By Rod Mickleburgh I wasn’t there, but I bet a lot of tears were shed by Alberta NDP oldtimers last night at the party’s giddy, raucous ‘n’ rollin’ victory celebration in Edmonton. That was certainly the order of the evening on a similar dragon-slaying night long ago, out here in British Columbia. On Aug. 30, […]
Edmonton’s Roxy is gone, but its spirits are safe
By Frank Moher The Roxy Theatre in Edmonton burned down in the night on Tuesday. I grew up a few blocks from the Roxy, so it was where I saw my first movies. That was early enough — in the ’50s and ’60s — that the movies were still preceded by black-and-white newsreels, or so […]
Garbage in, garbage not so out
By Drew McLachlan 2014 is gearing up to be a big year for Canadian garbage. Last year, the Conference Board of Canada reported that we generate more waste per capita than any other country in the world (777 kg per citizen in 2009). But while you might suppose most of the news this year would […]
Bit by Bitcoin
A BoB Short The popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has landed in Canada, and it may soon be making an appearance in your city. The open-source, digital currency has proven popular since its inception in 2009, with proponents often pointing to the fact that it is decentralized, and therefore not controlled by banks as conventional currencies are. […]
At least somebody wants to visit Toronto
A BoB short Southern Ontario residents beware. According to an independent study released earlier this week, citizens of Windsor, Hamilton, Toronto, and London are more likely than any other Canadians to be devoured by an undead hoard. The report, prepared by University of Alberta engineering graduate and blogger Michael Ross, ranks 20 Canadian cities on […]
Standing on the shoulders of Butt
By Alison@Creekside In the House on Monday, Con MP Laurie Hawn’s memory appeared to pick up where Brad Butt’s left off, as he repeated Butt’s earlier allegations — later retracted — about voter information cards being picked up from apartment building lobbies for fraudulent voting purposes. Hawn, as per the vid excerpt above: “In the 2006 […]
Start with coats
By Dave Brindle Last year, at the beginning of winter in Edmonton, where the number of street kids is close to 225, Andrew Gagnon was visiting a friend who works with local at-risk youth. “What can I do? What do you need?” he asked her. “Coats,” she said. Gagnon went to his Facebook page, and […]
Don’t Be Those Jerks
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten This week in rape news: Some fine men in Edmonton decided to fight back against all those terrible women who lie about being raped, and take back the innocence and purity of the one night stand. The group Men’s Rights Edmonton plastered posters around the University of Alberta campus in retaliation for […]
Harper needs to ask himself: What would Frank Glenfield say?
By Frank Moher A lot of Canadian teachers are rightfully angry at the Conservatives these days — none more so than drama teachers. Barely hours after Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party, the Cons unleashed an attack ad deriding his work experience: as a camp counsellor, white water rafting instructor, and most […]
The Newfoundland solution
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Any actor, writer, director, or producer will tell you the film and television industry is unstable: The feed bag is either overflowing or has just enough grains to sustain you through the lean months. But with the B.C. film industry on the verge of collapse, as Hollywood productions head to Ontario and […]
