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Four Edmonton police officers opened fire on a 55-year-old man who later died after the shooting last Friday, Alberta's policing watchdog says. 

The four accused pleaded guilty to manslaughter three months ago. Van Dyke is asking Justice Adam Germain to sentence each man to 10 years in prison for the killing, with reductions for time already served. The suggested sentence proposal takes into consideration the very difficult upbringings the men have suffered along with their lengthy criminal records, he said. All four defence lawyers suggested a sentence of eight years for their respective clients.  'Poster child for Gladue factors'  The court ordered a presentence report for Fischer and Gladue reports for the other three men.  Gl...

  EDMONTON -- Four Edmonton sisters are publishing a book other publishers did not dare to: a mystery novel centred on a 17-year-old girl whose life is upended when her father's job forces them to move from Vancouver, B.C., to Arkansas. It sounds inconspicuous, but Race to the Finish Line is different from most other books in the genre. Main character Aaleyah is Black and Muslim, like her author. And the story is mainly about the mystery. Of about 20 written responses she received from agents, 23-year-old writer Aisha Yusuf said, "The majority of the rejections said this is a great s...