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Pruned Bush: Confessions of a Wilted Wild Rose
A crisis of conscience is a terrible thing to waste. When faced with one, no amount of avoidance, no amount of rationalization, and no amount of vodka will wash it away. I know this because I spent a...
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Tracking the Impact of a Voice in the Wilderness
“You’re the voice, crying out in the wilderness.” Pump Up the Volume, 1990 Pump Up the Volume is one of my favourite films of all time. I saw it in the theatre in 1990 when I was 13 years old and have...
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Tropical Wild Rose Thunders On
There’s a great scene from the movie Tropic Thunder wherein Ben Stiller is discussing with his costar, Robert Downey Jr., how Stiller immersed himself in the character of “Simple Jack” – an...
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Rob Breakenridge Redux
I appeared on the Rob Breakenridge Redux podcast (CHQR 770 AM) on April 5 to talk about the conscience rights debate. During the discussion, Rob and I discussed the right wing extremists in the...
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Curb Your Hysteria, M. Trudeau
There is nothing worse than that moment when one, for the sake of clear conscience, must defend another human being they really aren’t all that fond of. Such is the case I find myself in when it comes...
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Operation Plagiarism
Oh, Mike Hudema. There you are, on the evening news yet again, in all your professional paid activist glory, bemoaning the fact that Pattison Outdoor Sign company has rejected the latest Greenpeace...
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Edmonton: City of Who the Hell Are We?
Identity crisis. Full on identity crisis. There is no other way to describe the current state of Edmonton, Alberta as it teeters on the edge of heading into the future as a modern, urban, culturally...
View ArticleDaryl Katz – No Champion of Edmonton
Dear Daryl; You don’t mind if we call you by your given name, do you? After all, we’ve been in this mess together for quite sometime now and at this point one would hope we’re beyond formalities. Yes,...
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The Romney Gate – Closing Out The World
“May these gates never be closed” These words are emblazoned on the Peace Arch, a monument that is a dedication to the sibling-hood of Canada and the USA. The arch marks the border between British...
View ArticleA Wildrose Coup d’ Etat
While the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties of Alberta were duking it out in the Legislature over the past ten days, and with the mainstream media focused on the Daryl Katz “One Cheque to...
View ArticleWining and Dining and Glass Houses
Following days of accusations that Lynn Redford, sister of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, had been involved in illegal donations during her tenure as the Government Relations officer at Calgary Health...
View ArticleTop Ten Lessons of 2012 – A Personal Retrospective
Life lessons. Sometimes the little gems of wisdom we learn through the daily experience of living can change us for the better. These moments of insight can come as the proverbial lightbulb moment or...
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Most Fascinating #yeg Twitter Accounts of 2012
At the close of 2011, KikkiPlanet.com published a list of those we found to be the “Most Fascinating #yeg Tweeps” of the year. The post was a huge hit, and following its publication we were contacted...
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The Catholic War on Gays
When does the right to freedom of religious expression become an act of war? Whenever Pope Benedict XVI opens his mouth. In recent months the Pope has done everything he can to dehumanize those...
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Foster’s Closet is None of Your Business
Jodi Foster seemed nervous. To any of her fans or any of us old enough to have grown up with Foster, she seemed more nervous last evening than she did as a young woman facing down hoards of media...
View ArticleOscars Schmoscars – The 2012 Films You Won’t Hear Enough About
The Academy Awards have been a personal addiction since I was about 13 years old. In my misguided youth, watching Hollywood’s “night of nights” was about the stars, the hype, the fascination with the...
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The Dichotomy in Alec Baldwin’s Head
If there is anything that rarely surprises, it’s the words that spew from the mouth of a Baldwin brother. After decades of this clan of loud, opinionated, stubborn, and seemingly entirely oblivious...
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Redford’s Transparency Prom
The manifests had been there for years. Details of every flight, all the way back to 2010. Names. Dates. Passengers. All of it waiting for someone – anyone – to put the story together. The same...
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