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Queermonton

New gay bar in time for pride

Up Stares Ultralounge desperately needed in YEG

Ashley Dryburgh / 23 May 2013

The ongoing conversation about queer spaces and gay bars in Edmonton—whether we need them anymore and what they should look like—has an added dimension with the opening of a new gay bar next month. Read more »

Political Interference

Post-secondary review enough?

Lukaszuk promises to take another look at PSLA

Ricardo Acuña / 23 May 2013

In a speech Deputy Premier and also Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education Thomas Lukaszuk made at the Annual Representative Assembly of the Alberta Teachers' Association this past…. Read more »

Vuepoint

Harper hops a plane

Paul Blinov / 23 May 2013

As scandal continues to grow in the Prime Minister's Office—as Stephen Harper's own plausible deniability in knowing his own chief of staff wrote a $90 000 cheque to cover now-resigned Senator Mike Duffy's inaccurate housing expense claims—starts looking less and less plausible, the PM finally said something about the scandal on Tuesday morning. Read more »

Protest City

Tired of being bullied by governments and corporations, protesters are ready to be seen and heard on May 25

Rebecca Medel / 23 May 2013

Plaid shirt, beard, toe shoes and a bit of a conspiracy theorist—is that the protester costume? Maybe not so much anymore. Read more »

Freewill Astrology

Rob Brezsny / 23 May 2013

  (Mar 21 – Apr 19): "I'm still learning," said Michelangelo when he was 87-years-old. Read more »

Savage Love

Seeking closure

First teenage-boyfriend took advantage, and trusting wife number two with fantasy-life

Dan Savage / 23 May 2013

Twenty-one-year-old female here. Read more »

Long road to respect

Japanese-Canadian experiences of the last century deplorable

Ryan Bromsgrove / 16 May 2013

A decorated First World War veteran, having earned medals for service including Vimy Ridge, Masumi Mitsui was one of the many Japanese Canadians told to report to Hastings…. Read more »

Vuepoint

Classroom coercion

Rebecca Medel / 16 May 2013

The contract between Alberta's teachers and the provincial government, Bill 26, the Assurance for Student's Act—although what students will be assured of hasn't really been stated—required that all 62 school jurisdictions across the province agree to the provincial framework agreement offered by the government on March 15. Read more »

Look Way, Way up

Dark-sky preserves offer a light-pollution free look at the cosmic bodies above

Paul Blinov / 15 May 2013

When was the last time you saw the Milky Way? Google doesn't count; I mean with the naked eye. Read more »

Making Edmonton stand out

Community Connections Awards

Rebecca Medel / 15 May 2013

Often those who work for social justice—in their own communities or further away—feel like they are in a constant battle fighting for the rights of those they're helping,…. Read more »