By Todd Jackson
Maybe the rest of you have found a way to fit them into your understanding of Calgary. Maybe they slip smoothly into your day and you don’t even notice them anymore. But I’m just starting to get used to the fake cows downtown.My favourite one has to be "Automoobile" at 4 Ave. & 3 St.… Continue reading Urban cows migrate into hearts and minds
By Еvan Osentоn
The Calgary Herald strike is over, which means it’s business mostly-as-usual at Mr. Black’s "esteemed organ." I say "mostly" because the majority of striking journalists accepted severance packages and moved on. If any of the concerns raised by interested onlookers and the union during the strike about the quality of replacement workers’ writing, editing, and… Continue reading Time for a third Calgary daily?
This weekend’s Canadian Alliance Party leadership election will not only provide voters with a better idea of who stands to give the Liberal party their most aggressive competition in the next federal election, but will make a powerful statement regarding what the Canadian public truly values in a leader.What makes this leadership race most interesting… Continue reading Alliance race reveals Canuck character
By Phil Vorvis
The April 10, 2000 edition of the Alberta Report criticized the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation for approving "gay-straight alliances" in junior and senior high schools, citing that they are nothing more than "propaganda and indoctrination machines." A GSA is an organization that operates just like any other school club. Specifically, GSAs provide a place where… Continue reading Schools should welcome tolerance
By Todd Jackson
As a boy, I didn’t read Anne of Green Gables much. I confess I never could make sense of all the attention given to Lucy Maud’s work. Anne is, without question, cute and precocious, but not enough to carry the story. Granted, I never did understand the intimacy between those P.E.I. schoolgirls. I, too, had… Continue reading Top Gun, Anne of Green Gables quite gay
Major General (Retired) Lewis MacKenzie will be granted an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree today during the convocation ceremony. MacKenzie received most of his acclaim for his service as the UN Commander of Sector Saravejo in 1992 as combat raged around the besieged city’s airport. Recognition of his achievements brings to mind the pitfalls of… Continue reading Peacekeeping needs adjustments
By Rob South
Where do the rights of the patient end and the rights of the health care worker begin?Pharmacists in Manitoba are no longer required to dispense certain drugs they find morally objectionable, and they do not have to give a referral to where the prescribed drugs are available. The motivation for this policy appears to be… Continue reading Pharmacy, morality don’t mix
By Todd Jackson
We like singers, sure. But we absolutely love singers who make us randy. Consider the young and eager Britney Spears. She brought a new album out this month and her last one sold nine million copies. She’s hardly alone. ‘N Sync, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin: hugely popular and obviously sexy.I became wise to this trend… Continue reading Britney should just get naked already
By Rhia Perkins
On recent travels, I ran into a group of Mormon missionaries on a bus in Spain. I couldn’t help but wonder if missionary zeal had gotten out of hand. What were they doing, converting the savage Catholics? This is just one of the strange faces of the religious mission today. The intense religious belief that… Continue reading Conversion tactics cloaked as humanitarian
By Todd Jackson
Rob Anders, MP for Calgary-West, gave a stern smack last week to NUTV, the Students’ Union, CJSW and other University of Calgary organizations. Each year these groups rely on federal money to support the creation of student summer jobs, but this year Mr. Anders put his foot down and declined the funding. Although campus organizations… Continue reading Anders prefers money to good music