3月28日,Connor McDavid 在Oilers 4–2 战胜Anaheim的比赛中打进1球并送出2次助攻,重新领先NHL得分榜;本赛季埃德蒙顿在先得分的场次中战绩为27–5–5。

  8. 埃德蒙顿Oilers于3月27日签下捷克后卫Tomas Cibulka,两年入门合同;Cibulka在捷克联赛近两季共拿下42分(13球29助)。

  9. 卡尔加里在修复Bearspaw南供水主干线工程上取得里程碑,已开始回灌受修复的管段并回填9处开挖点,但在安全检测完成前限水可能仍将持续,新管道替换计划拟于12月完成。

  10. 一款新的WildfireScore应用为加拿大住宅和小屋提供1–5的野火风险评分,并可花20美元购买30年概率报告,帮助居民评估和准备日益严重的野火风险。

  11. 卡尔加里地产经纪表示,受联邦首套房GST退税和租赁市场走软影响,更多首次购房者进入市场;3月可出租房源约为3,100套,同比增长约15%。

  12. MEI 和 Clean Prosperity 的报告称,Trans Mountain 扩容收窄了价格折让,为行业带来约167亿美元的收益,这强化了建设更多输油管道以进入海岸市场的呼声。

  13. 随着Trans Mountain接近满载,对另一个穿越卑诗的新管道的讨论升温,但卑诗省政府和沿海原住民组织反对;Enbridge CEO 表示目前建设条件尚不具备。

  14. 联邦通过能源创新计划投入2889万美元支持碳捕捉和可再生能源项目——其中近1500万美元投向萨省的碳捕捉项目,900多万用于太阳能。

  15. 省长丹妮尔·史密斯的宪政事务议会秘书 Jason Stephan 在公开文章中鼓励阿尔伯达人签署分离公投请愿,引起新民主党批评并引发对联合保守党立场的疑问。

  16. 总理马克·卡尼在3月27日表示,阿省就分离进行公投“会对”投资者信心产生影响,同时联邦仍在与阿省就能源合作推进工作。

  17. 阿尔伯塔选区边界委员会建议在卡尔加里和埃德蒙顿增加并调整选区,使省议会议席从87席增加到89席,报告在经历30多场公开听证后提交。

  18. 选举阿尔伯塔发现服务阿尔伯塔部长Dale Nally 在回应罢免请愿时使用了不当的选民名单,但在调查信中未对其处以处罚,仅提供了使用建议。

  19. 议会委员会推荐 Phillip Peters 接替 Doug Wylie 出任阿省审计长,若获批准,他将于4月29日上任并接手与卫生合同有关的重大调查。

  20. 阿省拟推出省级议员问责框架(Councillor Accountability Framework),恢复第三方道德监督并计划公开市政官员薪资以提高透明度。

  21. 阿尔伯塔提出第21号法案以落实省际货物互认协议,允许在多数消费品上互认监管以减少重复检验,但酒、食品、活体动物、烟草等仍被排除。

  22. Ardrossan 的 Where It’s at Country Daycare 于3月20日收到租约终止信,需在90天内搬出,约30个已注册家庭被迫寻找替代托育安排。

  23. 位于170街与129大道的 Central Auto & Truck Parts 店主 Nick Spina 抱怨长期积水问题困扰生意数十年,EPCOR 表示私人物业的堵塞涵洞等因素正在被调查并拟定长期方案。

  24. 省皇家骑警就2月19日的火灾和死亡事件对Mouhamad Fadi Orfahly(44岁)提出一级谋杀指控,另一名嫌疑人 Mahmoud Ali Abdallah Mansour(43岁)在多伦多被捕并押回阿省。

  25. RCMP 在萨省逮捕18岁 Jimmy Gassner,并以二级谋杀指控与3月14日在QEII发生的驾车枪击致死事件(遇难者22岁 Birinder Singh)相关;警方仍在寻找其他涉案人员。

  26. Red Deer 的 James Hjelmeland(31岁)在美国奥兰多认罪后被判17年监禁,罪名包括诱骗未成年人与持有儿童性虐待材料(源自2024年12月的诱捕行动)。

  27. 卡尔加里男子 Malik Buccini‑Small(23岁)被控10项罪名,包括通过社交媒体诱骗并向7至15岁女童索要猥亵内容,调查人员认为可能还有更多受害者。

  28. 一项覆盖近2,000名受访者的全国调查显示,近一半的黑人女性/女孩/性别多样人士因担心种族歧视而延迟或避免就医,报告呼吁制定国家黑人健康公平策略。

  29. 卑诗北部周日发生两起雪崩共致4人死亡(Terrace附近一处雪崩致三名直升机滑雪者死亡,另一起在Klehini河附近),Avalanche Canada 将该区域危险等级列为“相当高”到“中等”。

  30. Drumheller 的 25 米高恐龙“Tyra”被评估为总体结构安全,但需约15.4万美元的即时维修,且未来数年维护费用高昂,该景点每年吸引约15万名游客,镇上仍在讨论租约期满后的走向。

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