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Public Safety Compliance Team Requests Cancellation of Business Licence of After-hours Club

April 30, 2010

The Public Safety Compliance Team has asked the City of Edmonton’s Chief Licensing Officer to cancel the business licence of the Twilight After Hours Club. A shooting occurred outside the downtown club in February, killing one person and seriously injuring another.

The February incident was the second homicide involving patrons of Twilight, the other was a stabbing in 2007. Gunshots were also fired in and outside the club in September 2009. There have been a total of six reported events involving a gun in or around the club since 2007.

“We believe the public is and will remain in imminent danger of serious injury or death while in attendance at or in proximity to Twilight during its operating hours,” says Nicole Chapdelaine, coordinator of the Public Safety Compliance Team.

The team submitted a detailed report to the City’s Chief Licensing Officer documenting their concerns and recommending it is in the public interest to cancel the business licence of Twilight, located at 10018–105 Street. The club is a non-liquor-service, dance club open weekends between 2am and 8am.

The Public Safety Compliance Team (PSCT) is a multi-agency team made up of the Edmonton Police Service, Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services, the City’s Community Standards Branch and the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. Its role is to ensure a safe and hospitable environment is created in and around bars, nightclubs and other licensed establishments. Recently the team has had after-hours clubs and events added to its responsibilities.

PSCT and the Edmonton Police Service met earlier this year with the Twilight ownership and management to discuss their concerns about public safety in and around the club. They made several recommendations to the ownership on operating practices that would increase safety for their patrons, staff and the neighbouring community. 

However, PSCT has documented that little has been done since the February shooting to improve the club’s operating practices.

“PSCT strongly believes that this establishment is not being operated in a manner that can ensure public and community safety,” says Chapdelaine. “This request to cancel the club’s business licence is seen as a reasonable and necessary action so that the public is no longer placed in imminent danger from the parties or individuals who continue to frequent Twilight.”

For more information:

Nicole Chapdelaine

Title	Coordinator, Public Safety Compliance Team
Telephone	780-495-1987