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FUN. NY Rockers On What’s Up Next P9

SK Less Active: Study

Being Physical Doesn’t Matter To Us P3

Dragon Boat Festival

The Cult

Sage Advice From Ian Astbury P10

The Expendables 2

Regina To Welcome Back Annual Event P6 Action Flick Brings The Cheese, Laughs P15

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Province Hits Record Employment Highs

Scientific, Healthcare Jobs Increase, But Aboriginal Unemployment Still An Issue Adam Hawboldt

regina, SK — When it comes to Saskatchewan’s economy the question isn’t: “is it growing?”

The question is: “by how much?”

Well, according to year-overyear, seasonally adjusted numbers from Stats Canada, our province has reached record employment highs for eight consecutive months, topping off at 537,400 persons employed in July — a 10,700 hike from the same time last year.

“These are major achievements: they show confidence in the economy and I think they indicate that workers are being attracted to the

Saskatchewan labour force, as well,” momentum towards not only fullsays Alastair MacFadden, of the time, but full-time, high-paying Ministry of the Economy. opportunities in the province.”

Indeed they are — especially for And still, even with more and full-time positions. Last month, the more workers coming to Saskatchnumber of people ewan, with more working full-time “I think that’s a … concern and more people in Saskatchewan … [W]e want everyone finding full-time went up by 9,600 participating in the employment opto hit the 462,100 portunities, the mark, a provincial economy…” province is still -Cam Broten in need of new all-time high.

“The big gains were in construc- employees. tion, transportation … finance, pro“There remains a very strong fessional scientific jobs, business appetite for workers,” admits Mac[and] healthcare, as well as social Fadden. “The Saskatchewan job assistance,” explains MacFadden. numbers alone would suggest “So what that means is we’re seeing around 11,000 vacancies across the province right now.”

And while the government would certainly want that number to be lower, they’re remain happy with the direction in which the economy is moving.

“The outlook for our province remains strong, and it’s largely because of the wealth of resources we have,” says MacFadden. “Those natural strengths allow us to have a little more durability in a global context. As long as the world is buying what we’re selling, we’re in good shape.”

But not in ideal shape, according to Cam Broten, the NDP employment and advanced education critic.

With Aboriginal unemployment sitting at over 21 percent, Broten feels the government and the economy have to move in a slightly different direction if we want the best and brightest future for this province.

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“With the recent numbers from Stats Canada we can see that, year over year, the employment numbers for First Nations peoples and Metis have gotten worse,” says Broten.

“I think that’s a real concern when we look at what sort of future we want in Saskatchewan and how we want everyone participating in the economy and living good lives.”

“And I believe a key factor in why we see these increased numbers in unemployment are the decisions the Sask Party made in its previous term,” he continues. “Specifically with the elimination of the Aboriginal Employment Development Plan. I think we’re starting to see some of the outcomes of that shortsighted decision.”

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We’re Less Active And Don’t Care: Study

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Our Province Lags Behind National Average When It Comes To Being Physical Adam Hawboldt

regina, sk — Not only are people in Saskatchewan less active than other people in the country, they also don’t seem to care about it.

Or at least that’s what the Canadian Medical Association’s 12th annual National Report Card on Health Care seems to indicate.

According to the study, the national average of people who are extremely worried about their health was 15 percent. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, only four percent of those surveyed said they were concerned.

What’s more, when asked the

question: “How would you describe numbers indicate that something your current physical level?” only 17 is radically wrong. percent of those surveyed in Sas“Unless we start to take responkatchewan and Manitoba said they sibility for our health, things are were very active. going to continue The national “We have to start living to go in this [negaverage is 10 per- balanced lives. We have ative] direction,” centage points to start managing stress says Maduck. higher.

However, So with our [and] eating properly…” contrary to what -Barbara Maduck some people may activity levels and worry lagging behind the rest of the think, it’s not simply laziness and country, it begs the question: is this apathy that lie at the core of all this. a budding problem in our province “A lot of people are wearing two that needs to be addressed? hats, working inside and outside If you ask Barbara Maduck, a reg- of the home,” explains Maduck. istered nurse for 16 years and now “They’re going to work, managing the owner of Partners in Fitness kids, looking after their older parin Saskatoon, she believes these ents. They’re under a lot of stress

and time constraints.”

With so many internal and external forces pushing us one way, then pulling the other, cop-outs are often easy to come by.

“The excuses ‘I’m too tired’ or ‘I’m too busy’ are just that — excuses,” continues Maduck.

“We have to start living balanced lives. We have to start managing stress, eating properly and taking time to exercise.”

And according to Maduck, what it all boils down to is mindset.

“Some people think, ‘so what if my blood pressure goes up, I can go to the doctor and he or she will write me a prescription and I’ll manage my blood pressure through

meds,’” explains Maduck.

“There’s too much emphasis on the rehab, too much ‘don’t worry, the doctor will take care of this,’ as opposed to prehab, which is preventing your health from going that way.”

Speaking of doctors and health care, in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, 30 percent of people gave the health services in their community an “A” grade, saying they were happy with the services provided.

The national average of people who gave the same grade to their respective communities’ health services was 36 percent.

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Cracked Retinal ‘Code’ Ups Sight Adam Hawboldt

she writes in the report, which was published in the journal Proceednew york, ny — Researchers ings of the National Academy of have cracked a “code” that trans- Sciences. fers visual cues from the eye to the “Moreover, they show that the brain, a dramatic discovery that will combination of the code and highallow those with retinal implants to resolution stimulation is able to see much better. bring prosthetic capabilities up to Currently, a standard implant the level of normal or near-normal would produce a image presentamixed pattern of “[This] will allow those tion.” bright and dark with retinal implants to Blindness typispots when look- see much better.” cally occurs when ing at a face. After light-sensitive -Adam Hawboldt photocreceptors cracking the code, however, a reconstruction based in the retina are destroyed; simply on visual cues was able to illus- replacing them with artificial ones trate recognizable features from a still leaves a person with serious baby’s face. visual impairments.

Sheila Nirenberg, from Cornell However, cracking the code that University, led the US team. translates light signals dramatically “Our results show that incor- improves sight, and could lead to poration of the code dramatically incredible new retinal prosthetics. increases prosthetic performance,” Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Global At A Glance fastest texter — Austin Weirschke

has been named the fastest texter in the US, winning $50,000 at the sixth National Texting Championship. The competition tested three skills: accuracy,

speed and dexterity. Weirschke, 17, says he sends about 500 texts a day to his friends, but credited extra practice with his mom as his key to success.

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Parents Unhealthy Eaters

Having Kids Leads To Poorer Dietary Choices Adam Hawboldt atlanta, ga — Parents tend to be unhealthier eaters than their childless peers, according to new research.

In one of the first studies to explore parental eating habits, a team of researchers analyzed data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults joint study,

“[P]arents typically eat more saturated fat compared to [childless] people…”

-Adam Hawboldt which followed more than 2,000 young adults for 20 years.

Lead author Helena Laroche and colleagues found that parents typically eat more saturated fat compared to people who aren’t parents.

Maintaining a diet high in saturated fat can lead to obesity, high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes.

“Parents of younger children do tend to bring in more convenience foods into the home more often,” Laroche tells CNN. “That may account for the difference in saturated fat intake.”

Laroche focussed primarily on the first seven years of being a new parent, and compared how often they ate — and what they ate — to their childless peers.

She and her team asked participants to document how much saturated fat was in their diet, how many fruits and vegetables they consumed, how frequently they indulged in fast food, and how much

pop and juice they had.

Ultimately, Laroche found that there was negligible difference between the two groups, except in the amount of saturated fat that was consumed.

“Ultimately, neither had the ideal diet at the end of seven years,” she admits.

Still, Laroche notes that what parents choose to eat can send a message to their kids.

“The big takeaway from our study is that we really do want parents to be better role models for their children when it comes to healthy eating,” she says.

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Cocoa May Be Good For Memory, Thinking Adam Hawboldt

New york, ny — Including cocoa into your daily diet may help with brain health, according to a new study.

Researchers found that people who had mild cognitive impairment, including difficulty with memory or thinking, performed

“[Flavonols] could be one element … to maintaining and improving … brain health.”

Eggs Yolks Bad

Food Nearly As Harmful As Cigs Adam Hawboldt

a week was nearly two-thirds as harmful as smoking.

London, on — Eggs — they “In diabetics, an egg a day inare the staple to many a delicious creases coronary risk by two- to breakfast meal. But did you know five-fold,” Spence says in a news that their yolks are almost as bad release. for you as smoking cigarettes?

However, some dissenters are According to new research out of not convinced. Desiree Nielsen, Western Univera registered disity, three or more “[E]ating three or more etician based in egg yolks a week egg yolks a week was Vancouver, BC, can significantly nearly two-thirds as tells Global News distribute more that eggs, as part plaque build-up harmful as smoking.” of a healthy diet -Adam Hawboldt that includes exon artery walls, which can trigger health issues ercise, can be good for you. such as strokes or heart attacks.

“While statistically, the risk of In fact, after the age of 40, this eating eggs might have been simibuild-up increased exponentially lar to the risk of smoking in this for those who are regular egg-yolk particular study — in reality, you abeaters, similar to those who are solutely cannot compare the two,” smokers. she says, indicating that cigarettes “In the long haul, eggs are not contain addictive properties that OK for most Canadians,” Dr. David eggs do not, and is a leading cause Spence, a Robarts Research Institute of cancer and other diseases. scientists, tells the Toronto Sun. “You simply cannot compare it Researchers followed over 1,200 to a couple of eggs, which is simply men and women, and discovered food.” that eating three or more egg yolks Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Global At A Glance new pyramids — Two new pyramid

complexes in Egypt have been uncovered by satellite archaeologist Angela Micol, who has previously used Google Earth to locate a potential underwater

city. Micol notes the complexes boast intriguing components, such as odd 20-foot-wide circular features, and that more groundwork needs to be done.

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-Researchers better on arithmetic and mental skills tests when they included a cocoa-rich beverage that had high amounts of antioxidants called flavanols into their diet for eight weeks. “[Flavonols] could be one element of a dietary approach to maintaining and improving … brain health,” write the researchers in their report.

However, some experts received the findings less than enthusiastically. Marc Gordon is a neurologist and Alzheimer’s disease researcher.

He notes that the study, which was funded by Mars, Inc., maker of the cocoa powder, doesn’t say that eating cocoa daily can prevent MCI or Alzheimer’s, just that it could have

a “moderate” effect.

Sam Gandy, Mount Sinai chair in Alzheimer’s research, agrees.

“Flavonoids are the subject of much interest … but the evidence for flavonoids pales in comparison to that for physical exercise,” he tells WebMD. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

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Regina Dragon Boat Festival Back Again

Event Offers Something For Everyone: Races, Live Music, Kids Area And More Sebastien Dangerfield

Regina, SK — It began thousands of years ago with a suicide.

In 278 BCE, the great Chinese warrior poet, Qu Yuan killed himself in the river Miluo in protest of the political corruptness of his day.

Legend has it that local villagers, too late to save Qu Yuan, began to beat drums and splash the water with their paddles in order to keep the fish and the evil spirits away from his body.

Not long after, to commemorate Qu Yuan’s sacrifice, dragon boat races were organized in his memory. Eventually these became

a major part of Chinese culture — a water. Sometimes it’s hard work, part that, starting in Hong Kong sometimes it’s not, and sometimes in 1976, slowly began to spread it’s harder work.” around the globe.

Harder work indeed. For those Jump ahead a few years to of you who have been in a dragon 1991, the year boat or seen a the Queen City “We’re in it for fun and race, you know decided to climb camaraderie. We … want what Greyeyes is on board and to have a good time.” talking about. For host the inauguthose of you who -Chris Greyeyes haven’t, here’s a ral Regina Dragon Boat Festival. Chris Greyeyes was a vague idea of what it’s all about. part of that first festival.

The races are colourful affairs.

“We’re in it for fun and cama- Multi-hued boats, rigged with raderie,” said Greyeyes in a press decorative Chinese dragon heads release. “We’re people who want and tails, sit floating in Wascana to have a good time. People who Lake. Each boat consists of about get together and thrash away at the 18-20 similarly dressed paddlers, along with a drummer and a helm (the steerer).

For a while things are quiet, serene even. Then the race begins, and in unison people begin to shout as paddles thrash violently at the water.

“It’s all about coordination, technique, strength and following the person in front of you in the boat,” added Greyeyes. “And having a sense of humour is important, too, because the person in front of you is not always doing what they’re supposed to be doing.“ And while the races — the 200m sprints on Friday night and the 500m heats on Saturday — are central to the weekend, there’s more than just dragon boating going on.

“Yes, the races are a ton of fun to watch,” says Tara Matt, vice president of marketing and communications. “But we also have a lot of other activities going on.”

Indeed they do. For starters, at noon on August 31st there will be an Awakening the Dragon Opening Ceremony at the City Square Plaza downtown that will feature a traditional Dotting of the Eye

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ceremony, along with a lion dance performance.

From there, things move to

Wascana Lake where you’ll find the Dragon’s Lair Beer Gardens (complete with local bands and DJs). There’s also the Dragon’s Nest Family Area where the kids can go for face painting, balloon sculpting, singa-longs or to check out the science centre.

The festival also includes a Community Entertainment Stage and, new to this year’s festivities, the Dragon’s Fire Fireworks Display, which will happen on Willow Island.

The Regina Dragon Boat Festival, now in its 21st year, runs from August 31st to September 1st.

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Fox, Boar Help Roos Escape Adam Hawboldt

Bears B&E, Drink Beers

‘They Had A Hell Of A Party,’ Says Cabin Owner Adam Hawboldt

Finnmark, norway — Remember the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Remember how Goldilocks went inside the bears’ house, ate their porridge and slept in their beds?

Well, an edgier version of that story just happened in northern Norway.

A family of bears broke into a local cabin in Finnmark, but rather than indulging in porridge, the unwanted visitors polished off a whole bunch of beer.

“They had a hell of a party in there,” the cabin’s owner, Even Borthen Nilsen, tells NRK. “The cabin has the stench of a right old piss up, trash, and bears.”

Adding injury to insult, the bears proceeded to finish off all the food and drink in the house — chocolate spread, marshmallows, honey and

Birds Get It On To Barry White Adam Hawboldt

alfriston, england — The name Barry White is synonymous romantic love. And it turns out, it isn’t just humans his music affects.

At Drusillas Park in Alfriston, White’s music is used to inspire romance and encourage flamingos to mate.

His classic hits like “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” were piped into flamingo enclosures.

The music seems to have worked because two of the birds, Maurice and Gabriella, have hatched a chick.

The new addition was a welcomed sight, seeing as flamingos are a threatened species. The chick is the first successful flamingo hatching at Drusillas Park in three years.

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more than 100 cans of beer.

And while the damage has already been done, Nilsen is now worried the bears might return to the scene of the crime in search of more booze and junk food.

“The mother has taken her young there, thus there is no guarantee that it won’t happen to other cabins, or to our hut again,” he explains.

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climbed.

One of the kangaroos wasn’t Frankfurt, germany — Want- remained on park grounds and ed: one runaway kangaroo. was quickly recaptured. His partT h e sn eak y ners didn’t give marsupial, along “[T]he fox made a hole in up so easily. And with two of his the fence…” with the help of buddies, escaped a wild boar, who -Adam Hawboldt had dug a hole from an animal park near Frankfurt with the help under the park’s exterior barriers, of a sly, little fox. the remain two kangaroos made According to Michael Hoffman, a break for it. One has since been deputy head of the animal park, caught, but the last kangaroo curthe fox made a hole in the fence, rently remains at large. through which the marsupials Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Offbeat At A Glance alien advisors — John Michael Kirby has been arrested for breaking and entering, and distributing some of the goods he stole to the homeless in his town of Middlesbrough, England.

When police caught up with Kirby, he admitted extraterrestrials had told him to commit the crime, as well as distribute the food to those in need.

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Drewski — Doing what he does best, every Saturday night.

Come on down and dance the night away with this local DJ. Pure Ultra Lounge. Cover $5.

Sonic Orchid — From soaring vocals to catchy guitar riffs and driving drums, this local fourpiece has a sound that’s kind of a melodic-pop-rock-metal for the new millennium. 10pm, The Sip Nightclub. No cover if in attendance before 6pm.

(NEXT WEEK) THE FORTUNATE ISLES @ O’HANLON’S pub — This indie dance

rock band has an infectious sound infused with punk sensibilities. Consisting of Steph Tewksbury, Jeremy Putz, Steve Vass and Steve McNeil, this Queen City quartet aims to get your blood pumping and your feet moving every time

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Oh Village — Mixing traditional instruments (guitar, bass, drums, etc.) with not-so-traditional instruments (cello, trumpet) to produce a sound that’s a blend of folk, rock and alt-music, this B.C. four-piece is all kinds of good. 8pm, Creative City Centre. Tickets $10.

Kataklysm, Origin, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Funeral — For metal enthusiasts, The Iron Will tour is in full effect. Don’t miss it. 7pm, The Exchange. Tickets $23, www.ticketedge.ca DJ Pat & DJ Kim — Local DJs spin top 40 hits every Friday night that are sure to get you on the dance floor. 9pm, Habano’s Martini & Cocktail Club. $5 at the door.

Alain Lalonde — Come check out this dope local DJ/producer as he does his thing and spins the kind of sound that’ll make you wanna dance. 7pm, The Hookah Lounge. No cover.

Absofunkinlutely — This four-piece from Saskatoon bring a unique blend of stubble-funk, prairie-disco,reggae-rock and northern soul to the stage. You should probably check them out.

10pm, McNally’s Tavern. Cover $5.

Foxx Worthee — Together, Crystal Smith and Nicole Perkins infuse some sass and spunk into the local country scene. Come see what they’re all about. 10pm, Pump Roadhouse. Cover TBD. Albert — Appearing every Friday night, come listen to Albert as he does his spinning thing. 10pm, Pure Ultra Lounge. Cover $5.

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they take the stage. With Tewksbury’s soulful vocals, the cool, smooth guitar of Vass, Putz’s wry bass and McNeil beating the hell out of the drums, The Fortunate Isles aim is true. They’ll be playing O’Hanlon’s on August 24th. No cover. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Sonic Orchid — From soaring vocals to catchy guitar riffs and driving drums, this local fourpiece has a sound that’s kind of a melodic-pop-rock-metal for the new millennium. 10pm, The Sip Nightclub. No cover if in attendance before 6pm.

DJ Longhorn — Come check out one of Regina’s most interactive DJs as he drops some of the best country beats around. 8pm, Whiskey Saloon. Cover TBD.

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Brett Dolter, Glenn Sutter, Rebecca Lascue — If you’re a fan of folk music, be sure to get your butt to the CCC this weekend and check out these three talented musicians. 8pm, Creative City Centre. Tickets $10.

Soiled Doves — This local four-piece play punk the way it’s supposed to be played. 8pm, The Exchange. Tickets TBD. DJ Noor — Born in Kuwait and exposed to the international club scene at a young age, this talented DJ knows how to rock a crowd.

7pm, The Hookah Lounge. Cover $5.

Absofunkinlutely — This four-piece from Saskatoon bring a unique blend of stubble-funk, prairie-disco,reggae-rock and northern soul to the stage. You should probably check them out.

10pm, McNally’s Tavern. Cover $5.

Foxx Worthee — Together, Crystal Smith and Nicole Perkins infuse some sass and spunk into the local country scene. Come see what they’re all about. 10pm, Pump Roadhouse. Cover TBD.

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Justin Lacroix — With heartfelt songs, a soaring voice and funky guitar playing, this Winnipeg-based musician has been thrilling audiences from coast to coast. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm, Creative City Centre. Tickets $10.

Dead and Divine — This is the final tour for this post-hardcore five-piece from Burlington, Ontario. Don’t miss it. Also appearing on the bill will be My Children My Bride and Liferuiner. 7pm, The Exchange. Tickets $15, www.ticketedge.ca

Monday 20

Monday Night Jazz — Featuring The Kyler Schogen Group, a rockin’, poppin’ blues act from Edmonton. 8pm, Bushwakker Brewpub. No cover.

Tuesday 21

Troubadour Tuesdays — Come check out some live tunes from local talents every week, then bring an instrument and partake in the open mic/jam night. 8pm, Bocados. No cover.

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(NEXT WEEK) THE HEARTWICKS @ O’HANLON’S PUB — This rock/pow-

there an you have The Heartwicks’ sound. Not only do they leave everything on stage, they also manage to make some pretty awesome 70‘s-power-pop sounding music in the process.

They’ll be at O’Hanlon’s on August 24th.

No cover. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback?

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musician and a five-time Grammy winner. Together with her band, The Big Noise, the woman who Rolling Stone magazine called “the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline” will be in town for your listening and viewing pleasure. 8pm, Casino Regina.

Tickets $70–75, available at the Show Lounge box office, online at www.casinoregina.com or by calling 565-3000.

started in Saskatoon. They both landed in Regina and have come together to sling some bomb beats. 7pm, The Hookah Lounge.

No cover.

er pop group began as a minimalist drums-and-guitar based band in Calgary. Soon they added bass keyboards, organ and piano to help create swooping melodies and soaring harmonies.

Throw some banging guitar hooks in

Ingrid Gates — This Saskatchwanian’s music is a soulful, sultry blend of gypsy music, blues and indie. Also on the bill will be Montreal’s Twin Voices. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm, Creative City Centre. Tickets $10.

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Whatever, Too Easy — Two talented local bands for the price of one. 10pm, McNally’s Tavern.

Cover $5.

Wonderland — Come join this local tribute band for a visually stimulating and energetic show as they play “one-hit wonders” from the ‘60s to the present. 10pm, Pump Roadhouse. Cover TBD. DJ Longhorn — Come check out one of Regina’s most interactive DJs as he drops some of the best country beats around. 8pm, Whiskey Saloon. Cover TBD.

PS Fresh — DJ Ageless started spinning in Montreal, DJ Drewski

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(COMING UP) BRET MICHAELS @ CASINO REGINA — The last place you’ve seen

the ‘80s most iconic groups, Michaels along with Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall and C.C. DeVille, sold more than 30 million records worldwide. He’ll be rolling through Casino Regina on October 20th; tickets are $70–75 (www.casinoregina. com). -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Karaoke Tuesday — Famous live music venue offers its patrons a chance to share the stage. 8pm, McNally’s Tavern. No cover.

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Wednesday Night Folk — Featuring The Dog Ate the Barb and Rusty Wire, eclectic folk songs accompanied by haunting vocals.

9pm, Bushwakker Brewpub. No cover Wynonna and The Big Noise — Wynonna Judd is a best-selling author, a platinum-selling country

this guy was probably on The Celebrity Apprentice or maybe on his reality television show Rock of Love. But once upon a time ago he was simply known as the lead singer for the glam rock band Poison. As a member of one of

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Arts One

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Fun.: These NY Rockers Are Great, Period.

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American Three-Piece On Anthemic Rock, Glee, And Where They’re Going Now Alex J MacPherson

Regina, SK — I’ll be blunt.

“Some Nights” by Fun., a rock band from New York, is the catchiest, most memorable song I’ve heard this summer. It is the sort of song that prompts you to pull over when it comes on the radio.

It is more memorable, even, than Gotye’s smash “Somebody That I Used to Know.” It is the kind of song that affirms years of hard work and acts as the foundation for a vibrant career.

Fun. burst into the mainstream earlier this year when “We Are Young,” a powerhouse single from their sophomore album Some Nights, appeared on the popular TV show Glee. Although some people dismiss it, Glee has become the arbiter of pop music in the same

way Pitchfork rules college radio. bandmates have the credentials to Jack Antonoff, who plays guitar in back up their success. Singer Nate Fun., was thrilled when the song Ruess fronted The Format, while appeared on prime time TV. Andrew Dost played in numer“That was amazing, because it ous other bands. Antonoff made was the first, in a ten-year career, a name for himself as the leader of the first moment cult wonder Steel of anything main- “I’ve never seen Train. stream,” he says. something like that … a It is easy to “Glee really only moment and then it’s just lose sight of the covers hit songs, fact that music and ours was the like this explosion…” is about sharing.

-Jack Antonoff The members of first that wasn’t a hit that they did. I’ve never seen Fun. are wary, of course, about something like that … a moment sacrificing honesty in the name of and then it’s just like this explosion commercial success, but their main as a result.” interest is entertaining people — as Every band hopes for a meteoric many people as possible. “There rise to fame and popularity, but are elements of it are really tough that ascent, when it happens, can to manage,” Antonoff said of the cause problems: some fans dismiss band’s overnight success. “I think popular bands as sellouts or flashes the bottom line is we grew up in in the pan. But Antonoff and his the ‘90s, learning from bands like

Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day or Pearl Jam. It’s very inherent in us to want to go that big, and to resonate on that big a level.”

If Some Nights is any indication, going big shouldn’t be a stretch for the band. Evoking the grandiosity of Freddie Mercury and the energetic bounce of the Beatles, their brand of anthemic rock is as powerful as it is simple. Some Nights sounds enormous while skirting the perils of multiple tracks and over-production. It is a rollicking collection of accessible pop and rock songs, the fines of which is the eponymous single.

“That was the greatest challenge on the album,” Antonoff says of “Some Nights,” which started life as a sketch and was only filled out after the individual parts were recorded.

“We had to be architects for

something we couldn’t see or feel.

It didn’t sound like anything until the very end,” he laughs. “It was the hardest process — going at it blind — and I think that’s why the song means so much to us.”

Ultimately, what that song means is that Fun. are moving onward and upward. “Some Nights,” then, is a template for the future.

And, as Antonoff points out, a look back. “It’s just a big part of where we come from,” he says.

The only question now is where they’re going.

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Event Info

Fun.

Where: Conexus Arts Centre When: August 30 Cost: $36 @ Admission.com

‘Go Jump In The Pool’ With Legendary The Cult

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Alex J MacPherson

Regina, SK — Ian Astbury has a problem.

Trapped between a collapsing industry and the raw need to make primal guitar rock with his band, the Cult, Astbury and Billy Duffy, his longtime songwriting partner, responded by making some of the best music of their career. Choice of Weapon, their first record since the store,” Astbury concedes. “But 2007, is a fine example of what the we’re fans of music. We’re fans of pair can accommusic first and plish when the “But we’re fans of music. foremost.” walls are closing We’re fans of music first This visceral in. love of music is and foremost.

“Maybe that all over Choice of -Ian Astbury Weapon, a record pressure, maybe that feeling, that xenophobic that reflects the band’s deeply inalienation, drives you to a place grained need to make rock and where you either fight or you sell roll. “We understand the viewpoint

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that guitar-based music, especially that has maybe ‘70s hard rock influences, is considered gauche in some circles, unless it’s in an ironic context,” Astbury says, sounding sour. “But we go for primal stuff. It’s connected to archetypal human activity, and there’s something about that animalistic aspect of playing rock and roll music that you don’t get in synthetically created music.”

In many ways, Choice of Weapon is an album that fans are lucky to have. “I said that we weren’t going to release any more albums because I thought it was redundant,” he explains. “And as soon as I said that, everybody started asking for an album — labels banging on the door, fans asking for an album.”

At the same time, Astbury thinks the band’s strength is impossible to explain. “It’s like trying to explain the taste of an orange,” he says.

“You can’t explain the taste. You have to bite it, you have to suck it, taste it.” This is a problem for any journalist, people whose job is grounded in definition. But Astbury has a solution: “I’ve not seen a review where somebody just comes up and maybe writes the headline and the page is blank,” he says. “Like, what the f*ck? That would be the best possible [review]!”

So rather than read some cumbersome treatise on the Cult’s inexplicable power, I think you should go and see them play. Or, as Astbury would say, “Go jump in the pool, baby.”

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5 Questions: Art I

MacKenzie Art Gallery Curator Tim Alex J MacPherson Art in Bloom is one of the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s signature events.

Featuring a selection of works donated by artist John Noestheden in memory of his wife Kate Davis, a former director of the MacKenzie, Art in Bloom offers viewers a chance to interact with works that reflect the taste and experiences of one of Regina’s foremost patrons of the arts. And, much like a wellloved bookshelf, an art collection offers plenty of insight into an individual’s life and work. I caught up with Timothy Long, head curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, to chat

about Davis’s life and experiences, her taste in artwork, and the contrast between her collection and Norman MacKenzie’s.

Alex J MacPherson: In May, the MacKenzie Art Gallery invited a number “[The exhibit of artists to reinterpret a whole other these works using flo- creative expr ral arrangements. Can you tell me a bit about response to t that?

Timothy Long: It’s an exhibition that allows us to invite members of the community and artists to create floral interpretations of artworks in our collection. It’s a unique way of looking at the collection, one that

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In Bloom Exhibit

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mothy Long Talks Artistic Inspiration

allows for a whole other range of creative expression in response to the artwork.

AJM: The collection this year is very interesting because it came from one individual. Can t] allows for you tell me a little bit about what people r range of can expect to see? ression in Her collection the artwork.” is aTL:very personal -Timothy Long one. I’d say in almost every case she had a personal connection to the artist. This is very much a collection that’s about a network of friendships, particularly in the cities where she worked prior to her move to Regina.

AJM: Can you give me some examples?

TL: We have Catherine Burgess from Edmonton, when she was working at the old Edmonton Art Gallery. There’s Chris Cran and Ron Moppett from Calgary, when she was working at Glenbow Museum.

And then there’s William Eakin and Wanda Koop from Winnipeg, who are representative of her time at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. And then, of course, there are a number of Regina artists, Saskatchewan artists.

AJM: Right now, there are two personal collections hanging in the gallery: Norman MacKenzie’s and

Liam Titcomb On Heartache, And Starting Over

Kate Davis’s. Can you tell me about the contrast between them?

TL: The intentions were completely different. MacKenzie was very clear from the start that he was building a collection that would have a lasting legacy not only for the city of Regina but also for the province of Saskatchewan.

He was trying to build a world collection. Kate’s is very much more about their personal relationships — artists she feels an affinity for and whose work she respects and admires.

AJM: It’s like looking through a window into something very private…

TL: I think that the vision of MacKenzie’s collection was much broader. Kate? I don’t think she was thinking about the future of her collection as she was building it. They were things she loved and loved to live with. I always had that sense, when I was visiting her house, that these were pieces she and John, her husband, really loved and appreciated, and they were a joy to see every day as they went about their lives. I think of that room as “welcome to Kate and John’s living room.” What a wonderful gift to the gallery and to the community.

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Regina, SK — Most 16-year-olds are interested in borrowing their parents’ car and finding someone to pull beer for them. When Liam Titcomb was 16, he was interested in maintaining a rigorous touring schedule and mulling the follow-up to his debut album.

Titcomb turned 25 this week, and his latest record, Cicada, feels a sudden realization that it wasn’t like a new beginning. “This is a fresh going to work out long term,” he start,” he said in a said. “We had a news release. “I’m “When the earth falls out tear-jerking conready to go after from underneath your versation, and I the whole globe. feet … [y]ou just need to got on a plane.

There’s a little bit A landslide is unof everything on somehow deal with it…” avoidable. It’s not -Liam Titcomb one person’s fault this album. It’s bittersweet at times. It’s fun at times. or another. When the earth falls out This is who I am at the end of the from underneath your feet … [y]ou day. There’s no persona … I make music because I love it.”

Titcomb may be young, but his music is deeply sophisticated.

Blending elements of folk, bluegrass, and rock and roll, Titcomb’s signature sound is difficult to classify; it moves fluidly across genre lines. Anchored by his emotionladen voice — one of the most versatile in Canadian music — Cicada is a promise of what Titcomb can achieve. It’s part of a cycle that is only just beginning.

“Cicadas are those prehistoriclooking bugs that make a highpitched buzzing sound in the summertime,” Titcomb explained.

“There’s a cicada that has a 13-year cycle. It disappears underground for years and then it comes back in a massive swarm. This record captures a feeling of re-emergence for me. The album has been a long time coming, and that’s one of the reasons I called it Cicada.”

The best song on the record is probably “Landslide,” a gentle, lush rock song that chronicles the implosion of Titcomb’s relationship and his subsequent trip abroad. “I had

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just need to somehow deal with it and find a new way.”

Cicada is Titcomb’s attempt to carve out a path for himself. Although it’s not perfect, the record’s missteps are evidence of Titcomb’s willingness to try new things.

“There weren’t any rules when it came to making music,” Titcomb said.

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Food

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Ah, coffee: the beverage that keeps a lot of us going through the day. This naturally caffeinated drink is enjoyed in many ways all around the world, and its robust flavour is aromatic, with a mug full of facts to boot.

The earliest evidence of ■coffee drinking is from 15

th

century Yemen

About 700 chemical sub■stances are released when coffee beans are roasted

Drinking coffee has been ■prohibited at various times

by a variety of groups and monarchs, for both religious and economic reasons

houses have long ■beenCoffee the strongholds of reb-

els, revolutionaries and free — thinkers like Voltaire, John Adams and Allen Ginsberg

Atlantis Coffee: Decadent Breaks

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Enjoy Sweet Treats, Delicious Beverages At Downtown Cafe Jessica Bickford

Is there anything better than sitting downtown on a summer evening, reading a good book

or chatting with a friend over a coffee and gluten-free cupcake? I know, I know, gluten-free baked goods can be a little sketchy at times, but Atlantis Coffee has sourced some sort of miracle.

All the tasty baking at Atlantis is from Fourth & James Bakery in Lumsden, and it is pretty amazing.

The aforementioned gluten-free item is a chocolate quinoa cupcake, and I must say, it’s one of the best cupcakes I’ve had (gluten or no).

This little gem was about half the size of a regular cupcake, which made the petite treat a perfect little something to have with a hot beverage. Oh, and did I mention it was topped with a generous amount

of chocolate butter frosting? Yeah. for breakfast or tea time.

With the cupcake I had one of Last on the sweets list was a Katie Mantei’s (Atlantis’ manager chocolate chip cookie, made just and an accoladethe way I like winning barista) “The contrast between them: soft, chewy impeccable and the sweet bread and the and dense, with artistic cappucci- bite of the cherries was not too much nos. Her latte art chocolate, letting was eye-catching, lovely…” the brown sugar -Jessica Bickford and butter flavour and the skillfully poured cappuccino was a simple really come through. Talk about yet delicious, classic. yummy, and perfect to share.

A prairie (read: sour) cherry Katie then made one of her fascone was up next, and this tra- vourite drinks, an iced Americano, ditional buttery and dense bread which she calls the “Guinness of was studded with the tart fruit. The coffee.” This is not your average contrast between the sweet bread iced coffee, and can only really be and the bite of the cherries was described as interesting because lovely, making this a great option instead of flat water, this Americano is made with San Pellegrino — a sparkling mineral water. The carbonation adds a fresh, summery twist to the drink, along with a distinctive fizz.

Atlantis has a focus on supporting local businesses and they get their coffee in fresh each week.

Katie told me, “we have a high standard for the coffee, and for everything we serve. We want our customers to have higher expectations all around.”

With their exceptional (and locally produced) baked goods, and a fantastic drink menu, I think Atlantis is certainly holding themselves to that high standard.

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Opinion

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Guns: Way Better Than Words, Reason

Walt Wawra Totally Had It Right: Let’s Let Our Bullets Do The Talking For Us The Editors of Verb

Regina, SK — It’s a scene straight out of a horror film, one that can strike fear into the bravest of hearts. Imagine peacefully strolling through a park on a summer’s eve, arm in arm with the one you love. All is right with the world, when suddenly you’re approached by beasts of unfathomable horror: young men.

“Been to the Stampede yet?” growls a pair of these unruly thugs, eyes glinting.

That is the situation Walt Wawra, a seasoned police officer and visitor from Michigan, found himself in during a recent visit to Calgary. In

“How boring would James Bond be if he simply dialogued with every villain…”

-Verb’s editors case you missed it, Wawra fired off a letter to the editor of the Calgary Herald about his narrow escape, the account of which quickly went viral.

“I speculate they did not have good intentions when they approached in such an aggressive, disrespectful and menacing manner,” he wrote.

“I thank the Lord Jesus Christ they did not pull a weapon of some sort,” he continued, lamenting the fact that, as a visitor from another country, he was not permitted to carry his off-duty hand gun. “Would we not expect a uniformed officer to pull his or her weapon to intercede … Why then should the expectation be lower for a citizen of Canada or a visitor?”

Left defenceless without his piece, Wawra had to rely on the next best line of defence: words.

Gallantly shooing the would-be thugs (or, you know, passersby making small talk) away, he managed — barely, according to his account — to yank himself and his wife from imminent danger. Sighs of relief were breathed.

And while Wawra is recovering from his ordeal, presumably huddled in his house in Kalamazoo, we think he shouldn’t have had to rely upon conversation to fast-talk his way out of danger. Words, you guys — how lame! Think about it.

How boring would James Bond be if he simply dialogued with every villain who crossed his path?

Words don’t always work. People can misunderstand the phrases you employ or the tone you use, but you know what is always clear, never up for misinterpretation? Bullets.

So yeah, let’s encourage every person in Canada to bear arms just in case they have to defend themselves against unruly youths interested in chatting about the carnival

of horrors that is the Stampede.

Better yet, whenever a visitor comes to Canada, let’s pull them aside at immigration, show them a room full of weapons and say, “Welcome to Canada, pal … Take your pick.” That way, never again will a tourist have to live through what Wawra did.

Now, we know some of you may

be thinking: “come on you guys. Lax gun laws and pro-firearm mentality isn’t the answer. Look at Kalamazoo.

It’s a city of 74,000, and in 2010 there were eight gun-related murders. Now look at Calgary in 2010.

It’s more than 10 times as big as Kalamazoo, but only had twice as many homicides (guns or no guns).”

Problem is, you’re missing the

point. See, the point here is Kalamazoo kicks ass! It’s clearly just better than us at using bullets.

So we applaud Wawra’s heroic letter, and we say: Guns? Hell yeah!

Let’s let our bullets do our talking.

After all, bullets are way less dangerous than words, reason and a level head.

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Intriguing Citizen Gangster Feels Clichéd

Real Canadian Criminal Led Far More Entertaining Life Than Action Film’s Version Edwin Boyd Citizen Gangster

Runtime: 105 Minutes Rated: 14A Adam Hawboldt Edwin Boyd was a family man from Toronto. He was a bus driver, an aspiring actor, a decorated war hero.

Edwin Boyd was also (and still is) the most popular and notorious bank robber in our nation’s history.

Think of him as a cross between tap dances on bank counters.

Robin Hood and Baby Face Nelson, The kind of bank robber who or maybe even a northern version smiles at women and makes them John Dillinger. swoon.

At least that’s how writer/direcWith that kind of chutzpah and tor Nathan Morpersonality, it’s lando wants you “As an interesting little only a matter of to think of him. slab of Canadian history, time before Boyd I n h i s d e - it is great. And the acting becomes a media but film Citizen darling and ToGangster, Mor- is pretty solid too…” ronto’s favourite -Adam Hawboldt criminal. lando paints Boyd (Scott Speedman) as a flamboyant And for a while things go swell. thief with personality to spare.

But then, like most bad guys, You know, the kind of gangster Boyd is caught and thrown in jail. who raids his wife Doreen’s (Kelly There, he hooks up with a gang Reilly) make-up kit, paints his face, of thugs, breaks out of prison and points his luger at bank tellers and forms the Boyd Gang.

More crime ensues.

WIthout spoiling too much of the movie, let me just mention a couple of pertinent things.

First, Citizen Gangster is a goodlooking film.

In the hands of cinematographer Steve Cosens, a gorgeous world of muted grays and cold blues really adds to the tone and atmosphere.

Second, in the early going Citizen Gangster is a fairly intriguing film.

At its core, the story is an absorbing study of a man in the ‘50s — a World War II veteran, family man, wannabe actor — pushed to the dark side in order to make ends meet. Yes, in the early going, this is good stuff indeed.

But then, unfortunately, Boyd gets put in jail, meets his future gang and the story sinks into one cliché after another.

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The gang you’ll recognize anywhere. There’s the brawn (Kevin Durand), the joker (Brendan Fletcher), the hanger-on (Joseph Cross) and,

of course, the showman-like boss — Boyd.

Naturally, the gang is pursued by a hell-bent detective (William Mapother), who receives help from an unexpected source.

And, in the end, Citizen Gangster ends pretty much how you would expect.

So was it a good film?

Well, yes and no.

As an interesting little slab of Canadian history, it is great. And the acting is pretty solid too — Speedman plays Boyd with an easy, unaffected charm, while Reilly is all kinds of good as his wife.

Yet the narrative tends to sag at times and, as the film approaches its conclusion, you may find yourself thinking, “Not too shabby, but I liked it better when it was called Public Enemy and directed by Michael Mann.” Or at least that’s what I was thinking.

Edwin Boyd will be opening at the Regina Public Library August 23rd.

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The Expendables 2: Brawn And Bombs

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Action Flick Brings The Cheese, But Powerhouse Cast Also Brings The Laughs The Expendables 2 Runtime: 103 Minutes Rated: 14A Adam Hawboldt If you’re anything like me, not long after you watched 2010’s The Expendables you said to yourself, “Not too shabby. But a film full of 80’s and 90’s action stars isn’t really complete without Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. So, pray tell, where in the hell were those gents?”

The answer is they were lying in the wings waiting for The Expendables 2 to start filming. Because this time around the gang’s all here: Sly Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, JeanClaude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Jet Li and more.

Stop, go back, read over that fight and, by the end, the crew are list again. And if you’re a fan of the ready for a long break. muscle-bound, one-liner-filled acNot gonna happen. tion flicks of the 80’s and 90’s, well, Along comes CIA wonk Mr. you can’t help but look forward to Church (Willis), who sends them the new Expendables flick. out on another mission, this time And here’s the thing — you to retrieve a safe from a plane that won’t be disappointed. has crash landed in Albania.

Sure the dialogue is clunky, the So off they go, but when the plot is wafer thin crew (which has and the charac- “The action is non-stop, added the beauters are card- the story is stream-lined tiful female merboard, but who and fast moving…” cenary Maggie, cares. There are played by Nan -Adam Hawboldt Yu, to its fold) arenough explosions, thrills, laughs and nostalgia rives at the crash site they realize to make The Expendables 2 bigger two things: 1) the contents of the and even more badass than the safe are way more valuable than original. they’d realized, and 2) a ruthless Directed by Simon West (Con villain named Vilain (I kid you not) Air), the second Expendables install- wants the contents for his own evil ment opens with a bang, literally, as purposes.

Barney Ross (Stallone) and his crew Vilain (played by Van Damme) of kickass mercenaries (Lundgren, nabs the safe, kills a guy in Barney’s Statham, Randy Couture, newcomer crew (no spoilers here) and escapes.

Liam Hemsworth, et al.) lay waste Naturally, the crew is pissed so they to bad guys in Nepal. It’s a furious swear to “track him, find him, kill

him.”

Brawls, bicep bulges and big-ass explosions ensue.

Now, anyone heading to the theatre expecting The Expendables 2 to be an intelligent, emotionally raw movie had better shake their heads.

The movie is what it is: explosions for the sake of explosions.

Nostalgia for the sake of nostalgia.

Dumb fun for the sake of dumb fun.

And as silly or preposterous as it is to have a bunch of near-geriatric, aging action icons grab their guns

and go blow stuff up with reckless abandon, The Expendables 2 is still entertaining. The action is nonstop, the story is stream-lined and fast moving, and there are more than enough winks, nods and clever meta-references to keep the audience chuckling.

If only they had’ve somehow gotten Steven Seagal on board, it would’ve been perfect. Or as perfect a brawn-over-brains movie like this can get.

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This Week: Olympic Changes Last week we joked about changes we’d like to make to the Olympics — here’s what you had to say!

Next week’s topic: see page 13 — what do you think about

Walt Wawra’s infamous pro-gun stance? Text FEEDBACK and your thoughts about the topic (or anything else) to 306–881-VERB (8372) and you could see your text printed in next week’s issue!

On Topic I hate the Olympics waste of money and resources. Let’s support our athletes but not our artists. We

need to find a balance.

Mutant olympics are stupid don’t waste efforts on this.

Joking about the Olympics like this is disrespectful to our athletes, who represented our country so well in these games. Shame on you!

Lol yep gr8 plan ur athletes shoud do whatever they want maybe then I’d watch the show.

The Olympics are fixed - pure athletic ability has nothing to do with it, it’s all behind the scenes payoffs.

Embracing that with joke Olympics would be so awesome!

Off Topic Re: “SK Should Adopt The Practice Of BYOW,” Opinion page, August 3rd issue

restaurants in Quebec hasve been allowing people to bring wine into some restaurants for years.

The losers that threw the water balloon at me on the Co-op parking

Texts

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lot should realize two things. First, you’re all cowards. Second, you’ll be getting a ticket from the police.

What goes around comes around!

mandatory landlord school or course to protect tenants rights, health and safety. Any smart responsible landlord would want this education too.

When r the verb people ever on the bus? I read the verb all the time and wait 4 them and they never show?? Am I just missing them or what?? Put this in the verb please!

wow verb you will print about pump cheese but you wont print that someone didnt like your choice in burger joints. what a fail

I agree with the Americans that say Canadians shopping at Costco are rude. I believe that and I’m a Canadian. They have an It’s All About Me attitude! Stop being so self centered already!

Way too many inexperienced and ignorant landlords operating in Sask.

Housing has lots of law and tech.

Legionella, black hold…lots of safety hazards. We need a

‘Cant see the forest for the trees’ means you dont see things for what they are. Kinda obvious if you THINK about it. . .

This SAID initiative from Social Service is turning out to be the piece of buearcratic bullshit I thought it would be. After all their BS process my speech and cognitive challenged nephew got rejected. They bothered him, they asked him to apply, go through their humilating process.

Of course they have to reject some of the marginal to prove their BS screening works. The people at SaskAbilities aren’t M.D.s! They’re not qualified to make these calls!

You know you and your pals live DOWNtown when everyone has a “Get the f**k out of my crib!” stick by the door.

The lowest level of hell was covered in ice. Totally accurate comparison. Fool Yeah some children’s TV programs are definitely wierd and creepy. It started with Pee Wee Herman’s

house. Brrrr!

Just 2 say I miss u Babe good luck goodbye B00 (springsteen) ooh Babe (styx) Runaway FK GNR dont know what u got till gone For those of you that can’t help but text while driving, feel free to let your kids play in the street! You may or may not hit them as you drive aimlessly down the street.

God loves you whether you like it or not.

Anyone notice that the cost of oil is constantly droping but

the price at the pump is staying the same?

And everyone seems content! WTF! We can all smell the desperation for deposits behind bank ads advice apps etc.

Right? They’re not fooling any but the dumbest of the dumb with their crap!

Tell kaskade i love him.

Oh no to the lady who wrote about getting splashed, that may have been me! I’m so sorry I tried to avoid the puddle :( The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily Verb’s.

Nightlife

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Saturday @ Tumblers Venue

Tumblers Pizza on Saturday, August 11th

Location

2108 Grant Road

Playing on Arrival

“Electric Feel” by MGMT

Music Vibe

Upbeat and hip hop

Regular Gig

DJ Kracker Jack

Feature Deal

Pub Pizza (one topping) for $5

Popular Drinks

Great Western pints for $5, and Sour Jim’s or Sambuca shots for $5

Food of Choice

Pepperoni, bacon and mushroom pizza

Wing Notes

One pound for $5 on Tuesdays; of the eight available flavours, Buffalo is the most popular

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“We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing.” Those are George Bernard Shaw’s words and the thing about them, Pisces, is they’re right. Old is all a frame of mind.

So this week, why not make yourself feel young. Get out there, play. Act like a younger version of yourself. Meet up with some friends. Mess around. Act the fool. Whatever floats your boat. You’ll be surprised at how fun it truly is.

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Pisces (Feb 20–Mar 20)

Some weeks are meant for relaxing, others are meant for motion, for getting things done. So this week, Virgo, get your life moving. Get things on the go. Don’t be lazy. Move, move, move — you won’t regret it. And if, for some reason, you get the urge to just sit back and let the train of life pass you by, remember what humourist Will Rogers once said: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

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Virgo (Aug 23–Sept 22)

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You know Bruce Lee, right? Well that little dynamo wasn’t just an actor/expert martial artist, he was also a philosopher of sorts. In fact, he once wrote, “Be like water making its way through cracks.

Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it.” Excellent advice for you this week, Aquarius. If you’re presented with a problem, adapt. Be free flowing and open and you’ll soon see your problem isn’t much of a problem after all.

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Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 19)

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but seeing with new eyes.” Indeed it is, dear Leo. So this week maybe you should take a page out of Marcel Proust’s book and try to look at things differently, from different angles.

You’ll be amazed at what you may see.

Not only will you open your mind and recognize things you normally wouldn’t, in doing so you will also embark on a soul-searching inner journey that may very well lead you to new realizations.

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Leo (Jul 23–Aug 22)

The famous Greek philosopher Socrates once taught “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That’s some darn good teaching right there, Capricorn. And as a student of life, it’s a lesson you should put to good use. So this week, why not look at yourself in the mirror, and consider your life. Are you where you want to be?

Are there stars out there you should hitch your wagon to? Are you happy? Do you love what you do or simply tolerate it?

All good questions, now start examining.

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Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19)

Actions: that’s what this week should be all about for you, Cancer. Be a person of action if for no other reason than this: “What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” Pretty profound stuff, right? That’s from the pen of famed art critic John Ruskin. And not only did he know art, Ruskin knew a bit about life. So go out there and do it this week, Cancer.

You may succeed or you may fail.

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Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22)

“To err is human, to forgive divine.”

Quick Sagittarius, who said that? If you guessed Alexander Pope, you’d be 100 percent correct. You’d also know that Pope not only had a way with words, but also a way with ideas. Cling to his notion this week, dear Sagittarius. People around you are going to make mistakes, it happens to the best of us. But be sure not to hold their mistakes against them.

Forgive, forget and move on. That’s the best thing to do.

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Sagittarius (Nov 23–Dec 21)

Sure, blind shots of luck exist, Gemini, but for the most part, a simple lucky shot will not help you excel. Don’t believe me? Ask Aristotle. One of the greatest thinkers of all time once wrote that “We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” So take this week and start forming good habits.

Sure and steady, she goes. Sometimes it’s not how fast you’re running that counts, it’s the direction in which you’re headed.

Think about it.

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Gemini (May 21–Jun 20)

Rabbi Aryeh Frimer once said “I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.” Interesting idea, no? So how about this week you forget what you know. Seriously, Scorpio, just wipe the slate clean. Start from scratch. Assume you know nothing and begin questioning things. How things work, why things are the way they are. Believe it or not, we’ve been lied to from birth and we often believe in ideas that are shams. Find these ideas, Scorpio, and challenge them.

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Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22)

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear.” Writer/hippie/activist Ambrose Redmoon wrote that, and do you know what, dear Taurus?

He’s right. And you yourself may be put in a position this week where you’ll have to do something that scares you. If you find yourself in a situation like that, weigh your options and if, as Redmoon says, you decide something is more important than your fear, you should tackle it head on.

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Taurus (Apr 20–May 20)

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“Laughing at our own mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” Some salient advice from American wit, Cullen Hightower. Consider what he’s saying.

This week, Libra, be quicker to laugh at yourself than others. Not only is a selfdeprecating sense of humour attractive, it’s a lot less dangerous and risky than laughing at someone else’s misfortunes.

Unless of course there is a groin shot involved. In which case, laugh away.

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Libra (Sept 23–Oct 23)

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Personal productivity guru David Allen once said, “You can do anything, but not everything.” Stop for a moment, Aries, and let that sink in. You got it?

Good. Now keep that mantra in mind during the next few days or so. Whenever you feel the urge to spread yourself too thin, go back to what Mr. Allen said. It’s no use trying to do too many things all at once. Instead, focus your energies on doing just one or two things exceedingly well. Dividends will be paid in full.

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Aries (Mar 21–Apr 19)

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Sudoku

Directions: Fill each box with a digit from 1-9, following these conditions: - Each row must contain every digit from 1-9 once and only once.

- Each column must contain every digit from 1-9 once and only once.

- Each of the nine 3x3 boxes must contain every digit from 1-9 once and only once.

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