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• Morris: Edmonton Opera's HMS Pinafore falls short in lacklustre affair

  04-02-2018 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was symptomatic of the muddle that is Edmonton Opera’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore, that the tenor Adrian Kramer as Ralph Rackstraw, responding to “For he is an Englishman”, used a real British naval salute, while every other sailor gave the British army version.
  Why they were using military salutes at all was unclear. For, following a long tradition of re-envisaging the 1878 comic opera (including one placing it on a 1944 troop ship with swin
  
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• Photos: January 2018 in Edmonton

  04-02-2018 22:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here is a selection of photos shot by our staff photographers during January 2018.
  
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• Nick Lees: Edmonton's Mark Connolly living the Olympic dream

  04-02-2018 21:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mark Connolly, off to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea for the CBC network, says a favourite moment stands out in his 22 years as a sportscaster.
  “It was at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens when Edmonton’s Lori-Ann Muenzer’s won Canada’s first Olympic track cycling gold medal,” he says.
  “Lori-Ann was 38 and bettered a 21-year old Russian in the Match Sprint final. Few, including Canadian team officials, thought she would medal.&rdqu
  
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• Woman dies in hospital after crash on Highway 16A near Spruce Grove

  04-02-2018 19:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 21-year-old woman has died in hospital after police said her vehicle crossed the centre median on Highway 16A in Parkland County Friday, hitting a pickup truck.
  Spruce Grove RCMP were first called to the scene of a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 16A on a bridge over the train tracks near Range Road 270 around 12:30 p.m. Friday.
  Investigators believe a sedan travelling east on Highway 16A crossed the median and hit a westbound pickup truck.
  The female driver of the sedan was taken to
  
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• Owner of Edmonton lash extension company has her eye on the future

  04-02-2018 19:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fast-expanding Edmonton-area company is opening eyes for its success in the international fashion industry’s booming market for lash extensions.
  Courtney Buhler started Sugarlash Pro after outgrowing her successful south Edmonton studio and deciding she wanted to play a larger role in a flourishing field she says only hit the world stage about 15 years ago.
  “I came to a crossroads where it was either open more locations, or franchise, or think bigger,” she said while sitting
  
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• Edmonton weather: Extreme cold warning over, but -33 windchill remains

  04-02-2018 19:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you don’t have to leave the house today — don’t.
  At 10:31 a.m., an Environment Canada extreme cold warning was lifted Sunday for the city of Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park. The warning called for an extreme wind chill bringing temperatures near -40.
  Temperatures have since warmed up, but not by much. Environment Canada is still calling for a 15 km/h wind making a daytime high temperature of -15 C feel like -33. Tonight will be no different, as the mercury dips to -23
  
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• A four-year-old girl was killed in a crash on Highway 55

  04-02-2018 18:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A four-year-old girl was killed in a crash on Highway 55 just outside of Grassland, Alta., Saturday.
  Boyle RCMP raced to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 55 one kilometre west of Grassland around 5 p.m. Saturday where investigators believe a westbound pickup truck lost control and slammed into an eastbound SUV.
  The male driver of the pickup truck and the female driver of the SUV were both transported by air ambulance to hospital in Edmonton with serious injuries.
  A four-year-old girl who had b
  
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• Canada's new Australian fighter jets to call 4 Wing Cold Lake home

  04-02-2018 18:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Australian F-18 fighter jets destined for 4 Wing Cold Lake to supplement Canada’s aging CF-18 fighter fleet will require upgrades to their ejection seats and external aircraft lighting before they can take to the skies with the Royal Canadian Air Force. 
  Additionally the 18 Super Hornets, which first entered service in Australia in the late 1980s, will undergo “preventive aircraft structure modifications to address known fatigue issues” similar to a program that was i
  
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• Edmonton weather: Extreme wind chill brings temperatures near -40 C

  04-02-2018 18:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you don’t have to leave the house today — don’t.
  An Environment Canada extreme cold warning remains in effect Sunday for the city of Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park, with an extreme wind chill bringing temperatures near -40. According to the national weather watchdog, the extreme wind chill will be primarily during the morning and in outlying areas near Anthony Henday Drive.
  Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people work
  
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• At The Cult of Hockey: So what do you do when this stops being fun

  04-02-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is the very first memory I have of skating: On a huge, horseshoe-sized slough, on a half-section of land in Central Saskatchewan that my Great-Grandfather broke from raw, flat prairie in 1905.
  My Dad still owns the land today. And it was him that first introduced me to the great game of Hockey. I’m a little surprised that I still remember it as well as I do. I couldn’t have been more than 3. But it runs through my brain in Technicolor, as if it happened only yesterday.
  I learned t
  
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• Man arrested in Grande Prairie after brandishing weapon in traffic

  04-02-2018 04:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Hythe man is facing multiple charges after pointing a firearm at traffic and at police near Grande Prairie.
  A man was at the side of the road, “brandishing a firearm” on the side of Highway 40 around 4 a.m. on Feb. 2, Grande Prairie RCMP said in a news release sent on Saturday.
  Mounties tried to pull the driver over, but he took off, RCMP said.
  While officers followed the vehicle, they lost sight of the suspect due to poor weather conditions.
  Mounties found the vehicle a short time
  
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• Player grades, Games 41-50: Edmonton Oilers are rapidly running out of race track

  04-02-2018 04:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  It usually takes the Edmonton Oilers about three weeks to play a ten-game segment of their NHL schedule, but this time around it took a full calendar month that included a pair of 6-day breaks. The club struggled to find its sea legs at times and to find consistency — or the net — at other times.
  Games 1 – 10: 3-6-1, .350 | 22 GF, 33 GA | 377 SF, 310 SA | .952 PDOGames 11-20: 4-5-1, .450 | 28 GF, 30 GA | 322 SF, 307 SA | .989 PDOGames 21-30: 5-5-0, .500 | 36 GF, 35 GA | 335 SF,
  
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• Crown vs. defence hockey game for Right to Play

  04-02-2018 03:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Competition is fierce when Crown Prosecutors and criminal defence lawyers face off in court and on the ice.
  But after Saturday’s fifth annual Crown v. Defence charity game, both sides come together, and the winners are the kids. The Right to Play PLAY (Promoting Lifeskills in Aboriginal Youth) program is a sports-focused initiative that partners with more than 85 First Nations communities and urban Aboriginal organizations to deliver play-based programming.
  Since its inception, the do
  
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• RCMP arrest shooting suspect after Grande Prairie employee injured

  04-02-2018 03:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A suspect was arrested in Grande Prairie after a grader was targeted by a shooter early Saturday morning.
  The grader was shot at around 12:22 a.m. on Saturday near 100 Street and 84 Avenue, RCMP said in a news release.
  When officers arrived they found a grader and suspect vehicle had been in a collision and the suspect got out of his vehicle, shot at the grader and took off on foot.
  A police dog was called to the scene, but could not find the suspect.
  A suspect was arrested at 3:30 p.m. at a hom
  
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• Premier welcomes Lunar New Year of the dog with hope for prosperity

  04-02-2018 01:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Chinese Zodiak year of the dog is predicted to bring good financial fortune, something premier Rachel Notley said was on the horizon for Albertans while speaking at a Lunar New Year event in Edmonton Saturday.
  “This year in Alberta is going to be a year of opportunities, it’s going to be a year of hope and optimism and it’s going to be a year for standing up and defending working people in this province,” said Notley, taking the podium at the Edmonton Chinatown Multi-
  
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• Fans flock to Oilers Skills Competition

  04-02-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Oilers players traded their game face for a happy face Saturday during the team’s Skills Competition at Roger’s Place.
  During a boisterous afternoon of light-hearted competition, fan favourites including team captain Connor McDavid teamed with local minor league players to enjoy a range of drills and thrills. There were contests for hardest shot and fastest skater (McDavid won, obviously). Tickets were available for $12, turning the afternoon into a festival for families.
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• RCMP search for shooting suspect after Grande Prairie employee injured

  04-02-2018 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A suspect was arrested in Grande Prairie after a grader was targeted by a shooter early Saturday morning.
  The grader was shot at around 12:22 a.m. on Saturday near 100 Street and 84 Avenue, RCMP said in a news release.
  When officers arrived they found a grader and suspect vehicle had been in a collision and the suspect got out of his vehicle, shot at the grader and took off on foot.
  A police dog was called to the scene, but could not find the suspect.
  A suspect was arrested at 3:30 p.m. at a hom
  
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• Edmonton Ski Club pushes back its reopening date to next week

  04-02-2018 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The opening of the Edmonton Ski Club has been delayed by five days.
  “Due to issues with our equipment that is out of our control – we were unable to open this weekend,” read a statement on the club’s Facebook page.
  At first, the club announced it would reopen on Thursday but pushed the date back to Saturday. The club now expects to reopen on Feb. 8 at 4:30 p.m..
  Last November, the 106-year-old facility on Connors Hill at 9613 96 Ave. posted a note to the door sa
  
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