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The nature of nurture

Little Elephants finds a family finally spilling their secrets

Mel Priestley / 23 May 2012

Thu, May 24 – Sun, Jun 10 (7:30 pm; 2pm matinees Sat & Sun; no matinee on Sun, May 27) Directed by John Hudson Varscona Theatre, $15 –…. Read more »

Arts in the Fort

In the wake of staff cuts at Keyano College, how does the arts community in Fort McMurray move forward?

Paul Blinov / 23 May 2012

When Fort McMurray's Keyano College cut 19 of its faculty jobs a few weeks ago, public outcry swiftly focused itself around what was perceived to be a gutting of the College's visual and performing arts (VPA) programs. Read more »

Vuepoint

A national priority

Samantha Power / 23 May 2012

This week the Quebec student strike celebrated 100 days with over 200 000, some estimates putting it closer to 400 000, people out on the streets of Montréal. Read more »

Queermonton

Under a constant threat

Solidarity is found between groups under threat of violence and control

Alexa DeGagne / 23 May 2012

Last Thursday I was driving to work at the Pride Centre, and traffic stopped as police ushered about 200 people through the downtown streets. Read more »

Political Interference

Division or debate?

Mulcair's comments are called divisive, but does he have a point?

Ricardo Acuña / 23 May 2012

To hear Canada's right-wing oil-friendly echo chamber tell it, federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has just uttered the most hateful taboo words ever imaginable. Read more »

Dyer Straight

True Esperanto

English will prevail as the default language worldwide

Gwynne Dyer / 23 May 2012

The second president of the United States, John Adams, predicted in 1780 that "English will be the most respectable language in the world and the most universally read and spoken in the next century, if not before the end of this one. Read more »

The Coming Out Monologues

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

Thu, May 17 – Fri, May 18 (7:30 pm) The Coming Out Monologues: Performance and Colloquiem Arts Based Research Studio (Education building), University of Alberta, $5 – $10 Coming out as a sexual minority is not a one-time occurrence. Read more »

Vuepoint

A job’s a job

Samantha Power / 16 May 2012

This week federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty declared in the House, "There is no bad job. Read more »

Beautiful Trouble

New book discusses the how-tos of a creative revolution

Samantha Power / 16 May 2012

Wed, May 23 (7 pm) Beautiful Trouble book launch Black Dog (Underdog), Free   Beautiful Trouble is a collection of activists' methods in creating creative activism. Read more »

Lust For Life

Master of their domain

Masturbate-a-thon brings it all out in the open

Brenda Kerber / 16 May 2012

May is National Masturbation Month. Read more »