50 million people in Ontario and the north-eastern United States were shocked on Thursday August 14 when they simultaneously lost their power at 4:15 p.m. ET. Later on that night at 11 p.m. ET Premier Ernie Eves declared a state of emergency for Ontario (CBC – State of Emergency). While most people remained calm and… Read more »
My feelings for you I don’t know how to put in words, The feelings that I have towards you All I know is that they are indeed very strong Because I know my heart could never go wrong Every time I try to express myself Something strange comes over me the words do not even… Read more »
About a week ago, Edmonton experienced a particularly violent storm, one that resulted in power failures, and our LRT (Light Rail Transit) being shut down for almost a day when an underground portion of the route flooded. My daughter was relaxing and watching television, and I was just finishing up some work on the computer… Read more »
As I reluctantly approached my fiftieth birthday I wondered if turning fifty would really be as traumatic as I had heard. Fifty certainly did not feel or look like it did when I was thirty and looking ahead. However, the gray hair was real, as was the soft jaw line, among other things. Furthermore, I… Read more »
Sometimes an event happens in your youth and you don’t know quite what to make of it until you’ve reached a certain level of hindsight and maturity. Or your view of the event changes through different eras of your life. Eleven years ago I was part of a conversation that only lasted around 45 minutes… Read more »
The Oblivion The moon was an orange globe as it sailed its burden of clouds over the spearhead silhouettes of treetops as it followed us along this ribbon of pavement that divides fields into patchwork (the road we travel being a thread in the oblivion of open pastures) In the warmth of the speeding car… Read more »
I began my railway career in April 1988 when I hired onto CP Rail in Cranbrook, BC as a trainperson (termed trainman in those days). I worked for CP Rail as a trainperson/yard-person for several years until qualifying as a conductor/yard-foreman in January 1992. In May 1993 I was offered a position as trainperson at… Read more »
Edmonton bills itself as “festival city”, and rightly so. Of our numerous summer festivals, the main ones are: Klondike Days, Jazz Festival, Heritage Days, Fringe Festival and the Folk Festival, but there are many other smaller ones such as the Cariwest, Bluesfest, Taste of Edmonton, International Film Festival, Street Performers, and the Blueberry Bluegrass &… Read more »
GRADUATE AWARDS Susan Keen AUGC Scholarship – Master of Arts – Integrated Studies – $500 Therese Rocole AUGC Scholarship – Master of Business Administration – $500 George Hart AUGC Scholarship – Master of Distance Education – $500 Shirley Marlene Bell AUGC Scholarship – Master of Health Studies – $500 Deborah Johnston AUGC Scholarship – Master… Read more »
We all know about having a favourite star, and wanting to look just like him or her. The hair, the clothes, the body, the look: we want it all. And why? Well, in evolutionary terms, we (the mimics) want the receiver (hot date?) to think that we are just like the model (take your pick)…. Read more »