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By Michael Grondin

In Calgary on Jan. 11, Idle No More activists held protests outside Stephen Harper’s constituency office and at the University of Calgary. On Jan. 16, a candlelight vigil was held at Calgary’s City Hall to honour Mother Earth.
 Idle No More, a movement put in motion by Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples, has spread like wildfire across… Continue reading What Idle No More means to supporters

By Greg Porter

As I read with fascination and amusement Jocelyn Hunt’s, “Unions have lost their purpose,” [Jan. 13] a few thoughts crossed my mind. First, her arguments pick and choose various situations which help her cause, but are only representative of those specific incidences. To wit: the Toronto garbage strike was a horrible episode in the city’s… Continue reading Letter: The bright side of unions

By Pauline Anunciacion

Hollywood seems to have a crush on secret agents. From the James Bond films to The Bourne Identity to Mission Impossible, it is no surprise that Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire follows suit. Haywire is a cross between Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Phillip Noyce’s Salt, with one distinction — all three movies have a vengeful warrior-woman… Continue reading Film review: Haywire

By Olivia Brooks

On May 8, AIDS Calgary Awareness Association released a statement endorsing the decriminalization of prostitution in Canada. “We believe that criminalizing [sex workers] penalizes them,” said ACAA spokesperson Simonne LeBlanc. ACAA believes the best method to help sex workers is a harm reduction approach. This approach does not push workers to leave the sex trade.… Continue reading Prostitution controversy continues

By Andrew Varsanyi

I have to be honest, I’m generally a pretty cynical person. Now, I think I’m officially depressed. The recent developments regarding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy — the head-in-the-sand policy that prohibits gay American soldiers from admitting they’re gay and the military from asking them — leads me to nothing short of total despair.… Continue reading Cowards! Real leadership is needed in America

By Emily Ask

Alberta is a pretty neat place to be a blogger at the moment. The government doesn’t arrest you for anything you write online, it doesn’t try to shut down Twitter or ban Facebook and, in fact, you’re probably on the verge of collapsing the mainstream media as you know it with your very presence. Okay,… Continue reading The epic battle of old vs. new that never happened

By Ændrew Rininsland

Marc Emery — best known to Canadians for smoking massive joints at pro-cannabis legalization rallies and taking bong hits before defending the plant at news conferences — visited Calgary on Sun., July 5, as part of his farewell tour. Emery’s visit marked what will likely be the last time he is here before being extradited… Continue reading Prince of Pot bids freedom, Calgary adieu

By Sara Rooseboom

While reading the comments below a story on the CBC website regarding location disputes for a methadone clinic, I could barely contain my laughter. The majority of commenters seem to have the idea in their head that a methadone clinic is the same thing as a safe-injection site and some even went so far as… Continue reading Marauding on methadone?

By Sarelle Azuelos

I had my first experience with anti-Semitism when I was 11. My synagogue, Agudas Israel, was hit with a Molotov cocktail in the middle of the night and over $130,000 worth of old books and foundation was destroyed. Many were brought from Israel and could never be replaced. I grew up in a small town… Continue reading Burning down racism