CBC News Online - Edmonton Digest - 2015-02-18

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Vigil tonight for three economics students killed in crash Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:15:07 EST The university's website identified the dead as Zixuan Huang, Guanming Wang and Shitong Zhao. All three were undergraduate students in the department of economics. Read More In black and white: the lasting legacy of residential schools Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:44:20 EST For most of a decade, cultural support worker and photographer Ken Armstrong used his camera to capture the despair of homelessness and the fight for survival on the street. The common theme, he said, is the residual trauma of Canada’s residential school system. Read More Charges laid in 10 cases of 'grandparent scam' in Alberta Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:56:00 EST Police have charged a 28-year-old Montreal man with defrauding Albertans of tens of thousands of dollars in the so-called grandparent scam. Read More 2 Newfoundlanders killed in head-on collision in Leduc Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:48:25 EST Two people are dead and two in hospital after a head-on collision between a taxi van and a pickup truck in Leduc. Read More Watchdogs flag privacy concerns posed by police body cameras Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:20:04 EST Canada's privacy commissioners are flagging a host of privacy issues that have arisen as more and more police forces consider attaching video cameras to their officers' uniforms. Read More More Headlines Sexual assault suspect captured in Australia, flown to Edmonton, granted bail Can't put your phone away while driving? This app is for you Cow with BSE was found on Spruce Grove farm Bregg's Law results in stiffer penalties for assaults on transit drivers Alberta closing trade offices in Ottawa, US to focus more on emerging markets Charges laid in 10 cases of 'grandparent scam' in Alberta St. Albert council approves $100K for fallen Mountie legacy fund Trinidad to cut one in five workers amid oil slowdown Catholic School Board votes to make up $3.5M shortfall out of pocket Parents in Legal fight for access to secular education