Released: 2006 Label: RCA Tracks: 13 Rating: 9 It’s the New Year. But seeing as we’re still so tangibly close to 2006, I think there’s nothing wrong with doing one last review for 2006 as a great year of music. The last lucky album is For Blood and Empire, a controversial release from those kings… Read more »
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Enclosed in a plastic bag with last November’s issue of Style At Home magazine was a copy of the World Vision 2005 Christmas Gift Guide. I hung onto it because I thought it would make a great column. The other day the 2006 guide arrived. These Christmas guides are like nothing you’ve ever seen before…. Read more »
AU Students Applaud Affordability Framework New policy addresses many concerns, but barriers still exist Athabasca University Students’ Union – Friday’s press release on the Affordability Framework for Post-Secondary education included a number of surprises and addressed many of the concerns expressed in AUSU’s 2005 submission to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee’s post-secondary review. Requests… Read more »
One of the things I most enjoy about autumn living in the city of Vancouver is the way it so often seems to offer a pre-taste of the long-prophesied apocalypse. In the space of a one, three or four week span, for instance, we “Wet Coasters” have experienced a variety of seemingly apocalyptic omens. We… Read more »
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I think many girls, as they are growing up, are taught to be unhappy with who they are. Advertising agencies are too quick to tell us what is wrong with us and offer products that will make everything better. If we are too heavy, they have the diet products that will make us thin and… Read more »
It’s the end of another quick year, and the albums we’ve been seeing this year are really of top quality. Some strong debuts and impressive contributions from established bands with only a few discs the world could do without entirely. A year of plenty, I’d say, and with Christmas sneaking up fast it’s time to… Read more »
Seeing a herd of whitetail deer ambling through the yard is just one of the reasons Roy and I value country living. Knowing that bull and cow moose criss-cross our land is another reason. A variety of birds including nuthatches, blue jays, hummingbirds and more all visit our bird feeders and flowerbeds. Not long ago,… Read more »
AU Students Applaud Affordability Framework New policy addresses many concerns, but barriers still exist Athabasca University Students’ Union – Friday’s press release on the Affordability Framework for Post-Secondary education included a number of surprises and addressed many of the concerns expressed in AUSU’s 2005 submission to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee’s post-secondary review. Requests… Read more »