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Following new guidelines established by Edmonton’s city council, WWE’s event on Friday, Feb. 9 at #RogersPlace has been postponed. #yeg



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Edmonton city council announced the one-year moratorium for new licences or event permits for combative sports in Edmonton on Friday. It is scheduled to last until Dec. 31, 2018.

The moratorium follows the death of 34-year-old Tim Haguewho died in hospital following a boxing match against former Edmonton Eskimo Adam Braidwood on June 16.

When Pat Ried became executive director of the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission in 2014, he said that the province stuck out like a sore thumb because it does not have a provincial commission.

Following Hague’s death, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson joined the call for a provincial commission.

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