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The improbable and fantastic journey of Drayton Valley’s Eric Schneider

By Collin Gallant

When Eric Schneider left the University of Calgary Dinos unannounced in December, speculation abounded about what was happening with the former Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union rookie of the year. With his recent jump to the International Hockey League’s Kansas City Blades, it is apparent that Schneider was busy applying the booster rockets to his career.… Continue reading The improbable and fantastic journey of Drayton Valley’s Eric Schneider

Questions of the damned

By Collin Gallant

Shortly after Albert Einstein immigrated to the United States fleeing Germany, Hitler set about deriding his theories as wrong and the work of Jewry. A large panel of top Nazi scientists was assembled and began deconstructing his work. Again and again they lashed out, claiming his work shoddy, his theories impossible and his character deplorable.To… Continue reading Questions of the damned

Don’t Look Back

By Collin Gallant

At the axis time of rock, between the early and late ’60s, Bob Dylan fundamentally changed pop lyric writing. Ignoring static boy/girl themes of early rock ‘n’ roll and promoting the more self-expressive folk traditions, Dylan set the stage for the second and third parts of the Beatles. The huge success of artists doing rock… Continue reading Don’t Look Back

American gentry fight like pigs to amuse idle rich

By Collin Gallant

Political commentator Gore Vidal once compared US presidential elections to the Grammy Awards; both get little interest from outside of the industry and both are too self-congratulatory to be taken seriously.With our Southern neighbours gearing up for another go-round of baby kissing some frightening realities have arisen.The level of gentry among serious contenders is more… Continue reading American gentry fight like pigs to amuse idle rich

Pierre Elliot Trudeau:

By Collin Gallant

When Hugh MacLennan penned Two Solitudes, a defining work of literature on Canada’s identity problem, was it any coincidence he used human relationships to parallel the two founding cultures of our nation? This is the psychology behind the inaugural effort of Canadian director Catherine Annua, Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the ’70s generation. It is… Continue reading Pierre Elliot Trudeau: