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• Review: ESO brings colourful sounds to Alexander Prior’s reimagined Bach suite

  02-12-2018 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s not often you see the three keyed instruments of a piano, harpsichord and celeste nestled among a symphony orchestra at the same time, together with a plethora of tuned percussion, gongs, drums and bells.
  It’s even rarer to see such an array of orchestral instruments in a concert featuring the music of J.S. Bach.
  But this was the Winspear on Saturday, Dec 1, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra opening the hall’s Christmas season. The auditorium balconies were festoon
  
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• QEII Highway at a 'stand still' as motorists navigate snowy roads

  02-12-2018 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Traffic on parts of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway was at a “stand still” Sunday afternoon due to snowy conditions, RCMP said.
  In a news release, Blackfalds RCMP said the highway’s north and southbound lanes were backed up from Blackfalds (about 20 kilometres north of Red Deer) to Red Deer’s Gasoline Alley. Motorists were asked to take alternate routes.
  Some drivers posted photos of the treacherous conditions to Twitter, showing near-whiteout conditions and trucks that ha
  
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• Two killed in Wetaskiwin house fire

  02-12-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man and a woman are dead after a fire tore through a home in Wetaskiwin early Sunday morning.
  The fire broke out in the home at 45 Avenue and 54 Street before 1:30 a.m., RCMP said in a news release. The cause is still under investigation.
  Fire crews arrived to find the home “fully engulfed” in flames.
  An 88-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man were killed. Both lived in the home, but have not been identified.
  No one else was home at the time of the fire.
  Wetaskiwin Fire Rescue said
  
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• Man injured in shooting at downtown Alibi Ultra Lounge

  02-12-2018 20:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 31-year-old man is in hospital after a shooting at a downtown Edmonton night club early Sunday morning.
  Police said the man was shot at about 1:40 in the morning at Alibi Ultra Lounge, 10004 Jasper Ave. Staff Sgt. Lance Parker said they were still waiting for an update on the man’s condition Sunday morning.
  Two officers were outside scene at about 9 a.m., taking photos of the shattered glass door to the club. The sidewalk was cordoned off with police tape as they investigated.
  Two d
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers remain in the thick of the Pacific Division playoff race thanks to a goaltender touched twice by greatness: 9 Things

  02-12-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers awake Sunday morning deep in the hunt for a playoff spot in their Division after a 2-1 win over the streaking Vegas Golden Knights.
  There were a lot of people who had written off this club’s post-season chances after the last meeting between these two clubs. That game was a 6-3 loss, lowering the Oilers record to 9-10-1. The team had dropped 6 of its last 7. It was the last straw. The Vegas game cost Todd McLellan his job.
  Fast forward 12 days later, and those same Oile
  
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• 'We need to do more': Notley to announce plan to reduce oil price differential

  02-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley is expected to announce Sunday whether or not the province will mandate production cuts in an effort to reduce the punishing oil price differential.
  “We need to do more and do it now,” Notley wrote in a Postmedia op-ed Friday.
  She laid out two options — letting the free market correct itself, or curtailing production temporarily.
  “That restriction would remain in place until stockpiles draw down, the price gap closes and the bleeding stops,&rdqu
  
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• Former chief did not commit professional misconduct in handling of ex-officer's PTSD case, review finds

  02-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A police commission-ordered investigation has cleared Edmonton’s former police chief of professional misconduct allegations, after an ex-police constable claimed a lack of PTSD supports forced her to resign.
  Nadine Swist, a former officer who served with the Edmonton Police Service for 22 years, publicly complained about her treatment in January, telling Edmonton police commissioners and media that the service is “absolutely not tolerant of members that are female, and especiall
  
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• Drug-related driving charges largely unchanged following cannabis legalization

  02-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The early numbers are in and the post-recreational cannabis legalization landscape is nothing if not underwhelming, if police statistics are anything to go by.
  While it has only been a month, statistics from the RCMP and Calgary Police Service show that the number of cannabis-related violations — especially driving charges — are almost negligible.
  The data does come with the caveat that the number of people charged could increase as investigations continue and a month of data is hard
  
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• Budget bits: Here are some interesting items city council is mulling

  02-12-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Deliberations about what the City of Edmonton will spend money on for the next four years — and what exactly that will do to property tax rates — are in full swing. Council has until Dec. 14 to come up with and sign off on a roadmap for billions of dollars in spending.
  City staff will spend several days in council chambers being peppered with questions about their proposed spending plan, but behind the scenes they’ve also had to churn out responses to a mountain of written budg
  
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• Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock Post Game

  02-12-2018 08:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 with a third period goal scored by Ryan Spooner to put the Oilers in the lead.
  “I thought we played a really good third period, taking away their strengths. That to me shows the maturity of this team,” said Hitchcock. “We didn’t over-pursue and give up odd-man rushes. We stayed with the program.”
  The Oilers are now 4-1-1 under coach Ken Hitchcock, and in five of those games they’ve been tied going
  
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• Cult of Hockey Player Grades: The Edmonton Oilers win a huge 4-point game 2-1 over Las Vegas in a highly entertaining hockey game

  02-12-2018 08:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers swept their 3-home-stand by defeating the Stanley Cup Finalist Vegas Golden Knights Saturday night, in front of a national audience, 2-1.
  In those 3 games with Ken Hitchcock behind the bench and his systematic tweaks in place the Oilers have out-scored their collective opposition 6 to 3.
  To further illustrate how close this one really was tonight just look at Grade “A” scoring chances. Tracked by the Cult of Hockey’s David Staples, they favored Vegas by a na
  
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• Canada Post gets court injunction after 'illegal picketing' at Edmonton mail plant

  02-12-2018 00:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada Post was granted a court injunction to remove picketers from its properties in Alberta after protests at its Edmonton mail processing plant Friday morning delayed operations.
  In a written statement, Canada Post said its plant at 12135 149th Street was partially blocked by picketers from about 7 a.m. until noon Friday. Normal operations have since resumed.
  “The activity was undertaken by persons who are not employees of Canada Post and have no affiliation with the company, with the i
  
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