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HOMELESSNESS

WOMEN ‘FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS’ OF THE HOMELESS CARE SYSTEM Horror Stories Hightlight the Need for Broad-Scope Homeless Care Facilities in Edmonton

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ometimes, when a homeless woman gives birth, she leaves the hospital in a blanket and mesh underwear, and nothing else. It’s a grim reminder, says Morgan Chalifoux, manager of the Healthy Empowered and Resilient (HER) Pregnancy Program at Boyle Street Community Services, of the lack of support for some of the city’s most vulnerable people.

“After women leave the hospital, they can bleed for four to six weeks afterwards,” she says.

“We had one of our women discharged the other day, and she had no pants, no underwear, no pads, because she was still bleeding. If you go to the Leg building, all of the tampons are free, but for our homeless population, none of them are free.”

For staff at the agency, this story—not an uncommon one—highlights the need for better supports for women experiencing homelessness across both age and background. For Haley Irving—team lead for the adult support team at Boyle Street—this starts with the creation of a facility offering services for women who are just on the cusp of homelessness.

“There is nothing that is available at a walk-in basis without scrutiny or screening, and pervasive screening,” she says. “We have to have this in-between road space for women that is

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harm reduction and also understands that ... you don’t have to say that you’ve been beaten or raped to be eligible for it.”

Roughly a quarter of the homeless population in Edmonton is female, though it’s hard to track.

Because being on the street is a high-risk situation for women, many find alternatives, crashing on someone’s couch for instance. It’s hard to get a clear number of homeless women as a product of that.

they’re trying always to have a safe place to sleep.”

Edmonton has one inner-city shelter specifically for women (located at Hope Mission), the rest are safe houses where women go if they’re experiencing domestic violence. There are criteria a woman needs to meet to go to the latter kind of organization, Irving says, people can’t just go there if they have financial issues. Establishments like the Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre, while

be surprised if we were to sit down with 20 women in our building today and said ‘has anyone been a victim of sexual assault?’ I can’t imagine any of them would say no,” she says.

“When it comes to being on the street, it’s dangerous.”

Similarly, if a woman with substance abuse problems comes to one of the shelters that also provides a home for young children, that would make the current inhabitants uncomfortable.

In an ideal world, Irving would

“She becomes a target; she can walk out of there the next morning with her wallet gone, none of her IDs, and none of her clothes.”

“If they’re not really street smart, then staying in a shelter is probably a really bad choice for them,” Irving says.

“It’s rough. Women are at risk of exploitation, always. One of the simplest things that we find is that people will befriend you, people will offer you safety, offer you a place to go, but there are conditions to that.

That could be selling [drugs] for people or sexual exploitation ... Women are survivors, so

a viable option, also house people with a variety of mental health issues—which can be rough on women who may have lead a sheltered life up until going there. Uni-sex shelters can also be a dangerous option.

“She becomes a target; she can walk out of there the next morning with her wallet gone, none of her IDs, and none of her clothes,” Irving says.

“We know how prevalent sexual assaults are. I would

like to see a kind of ‘tier’ system for women living in the different stages of homelessness, a slow gradient starting at being homeless, and going through the different stages of selfsufficiency via support until the women can stay on their feet.

Irving adds that a similar structure would be useful for men.

The makeup of the HER Program is also quite telling: 100 percent of the people in the

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program are Indigenous, though it’s not specifically focused in that direction. “These are the women who are falling through the cracks,” Chalifoux says.

Roughly three-quarters of the community members in the program are middle-aged, Chalifoux says. Part of that is because, in Alberta, when a child grows up in care of Children and Family Services, they can re-sign themselves up even after they turn 18, up until they’re 24.

All the same, the women in the program face similar risks as other women on the street— some of them even need to engage in “survival sex,” Chalifoux says. “A lot of the time, our women are in survival mode.”

Aside from the facility for women new to homelessness, Chalifoux also advocates for the creation of a place for pregnant homeless women to go and eat healthy. For Boyle Street’s part: it tries to have all the sanity items it needs, but people don’t tend to donate them as much as they do food, and it doesn’t have showers.

“We’re in Canada. These women should be able to be clean if they want to be clean,” she says. “Sometimes I’ll say ‘This is where there’s an outdoor spray park. I know it’s horrible, but at least there’s water there.’”

Doug Johnson doug@vueweekly.com

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SARAH HOFFMAN: NDP SUPPORTS LGBTQ2S+ RIGHTS O

A Letter in Response to the Queermonton Column Published in Vue on Aug. 8

ur government is proud to offer unwavering support for LGBTQ2S+ rights and equality, and as your Minister of Health, I am committed to improving awareness of the health needs of Alberta’s LGBTQ2S+ community so they can receive appropriate and inclusive care.

I’m proud of Premier Rachel Notley’s leadership for this community, whether she’s appointing Alberta’s first openly gay Cabinet minister, giving leadership roles to LGBTQ2S+ members of her caucus, making it illegal for children and youth to be outed at school, or dancing at pride parades.

Premier Notley recently announced that our government is making generic versions of HIVpreventing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available at no cost to those at higher risk of exposure to HIV. Albertans previously had to pay upwards of $250 a month for this life-changing medication.

This is something the community has been advocating for, which is why our government listened and took action.

We are committed to breaking down barriers to accessing health care that LGBTQ2S+ Albertans have faced in the past. We’ve asked Alberta Health Services (AHS) to

work with sexual health and HIV experts to ensure health professionals interested in prescribing PrEP have the training they need, and we’re working to identify prescribers across the province.

When it comes to creating safe and inclusive spaces for sexual and gender diverse people in our healthcare system, education plays a critical role. We’ve worked with the Alberta Medical Association and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to increase education around hormone replacement therapy to ensure that any physician can prescribe these drugs.

We know that conversion therapy hurts people, and that it can result in long-term trauma. That’s why I am working with my colleague, MLA Nicole Goehring, to develop legislation that would end this hateful and harmful practice.

We’ve also ensured, as we continue to make updates to the AHS sexual and gender diversity website, that this resource provides comprehensive information about psychiatrists in Alberta that refer patients to our Final Stage Gender Reassignment Surgery (FSGRS) program, which provides funding for Albertans

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to receive this surgery. When we were elected, the wait times for FSGRS funding approvals were typically over two years. Today, we’ve eliminated that wait list.

The previous conservative government defunded this surgery as a “cost-saving measure,” and questioned whether it was “medically necessary.” The conservatives cut services for gender diverse Albertans to save money when oil was at $100 per barrel, so there’s no telling what services they would attack if they get the chance again. Given Jason Kenney’s record of attack-

ing LGBTQ2S+ rights throughout his political career, and that the United Conservative Party passed a motion at their recent policy convention that promotes outing children and youth in GayStraight Alliances, the conservatives continue to demonstrate that they can’t be trusted to support LGBTQ2S+ Albertans.

As we reflect on the progress that we’ve made in Alberta, from changing the way gender is reflected on government identification and documents to prohibiting gender identity as grounds for discrimination, it’s important for

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Albertans to also reflect on the work that still has to be done, and who they trust to do it.

Alberta should be a place where everyone feels loved, included, and supported. I know that members of the LGBTQ2S+ community have fought for this for a long time, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without their advocacy. I want LGBTQ2S+ Albertans to know that our government has your back, and we will continue working with you every day.

Sarah Hoffman, Alberta’s Deputy Premier, Minister of Health, and the MLA for Edmonton-Glenora

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Will Any Party in Alberta Support the Notion that We’re Killing the Earth?

ne thing has become clear: there appear to be no political leaders left in Alberta that believe the purpose of carbon pricing is to reduce emissions and our overall contribution to climate change. This dread realization arises amid the bluster and the rhetoric emanating from Alberta’s elected leaders in response to the recent ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal quashing the approval of the proposed TransMountain Pipeline.

In her address to the province responding to the decision, Premier Rachel Notley announced unequivocally that Alberta would be pulling its support from the federal climate plan until such a time that the “federal government gets its act together.” In case there was any uncertainty, she acknowledged that “without Alberta, that plan isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.”

The plan in question, of course, is the federal climate plan that would, among other things, require every province to introduce a price on carbon beginning immediately at a level of $10/tonne and increasing annually until reaching a level of $50/tonne in 2022. Since Alberta already prices carbon at the rate of $30/tonne, that plan wouldn’t actually impact our province until 2021 when we would have to increase our carbon levy to $40/tonne to meet the federal requirements.

But Notley’s message and intent were clear: no pipeline, no federal climate plan. Despite the fact that the province’s own Climate Panel recommended, that in order to be effective, the climate levy needs to continue to increase over time, and the fact that there is growing consensus among economists that carbon needs to be priced at a minimum of $50/tonne to have an im-

berta’s existing carbon levy and also fight tooth and nail to kill the federal climate plan. Of course, Kenney’s desire to kill the provincial and federal legislation is not contingent on whether or not the pipeline gets built. He did however, take advantage of the court’s ruling to demand that Notley immediately scrap Alberta’s existing carbon levy.

out that approval would not have happened were it not for Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan. At that point, even Prime Minster Trudeau echoed those sentiments, highlighting that Alberta’s climate leadership had been instrumental in securing the approval. Now it seems that the decision to frame the Alberta climate plan, and the carbon levy in particular, as a means

“The sad reality is that neither the NDP nor the UCP have produced a credible and implementable plan to meaningfully reduce Alberta’s total emissions over the short- to mediumterm, let alone bring us anywhere close to meeting our share of Canada’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.” pact, Notley has now decided that if the TransMountain Pipeline doesn’t get built, the carbon levy in Alberta will remain at $30/tonne, apparently in perpetuity. This move shows a surprising willingness to sacrifice the effectiveness of long-term climate policy in Alberta in order to secure the approval of a project that would significantly move our emissions in the wrong direction.

Opposition Leader Jason Kenney has consistently vowed that, should he become Premier, he would move quickly to kill Al-

The reason that Kenney feels so comfortable making that bold demand is that in their promotional campaigns around the introduction of the Climate Leadership Plan in 2015, the government made very clear that the plan was designed to help win ‘social license’ from other Canadians and the federal government for the building of pipelines to transport Alberta bitumen. Then, when the federal government finally approved the TransMountain pipeline, Notley and her team were quick to point

to secure the building of pipelines has come back to bite the Albertan government in the butt.

In case you’re keeping track, that means we currently have a premier who is pulling us out of a federal climate initiative because pipeline construction has been halted, and a leader of the opposition demanding the scrapping of the provincial climate plan because pipeline construction has been halted. Two political leaders, ostensibly on opposite ends of the political spectrum, both advocating the death of leg-

islated climate action for the sake of producing and exporting more bitumen. The obvious question is who is willing to promote climate action for the sake of the climate?

Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan has accomplished some good things, many of which were unfathomable just a few short years ago, but it’s not enough. The provincial government recently predicted that there would be a slight reduction in total emissions by 2030, but that overly optimistic forecast depends heavily on the implementation of the federal climate plan and on oil prices remaining low.

It also does not fully account for the emissions impact of upping production to fill new pipelines.

Without the federal plan, or with increased prices and/or production, there is no date in sight for when we might expect Alberta’s emissions to actually go down.

The sad reality is that neither the NDP nor the UCP have produced a credible and implementable plan to meaningfully reduce Alberta’s total emissions over the short- to medium-term, let alone bring us anywhere close to meeting our share of Canada’s commitments under the Paris Agreement. With a provincial election less than nine months away, isn’t that what Albertans should be demanding?

Ricardo Acuña

DYER STRAIGHT

CLUMSY SPIES SIGNAL PUTIN’S DECLINE

Deaths in Salisbury Show Erratic Behaviour in Russian State, Far from the Cold Precision of 18 Years Ago

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alisbury is a nice old English town with a fine cathedral, only an hour and a half from London by train, but it doesn’t see many Russian tourists in wintertime. It’s not as cold as Moscow, but Russians tend to prefer Mediterranean destinations for holiday breaks in early March—unless, of course, they are planning to kill somebody.

The person of interest in Salisbury was Sergei Skripal, a former member of the Russian military intelligence service who started selling information to the British in the mid-1990s and was caught and jailed by the Russians in 2004. He was pardoned and allowed to go to Britain as part of a spy swap between Western countries and Russia in 2010, and he settled in Salisbury.

On March 4 of this year, Skripal and his daughter, who was visiting from Moscow, were found semi-conscious on a bench in the street in Salisbury and taken to a hospital. They spent weeks in intensive care, and it was determined that they had been poisoned by nov-

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ichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent that falls into the category of banned chemical weapons.

A policeman who went to Skripal’s house was also struck down by the poison, which had been sprayed on the handle of the front door, but he also recovered eventually. Three months later a Nina Ricci perfume bottle that contained leftover novichok was found in a charity bin in Salisbury, and a woman who sprayed it on her wrists died.

Britain accused Russia of sending assassins to kill Skripal and of using a banned weapon. It had no hard proof beyond the novichok, but Skripal was still helping Western intelligence agencies to understand Russian training and techniques, so Moscow had a motive.

Many people pointed out that it would have been foolish for Moscow to choose such a complicated method and risk exposure. Why didn’t it just hire a nonRussian hitman to do the job?

But Moscow has done this sort of thing before: Russian agents, exotic substances, the lot.

Alexander Litvinenko, a member of the FSB—the state’s secret police—got into trouble after his investigation into links between Russian mafia groups and his own organization made him unpopular with Vladimir Putin, the FSB’s head. Litvinenko fled Russia for Britain after Putin took over the presidency in 2000.

Litvinenko remained a harsh critic of Putin, and in 2006 Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoy, both former FSB agents, were sent to London to kill him.

CCTV images showed the killers with Litvinenko at a London hotel where they dosed his tea with a tiny amount of polonium-210, a highly toxic radioactive substance that would not normally be spotted because it does not emit gamma rays.

That was a reasonably competent operation, exposed only by bad luck. The 2018 operation was different. CCTV images, released only last week, showed Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, two 30-something Russian ‘fitness trainers,’ making a brief trip to Salisbury on March

3, presumably to do a reconnaissance, and back to the town the next day to do the dirty deed.

But then it got weird. Putin publicly urged the two men to go on TV, and last Thursday they appeared on RT, a Russian international news channel, to explain their brief trip (which gave them only 54 hours in England).

“Our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful town,” said Petrov. They especially wanted to see Salisbury Cathedral, said Boshirov: “It’s famous for its 123-metre spire, it’s famous for its clock ...” But they looked like heavies from Central Casting, and not at all like clock-tower enthusiasts—‘nekulturny’ (uncultured), as the Russians say.

Why did they only spend 30 minutes in Salisbury the first time? “It was cold.” (It was 10C warmer than Moscow.) Why did they take another train down to Salisbury the next day? “We really wanted to see Old Sarum and the cathedral.” (Old Sarum is an Iron-Age hill fort near Salisbury that was closed the day of.)

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And, on that fateful day, one of the CCTV cameras picked them up close to Skripal’s house and far from the cathedral or any other tourist attractions.

Is Russia deliberately trolling the British government to show its contempt? Probably not, because it has tried very hard to distance itself from the crime in other international venues. Did Putin’s regime put those two highly implausible ‘tourists’ on RT because it forgot that different standards of truth prevail elsewhere? Maybe.

But the likeliest answer is that these clumsy and self-defeating actions are indicators of how far the rot in the regime has gone. Elements of the system, like the armed forces (which have performed well in Syria), retain their efficiency and discipline, but corruption and incompetence rule elsewhere.

The Salisbury debacle would not have happened 18 years ago, when Putin’s reign was new. It suggests that the regime is a lot closer to its end than its beginning.

Gwynne Dyer

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CANADA’S FOOD GUIDE

Health Canada Touts Increasing Plant-Based Foods in First Update to Nation’s Nutritional Guide in 10 Years

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anada’s Food Guide has meat producers in the province on edge as they check the pulse of proposed changes to come. The publication, put out by the federal government, makes recommendations on what an ideal diet looks like and—much to the chagrin of the Alberta Beef Producers Association—it’s looking like the future is plant-based.

“I would say we’re pretty concerned about it. We want to make sure people eat balanced diets and get their fruits and vegetables— we all have to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables—but … there doesn’t seem to be a recognition that animal protein—meat, dairy, eggs—contribute to a healthy diet,” says Tom Lynch-Staunton, the group’s government relations and policy manager.

He adds that the government publication should acknowledge that, in healthy doses, meat-based proteins have a place in a healthy diet. The new proposed emphasis on plant proteins in the guide ignore that plant and meat proteins are not equivalent—there could be some damage to people’s health if they are held at the same level of importance, Lynch-Staunton says.

Pulse proteins, for instance, are high in nutrients, but not as nutritionally dense as foods that come from cows, chickens, pigs, etc.

“If people are eating pulses, thinking they’re getting the same nutrients as they would from meat, they could be missing essential nutrients—not just protein, but iron, vitamin B12, zinc,” he says.

According to Lynch-Staunton, people already know that consumers should fill half their plates with vegetables, but he suggests that totally swapping meat for plants could cause problems. In the same vein, he worries that people who

read ‘eat more plant-based foods’ will turn to meat and dairy-free foods that are heavily processed.

People who live in Northern parts of Canada—the territories, for instance—have limited access to agriculture, and have traditionally relied on meat as a major source of nutrients. The guide, on the whole, also doesn’t give a lot of leeway for regional differences in diet, LynchStaunton says.

“There are vulnerable populations that could benefit from eating more meat,” he says, adding that several studies state seniors and older populations are not getting enough iron in their diets. “There are certain populations where eating a little bit more red meat could be beneficial to their health.”

The Alberta Beef Producers Association is one of many groups around the country that sent letters expressing their concerns about these changes to Health Canada last year. A website purportedly created by healthcare providers, changethefoodguide. ca, also criticizes the publication’s ongoing condemnation of fatty foods, stating that many Canadians use carb-heavy filler foods as a stop gap.

According to Hasan Hutchinson, a doctor attached to Canada’s Food Guide, new evidence prompted the changes to the publication whose last update, anyway, was in 2007.

Currently, the publication’s team is hoping to release new information later in 2018, possibly some time in the fall, and there will be more information released in 2019.

“I think one has to keep in mind that, in the present food guide, it’s not like we were talking about having a lot of meat anyway. We had meat and alternatives as one of the food groups—but most people

should only be having one palm’s worth of this,” Hutchinson says.

“It’s really not a drastic change from what we’ve been saying before, but people haven’t really been hearing it.”

Hutchinson says that plant-based foods can reduce LDL (or bad) cholesterol and, thus, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Health Canada, the group that creates the guide, has been concerned about the health of Canadian hearts for the past few years—two in five adults in the country report having some kind of heart disease or diabetes. Increasingly, these ails are appearing in kids.

This doesn’t mean cutting meat out entirely, but rather lowering the the amount of fat a person ingests.

“It’s just a bit of a shift,” Hutchinson says. “It’s not one strict diet is going to apply to everyone across Canada … There might be fear that we’re becoming too draconian with the food guide. In our guide we will continue to recommend animal foods, if the consumer so chooses to eat them.”

The team responsible for the proposed changes conducted research on the Canadians who actually used the publication, and with industry experts, healthcare providers, and policy-makers prior to proposing the changes.

According to Hutchinson, the internet is full of information that, often offering conflicting opinions, can lead people trying to eat healthy astray. Canada’s Food Guide is, then, something of a

fixed reference point—developed from a broad, “deep dive” into the literature surrounding nutrition.

Health Canada is also developing an application for Canada’s Food Guide to make browsing it for information easier.

“We really wanted to have products, have tools that Canadians can easily use in their everyday lives, to help them when they’re cooking, when they’re shopping,” he says. “The present food guide came about before we had smartphones in real action; 2007 was the year that the iPhone launched. People access information very differently now … We have to move into the new information age.”

Doug Johnson doug@vueweekly.com

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LETTUCE CONTEMPLATE: NAIT VEGAN RESTO OPENS Plant-Based Eatery Opens in Local Polytechnic, Touted as a First in the Province

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he diet of a student is, not for nothing, subject to much scrutiny. Can a developing scholar’s mind subsist on ramen noodles, greasy burgers, fries, and a fridge full of condiments and beer?

Probably not, but no one at Vue is a doctor nor a nutritionist.

Nick Creelman, on the other hand, is a registered dietician at NAIT, and one of the driving forces behind Square Root, the school’s new geekily-named vegan restaurant. Last week, the eatery opened its tills to students in HP Centre for Information and Communications Technology, and, according to Creelman, it hopes to offer a plant-based and

lactose intolerant-friendly option to the campus. According to a NAIT press release, the plantbased establishment is a first amongst Albertan universities, and it opened in the location of an old Pita Pit. The contract on the former resident expired, and the school had the space available to them. The restaurant also acts as an employer for some NAIT students, though it’s not entirely staffed by them.

The restaurant offers eats like tofu scramble wraps, Buddha bowls, protein burritos, and roasted cauliflower and lentil curry, to name a few.

According to Creelman, the

menu items also have a pricepoint that’s comparable to other options at NAIT. “As a starving student, you’re always going to look for the best value for your dollar,” he says.

The idea came about from two areas. Last May, NAIT hosted a plant-based culinary training program through the Forward Food series of conferences. The majority of the recipes came from this outlet, Creelman says.

“It was a chance to train chefs in plant-based diets, and show them how to be creative with it, and make plant-based dishes more exciting for their clientele,”

Creelman says. “They were recipes that we kind of fell in love with, and we tweaked and tampered with them here and there … Me and another team member were just kind of diving in and looking online, finding recipes that might work.”

At the same time, the demand for vegan, vegetarian, and dairyfree options around campus has risen, both the release and Creelman say. Canada is 7.1 percent vegetarian and 2.3 percent vegan, according to a study from Dalhousie University. This effort is a combination to get two birds stoned at once in one kiosk, the latter source says.

The Square Root HP Centre for Information and Communications Technology, 10504 Princess Elizabeth Ave. nait.ca “Millenials are trying to move more towards incorporating more plant-based options into their routines … It may be more flexitarian where they have more plant-based meals throughout the week, without giving up that animal protein as well,” Creelman says.

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KITCHEN TIPS Alexis Hillyard on Keeping It Simple (and the Best Path to Vegan Eggs)

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’m a pretty lazy chef. My favourite recipes usually only involve about seven ingredients and require just one pot or bowl. I don’t dirty extra dishes if I don’t have to. Don’t get me wrong: lazy does not mean that I don’t have a passion for good-quality, complex and flavourful dishes—I just like things simple, delicious, and uncomplicated.

Because I only eat foods that are vegan and gluten-free, I have a need to get a little

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creative in the kitchen—especially when it comes to substitutions for some of my old favourites: chicken wings, scrambled eggs on toast, and bacon, to name a few. There are incredible vegan and gluten free recipes lining thousands of cookbooks and pages of the internet that cater to almost every need or desire a vegan could have. But sometimes you don’t have the energy to find what you are looking for, you know what I mean?

I have definitely fallen into the habit of making the same old dish over and over again because I haven’t found the inspiration to try something new in the kitchen. One example of this sort of ‘staple meal’ for me is the ever fabulous, but sometimes boring, avocado toast. It wasn’t until a fellow vegan told me about Kala Namak that this staple vegan breakfast reached a whole new level of tastiness. What is Kala Namak you ask? It’s black

salt, or Indian black salt, and it tastes like eggs. Yep, you read that right: eggs. Due to its sulphur compounds, Kala Namak tastes and smells like hard boiled (vegan) eggs!

Picture this: Two hot and crisp pieces of toast, slathered in your favourite butter, topped with slices of perfectly ripe avocado, and then lightly sprinkled with Kala Namak. All of a sudden the light aroma of the black salt hits your nostrils and you are immediately

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taken back to the delectable taste experience of eating eggs on toast. Then you take a bite—the warm and crispy toast and the creamy cool avocado immediately turn into the most amazing vegan scrambled eggs as they hit your taste buds. It’s like pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows, in your mouth. It’s my favourite thing. And it’s so damn easy.

— Alexis Hillyard, Stump Kitchen

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The Long-Standing Voice of Batman Talks about His Legacy, His Impact, and His Eternal Love for the Caped Crusader

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t’s 1998—the opening notes of Danny Elfman’s Batman theme song are echoing throughout the house. At the speed of light, you sprint to the living room, determined not to miss a single second of Batman: The Animated Series. This is a sensation that most 1990s kids can relate to, and for the most part it is owed to one man: Kevin Conroy—the actor behind the dark, brooding voice of Batman.

The classically-trained Julliard performer has been voicing the caped crusader for decades now, resulting in an entire generation associating his voice with the character. Conroy’s initial foray into the world of Batman happened almost 30 years ago, and back then he had no idea how much of an impact he’d have on an entire generation.

“I was told that they were doing a Batman show, and I said, ‘Wait, that’s never been done?’ I was so naïve to animation, and the world of animation, that I had no clue that Batman had never been an animated series. I had a lot of learning to do back then,” Conroy says with a baritoned chuckle.

Batman: The Animated Series was conceptualized as a more focused and narratively-driven approach to the character, and numerous aspects have earned its staying power in the lexicon of superhero storytelling. The show innovated by using unheard-of animation styles, adult themes, and Emmy-award-winning writing that had no place in a kids’ show—and

there’s the stinger: it was never meant to be for children.

“It came out of the realm of children’s entertainment, sure, but Batman: The Animated Series was never geared to be a kids’ show.

It was supposed to be primetime.

It was very adult in its storytelling, very sophisticated in its art, and was accompanied with a full symphony score … It kicked it all up to a higher level for television animation; everyone knew they were working on something extraordinary,” Conroy says.

The show originally ran as Batman: The Animated Series, then from 1992 to 1999 as The New Batman Adventures, and even though the series has long since ended, Conroy has returned to the character in numerous other series, films and video games— such as the acclaimed Batman: Arkham franchise. Conroy is extremely grateful to be able to continue in the role.

“People ask me what other superhero I’d like to play and my response is always ‘What else can I play? I started with the best one!’ I’m so lucky I stumbled into this work and came out with the brass ring,” Conroy says.

When it comes to his performance as the dark knight, Conroy sites numerous inspirations.

Classics like The Scarlett Pimpernel inspired him when he was establishing the difference between the voice of Bruce Wayne versus the voice of Batman. Conroy plays his Bruce as aloof and

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“The Batman persona is not his [Bruce’s] performance. It’s who he became after his parent’s death; it’s how he dealt with that agony and pain … It’s a classic hero story that has been told many times throughout many cultures. It’s just our culture’s take on the story of a hero’s resurrection—and in this case our hero is a Batman,” Conroy says.

As to his legacy, Conroy is ever humbled, and is often approached by adoring fans who inform him of his impact or how even when they read the character off the pages of a comic book, it’s his voice they hear in their heads.

“He’s a character that lives in your imagination—he’s an animated character; that’s where he’s supposed to live—and when you’re that voice you reside in people’s imaginations; you’re in a very intimate part of people’s knowledge of that character,” Conroy says.

He continues his voice work to this day across numerous media, and with the rate at which he has been returning to voice Batman, it seems like he’s not hanging up his cape and cowl anytime soon.

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character to the shop owner there with the hand, and [it] kind of resembled him a little bit,” Ernst says.

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FRENCH COMIC BOOK ARTIST MINES THE PAST Ariane Dénommé’s 100 Days in Uranium City Captures the Work Life of Miners in the 1970s

More generally speaking, he says he’s inspired by other street artists.

“I get inspired by mostly like the difficulty of what they do, not necessarily the piece itself, but like maybe the surface it’s on,” Ernst says.

His other pieces around town include the dragon mural at Kung Fu Tea in Mill Woods, a mural at Marked Improvement Fitness in Capilano, and a Rick and Morty mural that got some attention before it was painted over.

“It was on a legal wall,” Ernst explains.

Mural by Jordan Ernst, a.k.a.

GraffitiSalad. / Chelsea Novak

The latest pop-up mural for the Rust Magic International Street Mural Festival is by a local artist. Jordan Ernst— a.k.a. GrafittiSalad—who is 25 years old, has been doing street art since he was 12.

He started operating as GraffitiSalad—with a website for commissions—about a year and a half ago, and says he was approached by Rust Magic to paint the South wall of Atomic Zombie Tattoo. The finished wall features a tiger and an anthropomorphic hand.

“I didn’t really have much inspiration; I kind of just did what I wanted to do. I had a little bit of fun with it, and tried to give a little bit of

He built his own wall in his studio, which he also paints, but he says he also likes to check out the legal wall every once and a while.

Ernst’s Rust Magic mural is on a wall with a bit of a history— back in February, 2009, someone painted over a flower and skull mural with white paint, and the culprit was never identified. But Ernst has no concerns about the same thing happening to his work.

“The whole neighbourhood really received it well,” he says.

There’s also an opportunity to see even more of Ernst’s work.

He and some studio mates are holding an art show, Smoke City, at The Aviary on Oct. 4, starting at 4 p.m.

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he bitch about capitalism is that the labour we need to do to build the lives we want can also take us away from those we’re trying to build those lives with. For the lucky, that might mean a late night now or then— in more extreme cases maybe a week or two—but for the men who mined Uranium City, it was 100 days at a time.

Québec comic book artist Ariane Dénommé explores the relationship between work and building a life for one and one’s family in 100 Days in Uranium City. It was inspired by her father’s stories about his own time in the mining town.

“He just worked there—he never really lived there—so it’s not really a story about Uranium City itself,” she says. “So people who have lived there will probably not recognize perfectly the town, but it’s really from the point of view of someone who’s flying in, and flying out of a place.”

“We really kept the dirt of the material, so it’s kind of an echo of the theme of the book.”

Dénommé’s graphic novel is set in the 1970s, and the miners in the story work long contracts before returning home for a two-week break, and then starting over again. The book captures the men’s lives as they work, drink, fight, fuck, and count the days until they can go home again. The main character, Daniel, starts dating a woman named Carole between mining jobs, and struggles to maintain the relationship after taking a job in Uranium City.

Dénommé says she wasn’t really planning on writing and drawing a book about mining until her dad brought it up one day.

“It just happened. I was working on something else and out of the blue some day he just told me about this, and I’d never heard about that … It was just before I was born,” she explains, “and I found those stories very interesting.”

Dénommé grew up near the mining town of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec—near the Ontario border.

“The city was named after

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the mining company [Noranda Mines] … The centre, the core—it’s the mine,” she says.

By the 1980s, when Dénommé lived in the area, the Horne and Quemont Mins near Rouyn-Noranda had closed, but nonetheless she says mining remained central to the town.

More recently, Falco Resources started the process to revive both mines.

“And in other parts of the region there’s a lot of mines opening, a lot of people are coming back for jobs, and a lot of people are also doing the flying in, flying out,” Dénommé says.

100 Days in Uranium City is Dénommé’s first book translated into English, and was picked up by Conundrum Press from her French Canadian publisher La Mauvaise tête. The French title is Main d’oeuvre, which Dénommé says translates to “workforce,” and it is her second book in French.

The first was Du chez-soi, which was published in 2012, and nominated for the Prix Bédelys Québec—a prize for

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the best French language comics in Québec. The book was also picked up by Belgian publisher L’employé du moi for distribution in Europe.

Before that, she self-published Viande et substitute.

“This one was self-published, and it’s how I met my French publisher [La Mauvaise téte],” Dénommé explains.

For Main d’oeuvre, Dénommé did something a little different than she normally would.

The book’s art is done in coloured pencils, and instead of cleaning up the pages like she normally would, she left them covered in pencil dust.

“We really kept the dirt of the material, so it’s kind of an echo of the theme of the book,” she says. “It’s a way to make it more material.”

Even the white pages between sections were dirtied up to reflect the conditions in the mines.

“I think it maybe contributes to the atmosphere of the book,” Dénommé says.

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SCULPTURE

“On the Antlers of a Dilemma” is full of deers and antlers. / Paul Freeman

LOCAL ARTIST CONFRONTS ALBERTA’S ALL-IN ECONOMY

Paul Freeman’s On the Antlers of a Dilemma Questions Having Too Much of One Thing

Until Oct. 21 On the Antlers of a Dilemma Gallery@501 (Strathcona County Art Gallery) Free

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iving in Alberta, it’s relatively understood that we have a seemingly abundant amount of resources—but we are often reminded of how our excessive usage and exploitation of these resources can lead to harmful effects within nature.

and I took everything to the gallery in a truck. It’s not about that.

But it is about wanting to ask questions around how wise it is to be so all-in, in one area.”

The exhibit, which is currently on display at Gallery@501, showcases multiple deer sculptures suspended from above that feature intertwined antlers coming out from unusual areas. It took Freeman roughly four years to create the compelling pieces.

The deer themselves are not only a reflection of the ebb and flow of abundance and scarcity

realize that all the stuff that has kept you alive is no longer working very well for you,” he says.

“Now when I look at these animals, I see these hyper-vigilant creatures that are covered in almost, like, exposed nerve endings. They are totally ready to react, they are hyper-aware of their surroundings, and always ready to move into fight or flight,” Freeman says.

The exhibit at Gallery@501 won’t be the last we will see of Freeman’s deer sculptures, as he is working on an installation

bit of a stretch. So far, it has just been showing the deer contorting and twisting, but not stretched.”

The exhibit will be on display at Gallery@501 until Oct. 21, and Freeman already has some plans in mind for future exhibits that are in keeping with the same concept.

“I have a vision for an addition to this body of work that will take the narrative quality a little

bit further,” he says. “Right now, I see a lot of rawness to the figures, and that’s part of the reason for the colour choice. The next steps on this body of work have become apparent to me now. I feel like it’s not over yet. The exhibition is complete, but, having these new thoughts about the work, I now see a way to keep working.”

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“It’s not an anti-oil piece by any means—it’s made of oil … But it is about wanting to ask questions around how wise it is to be so all-in, in one area.”

That’s the idea that local artist Paul Freeman’s latest exhibit, On the Antlers of a Dilemma, is based around.

“On one level, these animals are metaphors for the province, Alberta in general—this place that is very strong and has all this wealth, and is totally over-invested in one area,” Freeman says.

“It’s not an anti-oil piece by any means—it’s made of oil. All of the materials are polyurethane,

in the province, but also reveal a personal reflection, Freeman says. He has come to see the sculptures in different ways as time has passed.

“On the antlers of a dilemma— for a long time meant to me the Alberta dilemma, but in a personal way. If you recognize that you’ve developed strategies for living and defense mechanisms that come from lived experience, you can reach a point where you

for the new Avonmore LRT station. The station is set to be up and running in 2020.

“I used this work in progress as a way to make a proposal for the LRT station, so the LRT will be very much like the current exhibition. It will be more deer, they will all be mounted above the canopies in the shelter of the Avonmore station,” Freeman says. “It will be similar to what I’m showing, but I may take—literally—a

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Left to right: “ (iskotew)” by Amy Malbeuf; “Preparing to Cross the Sacred River” by Marianne Nicolson; and “mamohkamatowin” by Jerry Whitehead. / Brad Crowfoot

INDIGENOUS ART PARK OPENS TO PUBLIC

The Park Features Six Installations by Indigenous Artists and Recognizes a Traditional Gathering Place

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dmonton’s first Indigenous Art Park officially opened on Sept. 15 on the snow covered south edge of the North Saskatchewan River. The park, ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ (pronounced “Ee-nu”), features six installations

by Indigenous artists from across Canada and is curated by Candice Hopkins. A ceremonial drum circle, optimistic speeches, and traditional music kept the opening warm despite the rain and snow.

Tiffany Shaw-Collinge is a local Métis Edmonton artist and architect who drew on her design background for her installation in the park, “Pehonan,” which means “waiting place” in Cree. The piece is harmonious with the land, smoothly landscaped into the small hill in the park. It is meant to be used to encourage gathering once again.

“I think that’s why I like work-

ing in the art world in terms of architecture—it’s that the rules really change with practicality,” says Shaw-Collinge. “I think what’s great about architecture is you have to find the boundaries. It’s very creative but it’s also up to code and zoning, and experiencing the space with all these other restraints.”

The piece has multiple steps, representing Indigenous people from prehistoric times to the future. Each step uses materials significant to that time period and is decorated to tell stories of travels, art, and trade.

“The fourth step is about our future,” says Shaw-Collinge. “I’m thinking about what kind of materials are Indigenous people using today and tomorrow. It’s a reflective mirrored surface, so it reflects ourselves, but it also reflects the environment.”

Mayor Don Iveson was present at the opening ceremony for the ribbon cutting, along with Elders, representatives from the Métis Nation of Alberta, and locals. Iveson explained the park was a step towards reconciliation and an important reflection of the history of the land. ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ is located in the midst of the Queen Elizabeth Park purposefully for its significance in history. The Elders believe the riverbank holds spiritual power, and for centuries the land was used for gathering, storytelling, and trade. ÎNÎW means “I am of the Earth” in Cree.

“The location of the park is significant to me because there were archeological digs that had found that there was a camp there and other different types of uses for quite a long while,” Shaw-Collinge explains. “During

the excavation of the parking lot, they found a 4,000-year-old point [arrowhead] and a 9,000 year-old Alberta point. So that was significant to really confirm the type of activity that happened in that area.”

Edmonton is located on Treaty Six Nations land, and is home to the second largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Queen Elizabeth Park is on land that was historically owned by Joseph McDonald, who was Métis.

The park has been in the works for five years. Six artists were commissioned to create pieces after multiple forums and input from Indigenous communities in the area. Alongside Shaw-Collinge’s “Pehonan” are eye-catching works like Amy Malbeuf’s “ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐤ (iskotew).” The bright Cree lettering represents the word “fire,” which is linked to the Cree word

ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ In Queen Elizabeth Park, 10380 Queen Elizabeth Park Rd. for women—”iskotew.” Malbeuf’s piece is meant to recognize the work Indigenous women have put into the area. ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ has been a gathering place for Indigenous people for thousands of years, and the addition of the art is a step towards recognizing all the history that’s taken place there.

“The fact that it raises the profile of Indigeneity in the city, for me, is just a remarkable thing in itself whether I’m involved or not,” says Shaw-Collinge. “It’s very meaningful to myself and family members.”

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20 – Sept. 30 (11 am – 7 pm daily) Posters can range from abominations of design to true works of art, and the work of many contemporary poster designers from Poland fit into the latter category. To celebrate Design Week, Harcourt House, the Polish Culture Society of Edmonton, the Polonia Foundation in Alberta, and the Canadian-Polish Association of Calgary present over 50 posters from internationally renowned Polish poster designers.

Based on the examples provided to us, it’s going to be a stand-out exhibit.

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14 & Muslim // Fri., Sept. 21 (9 pm) Being a kid is hard enough, but direc-

tor Wendy Rowland wondered what it’s like to also be a Muslim in Canada, confronted with growing Islamophobia, both South of the border and here at home. 14 & Muslim follows three teenagers—Sahar, Malaieka, and Ahmad— as they enter high school, and make decisions that will impact their futures.

The documentary will premiere on CBC Docs POV, but can also be streamed at cbc.ca/cbcdocspov beginning on Sept.

21 at 10 a.m. (CBC, Free) // CN Yes, My Name Is Mohamed Ali—Let Me Tell You A True Story // Sat., Sept. 22 (8 pm) His name is Mohamed Ali and no, he isn’t the famous boxer who coined the phrase “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”—that was Muhammad Ali. This guy is a comedian from Edmonton who has been touring internationally for

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two years. As a Somali refugee, Ali’s wit and deadpan delivery is chaotically special. He will change your perceptions of race and other cultural divides, and all he needs is a microphone. (The Aviary, $15) // SB 2018 Fall Gallery Walk // Sat., Sept.

22 (10 am – 5 pm), Sun., Sept. 23 (12 – 4 pm) The galleries in the 124th Street area cover a vast array of art styles and types, including paintings, sculpture and mixed media works—and the proximity between them means it’s easy to make an afternoon out of it. Join the Bugera Matheson Gallery, Bearclaw Gallery, Lando Gallery, Peter Robertson Gallery, Scott Gallery, The Front Gallery, Udell Xhibitions, and West End Gallery this weekend to see what they have hanging. (124th Street Area, Free) // CN

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2nd Runner Up: Mercury Opera

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The Aviary (9314 111 Ave; 780 233 3635; the-aviary.net)

1st Runner-up:

Sewing Machine Factory

Place to See Live Music (Medium Capacity) Winner:

Starlite Room (10030 102 St; 780 428 1099; starliteroom.ca)

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees proudly represents 93,000 members province-wide.

.com/music

www.aupe.org • facebook.com/yourAUPE • Twitter/Instagram: @_AUPE_

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1st Runner-up:

Century Showroom

780 424 0077; yourgaybar.com)

2nd Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

Union Hall

The Bower

2nd Runner-up:

The Common Place to See Live Music (Large/ Stadium Capacity) Local DJ

Winner:

Winner:

Rogers Place (10214 104 Ave; 780 414 5483; rogersplace.com)

DJ Tyco

1st Runner-up:

Chad Cook

1st Runner-up:

DJ Arrowchaser

2nd Runner-up:

Winspear Centre

Club Night Winner:

Evolution Wonderlounge (10220 103 St;

Solo Artist Winner:

Khaled Rahime

1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up: Celeigh Cardinal

Local Comedian

Comedy Show

Winner:

Winner:

Lilith Fair

Sound Technician 1st Runner-up: Winner:

Jason Borys

1st Runner-up: Bill Lounsbury

2nd Runner-up: Greg Gory

Music Scene Supporter Winner:

Jason Borys

1st Runner-up: Craig Martell

Simon Gorsack

Girl Brain

1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up:

Pro Am Open Mic at Yuk Yuks

Comedy Club

Don’t Not Talk To Strangers

Lars Callieou

Winner:

2nd Runner-up:

The Grindstone Theatre (10019 81 Ave; 780 850 9199; grindstonetheatre.ca)

Musical Theatre

1st Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

Yuk Yuks

2nd Runner-up: Comic Strip

Winner -TIE:

Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Citadel Theatre Jubilations Dinner Theatre

2nd Runner-up:

Grindstone Theatre

Lindsey Walker

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rigs | nails | vapes | bongs | detox | pipes | seeds

THANK YOU FOR VOTING US

EVENTS & FESTIVALS

BEST HEAD SHOP JUPITER FORT ROAD

13572 FORT ROAD • 587-473-0087

JUPITER 97

12841-97 STREET • 780-705-1106

JUPITER WEST POINT

17547-100 AVENUE • 587-521-8005

JUPITER WHYTE

10408 WHYTE AVENUE • 780-433-1967

YOU ROLL WITH US NOW ®

JUPITERGRASS.CA

Metro Edmonton Festival Winner:

Fringe Theatre Festival

1st Runner-up:

Best Dog Grooming /Pet spa 2nd Runner-Up

Pet Supply store

1st Runner up

Dog Training

Pop-up Event

Winner:

Winner:

Edmonton Pride Parade

1st Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

What the Truck?!

Cariwest

Performing Arts Festival

2nd Runner-up:

Taste of Edmonton

Music Festival Winner:

Winner:

Fringe Theatre Festival (fringetheatre.ca)

Film Festival Winner:

Edmonton International Film Festival (edmontonfilmfest. com)

1st Runner-up:

Edmonton Folk Music Festival (edmontonfolkfest. org)

1st Runner-up:

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival

Edmonton Jewish Film Festival

1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up:

DEDFest (dedfest.com)

PURE Edmonton

2nd Runner-up:

Edmonton Burlesque Festival

2nd Runner-up:

Edmonton Rock Music Festival

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22 Best of Edmonton

Fruit Loop

EVENTS & FEST

Thank -you fo r mak Edmon ton's T ing us op Dog !

Best Doggie Daycare

Edmonton Heritage Festival

Parade

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CONGRATULATIONS To all our 2018 Winners on 124 Street

2018

Experience creative at 124STREET.CA

SHOP124STREET

A Community of Local CREATIVES

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#ArtSupplySwap

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Huge savings are in store 10032 81 Ave Edmonton AB

www.paintspot.ca

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ART CLASSES

GALLERY

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MEDIA – TRADITIONA Radio Host: Morning (6-9am Slot)

Radio Host: Daytime (10-3pm Slot)

Winner:

Winner:

1st Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

Garner Andrews (SONiC 102.9)

Mark Connolly (CBC Radio One 93.9 FM)

2nd Runner-up: Bruce Bowie (630 CHED)

Radio Team: Morning (6-9am Slot) Winner:

Ryder and Lisa (HOT 107)

1st Runner-up:

Crash and Mars (102.3 NOW! Radio)

2nd Runner-up: Chris, Jack, Matt (103.9 CISN)

Adam McKale (Now 102.3 FM) Lauren Hunter (SONiC 102.9)

2nd Runner-up: Kevin Hayes (HOT 107)

Radio Team: Daytime (10-3pm Slot) Winner: TIE

Bob Stauffer and Brendan Ulrich (630 CHED), Juliette and Raj (102.3 NOW! Radio)

Radio Host: Afternoon Drive/ Evening (3-9pm Slot) Winner:

Johnny Infamous (HOT 107 FM) 24 Best of Edmonton

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1st Runner-up:

Rachel Day (102.3 NOW! Radio)

2nd Runner-up:

Layne Mitchell (SONiC 102.9 FM)

Radio Team: Afternoon Drive/ Evening (3-9pm Slot) Winner:

DJ TYCO with Johnny Infamous (HOT 107 FM)

1st Runner-up:

Andrew Grose & J’Lyn Nye (630 CHED AM)

Radio Host: Late Night (9pmMidnight Slot) Winner:

Jake Ryan (HOT 107)

1st Runner-up:

Pam Kirby (100.3 The Bear)

Radio Team: Late Night (9pmMidnight Slot) Winner:

CTV

1st Runner-up:

Radio Sportscaster

TV Newscast

Global

My theme song:

Winner:

"Gluten free vegan eats and Stumptastic treats!"

1st Runner-up:

Weekly YouTube videos

Winner:

Global

1st Runner-up:

CTV

Reid Wilkins (630 CHED AM)

TV News Anchor

2nd runner-up:

Winner:

Dustin Neilson (TSN)

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Winner:

Jake Ryan and Chad Cook (HOT 107)

Jason Gregor (TSN)

STUMPn

TV Morning Host Team

What I do:

Vegan, gluten free, celebrating diverse bodies

Subscribe on YouTube TODAY!

(I also offer cooking classes for kids and adults! )

@stump_kitchen @stump_kitchen /StumpKitchen Website: stumpkitchen.com YouTube: youtube.com/stumpkitchen Patreon: Patreon.com/stumpkitchen

Darrell McIntyre (CTV)

Radio Newscaster 1st Runner-up: Winner:

Bryce Kelly (SONiC 102.9 FM)

Gord Steinke (Global)

2nd Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

Shaye Ganam (Global)

2nd Runner-up:

TV News Team

Bob Layton (630 CHED AM) Ryan Jespersen (630 CHED)

Indie Radio Host Winner:

Winner: Global

1st Runner-up: CTV

Baba Singh (CKUA 94.9 FM)

TV Station

1st Runner-up:

Global

Benjamin Pop (CJSR 88.5 FM)

Indie Radio Team Winner:

This is Pop (CJSR 88.5 FM)

Radio Station Winner:

102.3 NOW! Radio

1st Runner-up:

SONiC 102.9 FM

2nd Runner-up: HOT 107

A feel good that requires no assembly.

Thank you Edmonton for putting us in such good company.

Winner:

Your purchases and donations of quality used furnishings support fellow Edmontonians moving out of homelessness through the Housing First program.

1st Runner-up: CTV

2nd Runner-up: CBC

TV Meteorologist Winner:

Find South Retail & Donation Centre 5120 122 Street t: 780.988.1717

Visit our new location: Find Boutique on Jasper 12304 Jasper Avenue t: 780.425.0212

shop. donate. make a difference. findedmonton.com

Josh Classen (CTV)

1st Runner-up:

Mike Sobel (Global)

2nd Runner-up:

Jesse Beyer (Global)

Local Video Game Developer

TV Morning Show Winner: Bioware Winner: CTV

1st Runner-up: Global

TV Morning Host

(4445 Calgary Tr; 780 430 0164; bioware.com)

1st Runner-up: Beam Dog

Winner:

Shaye Ganam (Global)

1st Runner-up:

Stacey Brotzel (CTV)

2nd Runner-up:

Rob Williams (CTV) VUEWEEKLY.com | SEP 20 - SEP 26, 2018

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2018

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N O T N O M D E THANK YOU FOR VOTING US:

& BEST ANTIQUE STORE DECOR STORE / Y R SO ES C C A E M O H BEST EO GAME STORE ID V P U ER N N U R ST 1 AND

10323 78Ave 780-433-0398 YegAntiqueMall

www.OldStrathconaMall.com

/OldStrathconaMall

Podcast

Cultural Blog

Winner:

Winner:

1st Runner-up:

1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up:

Tweeter

Food Blog

Winner:

Winner:

The UnDad Podcast The Awesome Hour Ryder Reloaded

Lisa Evans (@thelisaevans)

1st Runner-up: TIE Kiki Quinn (@ misskikiquinn), Linda Hoang (@lindork)

2nd Runner-up: @britl

12thnight.ca Themoviejerks.ca RealCritique

Stumpkitchen.com

1st Runner-up:

chrissymeetsworld. com

2nd Runner-up:

Linda-hoang.com

Family Blog Winner:

Theundad.com

Local Affairs Blog 1st Runner-up: Winner: TIE

Daveberta.ca, MasterMaq.ca

1st Runner-up: Please enjoy responsibly

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Linda-Hoang.com

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passportsandpigtails. com

2nd Runner-up:

raisingedmonton. com

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Best of Edmonton 27

Antique Store

Winner: Old Strathcona Antique Mall (10323 78 Ave; 780 433 0398; oldstrathconamall. com) 1st Runner-up: Junque Cellar 2nd Runner-up: Maven & Grace

Art Supply Store

SHOPPING & SERVICES

Winner: Paint Spot (10032 81 Ave; 780 432 0240; paintspot.ca) 1st Runner-up: Delta Art and Drafting Supplies (11116 120 St; 780 455 7983; deltaart.ca) 2nd Runner-up: Michaels

Auto Dealer: New Winner: Gateway Toyota (2020 103A St SW; 780 439 3939; gatewaytoyota.ca)

Thankk SHOPPING & Best Adventure Supplier, Best Local Adventure Outfitter SERVICES for voting MEC the

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AWARDS GALA IN SUPPORT OF THE NINA HAGGERTY

The evening will feature

incredible food, libations and entertainment from

CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

big name performers

Incredible live entertainment sponsored by

Mercy Funk

including

Rob Shapiro

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! AlďŹ e Zappacosta

$125 FOR 10 FOR $1,200 Thanks to

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTRE

28 Best of Edmonton

Auto Dealer: Used

Winner: Family Motors (12518 97 St NW; 888 435 0471; familymotors.ca) 1st Runner-up: Go-Auto 2nd Runner-up: Kentwood Ford

Automotive Service

Winner: Wright Automotive (9978 67 Ave; 780 438 2248) 1st Runner-up: Student Automotive 2nd Runner-up: Downtown Auto Repair

Autobody Repair Winner: Student Automotive (11765 95 St; 780 807 3883; studentautomotive. ca) 1st Runner-up: Wright Automotive 2nd Runner-up: Downtown Auto Repair

Book Store

SPECTACULAR RED CARPET

EACH

1st Runner-up: Kentwood Ford

BUY A TABLE

Jaedyn Pilon Holle Band

Arlo Maverick Ann Vriend

Stunning Decor and Florals 780-220-7072 djzawalak@hotmail.com

Martin Kerr Terrell Edwards

Club of Edmonton Northeast

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Winner: Audreys Books (10702 Jasper Ave; 780 423 3487; audreys.ca) 1st Runner-up: Wee Book Inn 2nd Runner-up: Chapters

Comic Book Store

Winner: Happy Harbor Comics (10729 104 Ave; 780 452 8211; happyharborcomics. com) 1st Runner-up: Variant Edition Comics & Culture 2nd Runner-up: Warp Comics

Amusement/ Entertainment Centre

Winner: Rec Room (therecroom.com) 1st Runner-up: West Edmonton Mall

Board Game Café

Winner: Table Top Café (tabletopcafe.ca) 1st Runner-up: Board N Brew Café 2nd Runner-up: Hexagon Board Game Café

Escape Room

Winner: Time Escape (10939 120 St; 780 707 6889; timeescape.com) 1st Runner-up: GTFO 2nd Runner-up: Escape City

Games and Collectibles Shop

Winner: Whyte Knight Toys and Games (10326 82 Ave; 780 439 5299) 1st Runner-up: Mission Fun and Games 2nd Runner-up: Adventurer’s Guild

Vape Shop

Winner: River City Vapes (7807 121 Ave; 587 524 8273; rivercityvapes.com) 1st Runner-up: Darth Vaper 2nd Runner-up: Yeg Vapes

Most Anticipated Dispensary Winner: Fire and Flower (fireandflower.com) 1st Runner-up: Spiritleaf

Hookah Bar

Winner: Co Co Di (11454 Jasper Ave; 780 425 1717; cocodi.ca)

1st Runner-up: Nara Hookah Lounge 2nd Runner-up: Casablanca Hookah Lounge

Head Shop

Winner: Jupiter Grass (jupitergrass.ca) 1st Runner-up: Shell Shock 2nd Runner-up: Kindred Spirits Hemp

Sex Supplies Store

Winner: Traveling Tickle Trunk (9923 82 Ave; 780 469 6669; travelingtickletrunk.com) 1st Runner-up: Hush 2nd Runner-up: Love Boutique

Musical Instrument Store Winner: Long & McQuade (long-mcquade.com) 1st Runner-up: Stang Guitars 2nd Runner-up: Acoustic Music Shop

Record Store

Winner: Blackbyrd Myoozik (10442 82 Ave; 780 439 1273; blackbyrd.ca) 1st Runner-up: Listen Records 2nd Runner-up: Freecloud Records

Camera Store

Winner: McBain (mcbaincamera.com) 1st Runner-up: Vistek

Sustainable Goods Store/Eco-conscious Company

Winner: Earth’s General Store (9605 82 Ave; 780 439 8725; earthsgeneralstore.ca) 1st Runner-up: Carbon Environmental Btq 2nd Runner-up: Blush Lane Organics

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Vitamin/Herbalist 1st Runner-up: Atomic Zombie Store Winner: Optimum Health (optimumhealthvitamins.com) 1st Runner-up: Earth’s General Store 2nd Runner-up: Maximum Health

Tattoo Studio

Winner: Enchanted Tattoo (5908 104 St; 780 249 9474; enchantedtattoo. com) 1st Runner-up: Lucky Strike 2nd Runner-up: Capital Tattoo

Tattoo Artist

Winner: Nikko Adams, Enchanted Tattoo (5908 104 St; 780 249 9474; enchantedtattoo. com) 1st Runner-up: Jen Danger 2nd Runner-up: Bear Lamont

Piercing/Body Modification Studio

Winner: Dragon FX (780 444 0400; dragonfxtattoo.com)

1st Runner-up: FIND 2nd Runner-up: Structube

2nd Runner-up: Red Loon

House Cleaning Service

Place to Gamble

Winner: River Cree Resort Winner: Cleaning Professionals & Casino (300 East Lapotac Blvd, Enoch; (cleaningpros.ca) 780 484 2121; 1st Runner-up: rivercreeresort.com) Molly Maid 1st Runner-up: 2nd Runner-up: Grand Villa Casino 2 Do 4 U Services 2nd Runner-up: Casino Yellowhead

Computer Store Winner: Memory Express (memoryexpress. com) 1st Runner-up: Apple 2nd Runner-up: WestWorld Computers

Florist

Gardening Store

Winner: Laurel’s on Whyte (8210 104 St; 780 431 0738; laurelsonwhyte.com) 1st Runner-up: Bunches Flower Co. 2nd Runner-up: Fabloomosity

Furniture Store Winner: IKEA (1311 102 Ave; 866 866 4532; ikea.com)

Winner: Greenland Garden Centre (23108 Hwy 16, Sherwood Park; 780 467 7557; greenlandgarden. com) 1st Runner-up: Ellerslie Gift and Garden 2nd Runner-up: Apache Seeds Ltd

Gift Shop

Winner: Wildbird General Store (4712 99 St NW; 780 439 7333; wildbirdgeneralstore. com) 1st Runner-up: Sweet Convenience 2nd Runner-up: Grand Villa Casino

Home Accessory/ 1st Runner-up: Argyll Motorsports Décor Store 2nd Runner-up: Echo Cycle

Winner: Old Strathcona Antique Mall (10323 78 Ave; 780 433 0398; oldstrathconamall. com) 1st Runner-up: Ikea 2nd Runner-up: Wildbird General Store

Real Estate Agent

Winner: David Demian (780 462 5000; remax.ca)

Local Architect Winner: Gene Dub of Dub Architects (10229 105 St; 780 428 7888; dubarchitects.ca) 1st Runner-up: Darrel Babuk

Kitchenware Store

Winner: Barb’s Kitchen (9766 51 Ave; 780 437 3134; barbskitchen.com) 1st Runner-up: Knifewear 2nd Runner-up: Ikea

Funeral Home

Winner: Park Memorial (9709 111 Ave; 780 426 0050; parkmemorial.com) 1st Runner-up: Serenity 2nd Runner-up: Connelly-McKinley

Hardware Store Winner: Home Depot (homedepot.ca) 1st Runner-up: Rona 2nd Runner-up: Canadian Tire

Condo / Apartment Developer

Motorcycle Dealer Winner: Winner: Heritage HarleyDavidson (1616 Calgary Trail; 780 430 7200; heritageharley.com)

Beljan Development (101 Street Tower, #1204; 780 757 1774; beljandevelopment. com)

ONCE UPON A SUPERHERO A homeless wanderer, named Solar Flare, proclaims to be a superhero from the Sun who’s been exiled to live on Earth without his superpowers for 189 days.

Mention Best of Edmonton for

2 FOR 1 ADMISSION

Thanks for voting us Edmonton’s

BEST MOVIE THEATRE! Metro Cinema at the Garneau | 8712 109 St. WWW.METROCINEMA.ORG

30 Best of Edmonton

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1st Runner-Up: Langham Developments

Home Builder

Winner: TIE Alair Homes (7427 105 Ave NW; 780 809 4501; alairhomes.ca) Habitat Studio (11130 105 Ave; 780 433 1107; habitat-studio.com) 1st Runners-up: Homes by Avi, Pacesetter Homes 2nd Runners-up: Accent Infills, Coventry Homes

Electrical Company

Winner: EPCOR (epcor.com) 1st Runner-up: Blue Collar Electric

Shopping Centre/Mall

Winner: Southgate Centre (5015 111 St; 780 435 3721; southgatecentre.com) 1st Runner-up: Kingsway Mall 2nd Runner-up: West Edmonton Mall

Video Game Store

Winner: EB Games (ebgames.ca) 1st Runner-up: Old Strathcona Antique Mall 2nd Runner-up: Game City

Animal Hospital

Winner: Guardian Veterinary Centre (5620 99 St; 780 436 5880; vcacanada.com) 1st Runner-up: Crestwood Veterinary Centre 2nd Runner-up: Millcreek Animal Hospital

Doggie Day Care

Winner: Sadie’s K9 Stay and Play (8521 Argyll Rd; 780 756 0432; k9stayandplay.com) 1st Runner-up: Waggy Tails 2nd Runner-up: Little Paws Inn

Pet Training

Winner: Sit, Stay, Squat (780 718 9893; sitstaysquat.com)

1st Runner-up: Sadie’s K9 Stay and Play 2nd Runner-up: Waggy Tails

Pet Grooming/ Pet Spa

Winner: Sadie’s Pet Stop (sadiespetstop.com) 1st Runner-up: Waggy Tails 2nd Runner-up: Pampered Puppy

Pet Supplies Store

Winner: Homes Alive Pets (13340 St Albert Tr; 780 488 8050; homesalive.ca) 1st Runner-up: G&E Pharmacy 2nd Runner-up: Sadie’s Pet Stop

Wedding Registry

Winner: Hudson Bay (thebay.com) 1st Runner-up: Bed, Bath and Beyond

Bike Shop

Winner: Redbike (10918 88 Ave; 780 435 2674; redbike.ca)

1st Runner-up: United Sport and Cycle 2nd Runner-up: TIE Revolution Cycle, Western Cycle

Sporting Goods Store

Winner: United Sport and Cycle (7620 Gateway Blvd, 780 433 1181; unitedsport.ca) 1st Runner-up: MEC 2nd Runner-up: Sportcheck

Ice Skate Shop

Winner: United Sport and Cycle (7620 Gateway Blvd; 780 433 1181; unitedsport.com) 1st Runner-up: Pro Skate 2nd Runner-up: Pro Hockey Life

Ski Shop

Winner: Sundance Ski & Snowboard Shop (4745 Gateway Blvd; 780 432 0711; sundanceskishop. com) 1st Runner-up: Skiers Sportshop 2nd Runner-up: Pacesetter Ski Shoppe

Fitness Equipment Store Winner: Flaman Fitness (8910 Yellowhead Tr; 780 900 6714; flamanfitness.com) 1st Runner-up: Fitness Depot 2nd Runner-up: Fitness Town

Snowboard Shop Winner: Easy Rider (4211 106 St NW; 780 413 4554; theeasyrider.com) 1st Runner-up: The Source 2nd Runner-up: Sundance Ski & Snowboard Shop

Skateboard Shop Winner: Easy Rider (4211 106 St NW; 780 413 4554; theeasyrider.com) 1st Runner-up: The Source 2nd Runner-up: Local 124

B E S TT C R A FR FAI 2018

y’all are the BEST! thanks

SEE ALL YOU RAD FOLKS T H I S H O L I D AY S E A S O N

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WE’RE ON CLOUD THANKS FOR VOTING FOR US ONCE AGAIN, YEG!

RV/ Holiday Trailer Retailer

Winner: ArrKann Trailer and RV (13105 St Albert Tr; 780 451 6656; arrkannrv.com) 1st Runner-up: Trailblazer

RV/ Holiday Trailer Rentals

Winner: RV Mobile Edmonton (10654 82 Ave; 587 989 1271; edmontonrvmobile. com) 1st Runner Up: Fraser Way Comics are for everyone.

Local Adventure Outfitter Winner: MEC (mec.ca) 1st Runner-up: Campers Village 2nd Runner-up: Cabela’s

Accounting Firm

Winner: Colby Steckly (14127 23 Ave NW #204; 780 461 0052; colbysteckly.ca) 1st Runner-up: Nolan Hergott 2nd Runner-up: Origami Accounting

Financial Institution

Winner: ATB Financial (ATB.com) 1st Runner-up: RIBC 2nd Runner-up: TD Canada

Investment Firm/ Financial Planner Winner: Tim Webber: Investment Group Financial Services (advisor.investorsgroup.com/en/tim_ weber) 1st Runner-up: Abacus Wealth Management

Income Tax Preparation Service

Winner: H&R Block (hrblock.com) 1st Runner-up: Liberty Tax Services

Insurance Agency Winner: Intact Insurance (intact.ca) 1st Runner-up: AMA 2nd Runner-up: TD Bank

Insurance Agent

Winner: Tim Webber: Investment Group Financial Services (advisor.investorsgroup. com/en/tim_weber)

Lawyer/Law Firm Winner: Daniel Song 1st Runner-up: Douglas Peterson 2nd Runner-up: Andrew Cao

THANK YOU FOR VOTING US BEST RV/HOLIDAY TRAILER RETAILER! FASHION & Shoe Store Eyewear Store Hair Salon SELF-EXPRESSION Winner: Winner: Winner: Kunitz Shoes (10846 Jasper Ave; 780 428 0200; kunitzshoes.ca) 1st Runner-up: Gravity Pope 2nd Runner-up: Poppy Barley 32 Best of Edmonton

Smith & Wight (102 2731 Hewes Way; 780 450 3808) 1st Runner-up: Glasses Half Full 2nd Runner-up: Women with Vision Opticians

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Rock Paper Shears (11235B Jasper Ave; 780 477 0664; rockpapershears.ca) 1st Runner-up: Below Hair Studio 2nd Runner-up: Ponytails + Horseshoes

Colourist

Winner: TIE Kristen Savoie, Concrete Blonde (957 Fir St, Sherwood Park; 780 416 4949; concreteblondehairbody.com), Kaitlyn Wegner, Rock Paper Shears (11235B Jasper Ave; 780 477 0664; rockpapershears.ca) 1st Runner-up: Aralyn Estay, Rock Paper Shears 2nd Runner-up: Alyssa Shear

Nail Salon

Winner: Aspen Scott (facebook.com/ aspenstylist) 1st Runner-up: Kumi Nail Beauty Bar

Stylist

Winner: Aralyn Estay, Rock Paper Shears (11235B Jasper Ave; 780 477 0664; rockpapershears.ca) 1st Runner-up: Kaitlyn Wegner 2nd Runner-up: Jessica LaRocque

Local Clothing Designer

Winner: TIE Duval (duvalcanada.com), Suka Clothing (10217 106 St; sukaclothing.co) 1st Runner-up: Flatout Apparel 2nd Runner-up: Sweet Carousel

Men’s Clothing Store Winner: Simons (simons.ca) 1st Runner-up: The Helm 2nd Runner-up: Foosh

Women’s Clothing Store Winner: Rowena (10544A 82 Ave; 780 439 5445; retroglam.com) 1st Runner-up: Bamboo Ballroom 2nd Runner-up: Red Ribbon

Custom Jewelry Store

Winner: Orange Avocado Jewelry (orangeavocado.ca)

1st Runner-up: Smithstone Copper 2nd Runner-up: Hunt Amor

1st Runner-up: Tony the Tailor 2nd Runner-up: Millwoods Tailors

Thrift/Vintage Store

Fetishwear

Winner: Value Village (valuevillage.com) 1st Runner-up: Goodwill 2nd Runner-up: TIE Junque Cellar, Swish

Winner: Nightshade Corsets (nightshadecorsets. com) 1st Runner-up: Sanctuary Curio Shoppe 2nd Runner-up: Dark Knits Boutique

Baby Store

Spa

Winner: Two Mothers (9553 76 Ave NW; 587 524 9355; twomothersstore. com) 1st Runner-up: West Coast Kids 2nd Runner-up: Buy Buy Baby

Winner: Bliss YogaSpa (5954 Mullen Way; 780 432 1535; blissyogaspa.com) 1st Runner-up: Refresh MediSpa 2nd Runner-up: The Beauty Lounge

Bridal Store

Winner: Lululemon (shop.lululemon.com) 1st Runner-up: Sportchek 2nd runner: United Sport and Cycle

Winner: Novelle Bridal Shop (10553 124 St; 780 761 0888; novellebridal.com) 1st Runner-up: Delica 2nd Runner-up: David’s Bridal

Tailor

Winner: Capital Tailors (9901 85 Ave; 780 431 0001)

Sports Apparel

Jean Store

Winner: Arturo Denim (10443 124 St; 780 200 7691; aruturodenim.ca) 1st Runner-up: Bamboo Ballroom

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1st Runner Up Best Naturopath.

Neighbourhood Winner: Oliver 1st Runner-up: Old Strathcona 2nd Runner-up: Ritchie

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Winner: Jaytee Balmores 1st Runner-up: Don Iveson 2nd Runner-up: Shirtless Rollerblade Guitar Guy

2nd Runner-up: The Walterdale Bridge

Off-leash Dog Park

Winner: Terwillegar Park 1st Runner-up: Buena Vista Park 2nd Runner-up: Mill Creek Ravine

LOCAL LIFE Sustainable Building

Health -Dr.Naturally Amber Inclined McKinnon

Local Hero

Winner: Saskatchewan Drive 1st Runner-up: End of the World 2nd Runner-up: Connors Hill

Public Space

Winner: Alberta Legislature 1st Runner-up: River Valley 2nd Runner-up: Hawrelak Park

Landmark

Winner: Alberta Legislature 1st Runner-up: TIE Talus Dome; High Level Bridge

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Hidden gem

Winner: Sweet Convenience (16930 107 Ave; 780 489 7993; sweetconvenience. com) 1st Runner-up: Johnny B Sweet 2nd Runner-up: End of The World

Use of Taxpayers Money Winner: Bike lanes 1st Runner-up: LRT Expansion 2nd Runner-up: Funicular

Selfie Location

Winner: End of the World 1st Runner-up: Central Social Hall women’s washroom 2nd Runner-up: The Common

Staycation Spot

Winner: Fairmont Hotel MacDonald 1st Runner-up: West Edmonton Mall 2nd Runner-up: Accidental Beach

Public Make-out Spot

Winner: End of the World 1st Runner-up: Whyte Ave 2nd Runner-up: TIE Folk Fest, Funicular, Constable Ezio Faraone Park

Place to Drink Alone Winner: Home 1st Runner-up: Black Dog Freehouse 2nd Runner-up: The Empress

Dance Club

Winner: Evolution Wonder Lounge (10220 103 St; 780 424 0077; yourgaybar.com) 1st Runner-up: The Common 2nd Runner-up: 9910

LGBTQ2S+ Bar

Winner: Evolution Wonder Lounge (10220 103 St; 780 424 0077; yourgaybar.com) 1st Runner-up: The Empress (Beers for Queers) 2nd Runner-up: 9910

Politician

Winner: Rachel Notley 1st Runner-up: Don Iveson 2nd Runner-up: Linda Duncan

Politial Party

Winner: NDP 1st Runner-up: Liberals 2nd Runner-up: UPC

Philanthropists Winner: TIE Can Man Dan (Dan Johnstone), Irving Kipnes 1st Runner-up: Gene Dub

Councillor

Activists

Winner: Aaron Paquette 1st Runner-up: Scott McKeen 2nd Runner-up: Andrew Knack

Winner: Paula Kirman 1st Runner-up: Bashir Mohamed 2nd Runner-up: Mike Hudema

School Trustee

Non-profit (Health Services)

Winner: Bridget Stirling 1st Runner-up: Michael Janz 2nd Runner-up: Trisha Estabrooks

MLA

Winner: Rachel Notley 1st Runner-up: David Shepherd 2nd Runner-up: Marlin Schmidt

MP

Winner: Linda Duncan 1st Runner-up: Amarjeet Sohi 2nd Runner-up: Randy Boissonnault

Winner: Boyle Street Community Services (boylestreet.org) 1st Runner-up: ReYu Paralysis Recovery Centre 2nd Runner-up: Stollery Children’s Hospital

Non-profit (Social Services)

Winner: iHuman Youth Society (9635 102A Ave NW; 780 421 8811; ihumanyouthsociety. org) 1st Runner-up: TIE Edmonton’s Food Bank, Bissell Centre

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2nd Runner-up: YESS (Youth Empowerment and Support Services)

Non-profit (Animal Welfare)

Winner: Zoe’s Animal Rescue (zoesanimalrescue. org) 1st Runner-up: SCARS (Second Chance Animal Rescue Society) 2nd Runner-up: Edmonton Humane Society

Union

Winner: AUPE (Alberta Union of Provincial Employees) 1st Runner-up: HSAA (Health Sciences Association of Alberta) 2nd Runner-up: CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees)

Museum

Winner: Royal Alberta Museum 1st Runner-up: Fort Edmonton Park 2nd Runner-up: Alberta Aviation Museum

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SPORTS & RECREATION

Indoor Adventure Indoor Rock Winner: Climbing LaunchPad Trampoline Park 1st Runner-up: West Edmonton Mall Waterpark 2nd Runner-up: Allstars Indoor Playland

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Winner: Circofit (11346 119 St; circofit.ca) 1st Runner-up: Firefly Theatre & Circus 2nd Runner-up: Snow Valley Aerial Park

Golf Course

Winner: Rock Jungle Climbing (climbing.rockjunglefitness.com) 1st Runner-up: Vertically Inclined 2nd Runner-up: Wilson Climbing Centre at U of A

Winner: Victoria Golf Course (12130 River Valley Rd; 780 496 4710) 1st Runner-up: Riverside Golf Course 2nd Runner-up: The Ranch Golf and Country Club

Park

Rec Centre

Winner: Hawrelak Park 1st Runner-up: Rundle Park 2nd Runner-up: Borden Park

Winner: Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre (2051 Leger Rd NW; 780 442 5311) 1st Runner-up: TIE Kinsmen Sport Centre, The Meadows 2nd Runner-up: Clareview

Local Team to Watch Play

Winner: Edmonton Oilers 1st Runner-up: Edmonton Eskimos 2nd Runner-up: Edmonton Prospects 36 Best of Edmonton

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Edmonton Oilers Player Winner: Connor McDavid 1st Runner-up: Ryan NugentHopkins 2nd Runner-up: Cam Talbot

Edmonton Oil Kings Player

Winner: Trey Fix-Wolansky 1st Runner-up: Matthew Robertson

Edmonton Eskimos Player Winner: Mike Reilly 1st Runner-up: Ryan King

FC Edmonton Player

1ST RUNNER UP FOR BEST FILM FESTIVAL THANK YOU EDMONTON!

Winner: TIE Abraham Dukuly, David Doe, Ben Fisk, Daryl Fordyce, Marko Aleksic

EDMONTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Roller Derby Team

Winner: E-Ville Dead (e-villerolleryderby. com) 1st Runner-up: Oil City Derby Girls 2nd Runner-up: Slice Girls

Local Sports Event of the Year Winner: Grey Cup 1st Runner-up: Red Bull Crashed Ice 2nd Runner-up: Teddy Bear Toss at Oil Kings Games

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Gym / Fitness Centre

Winner: No More Excuses (1146 60 St. NW; 780 722 6340; nomoreexcuses.ca) 1st Runner-up: L2 Fitness 2nd Runner-up: GoodLife Fitness

Martial Arts Studio

Winner: Arashi-Do (arashido.com) 1st Runner-up: Straight Blast Gym of Edmonton 2nd Runner-up: KPC Self Defense

Pilates Studio

HEALTH

Winner: Integration Pilates Studio (10565 114 St; 780 421 9853; integrationpilates.com) 1st Runner-up: Body Works Pilates Studio

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2nd Runner-up: TIE Pilates EQ, Infinite Fitness

Yoga Studio

Winner: Moksha Yoga Edmonton (edmonton.mokshayoga.ca) 1st Runner-up: Yogalife Studios Edmonton 2nd Runner-up: Bliss YogaSpa, bē Hot Yoga

Doctor

Winner: Dr. Moustafa Adams (2544 Guardian Rd; 780 444 2252) 1st Runner-up: TIE Dr. Douglas Fonteyne, Dr. Khaled Hajar

Physiotherapist

Winner: Adam Giesbrecht at Integral Physiotherapy & Sports Clinic (100 10575 115 St; 587 401 2371; integralphysio.com) 1st Runner-up: Leading Edge Physiotherapy 2nd Runner-up: Kayla Clarke

Acupuncturist

Winner: Red Leaf Wellness (10623 129 St; 780 633 7538; redleafwellness.ca) 1st Runner-up: Monica Patt Acupuncture 2nd Runner-up: Inner Essence Wellness

Dentist

Winner: Dr. Darren Fee (501 10060 Jasper Ave, 780 429 1711; drfee.ca) 1st Runner-up: Laurence Leclerc 2nd Runner-up: TIE Diamond Dental, Dr. Brian Layton, Dr. Vincentia Aung

Orthodontics

Winner: Strathcona Orthodontics (528 Gateway Blvd; 780 435 3641; str8teeth.com) 1st Runner-up: TIE Simply Orthodontics, Pure Orthodontics

Naturopath

Winner: Dr. Jackie Yurko of Nurture Your Health Inc. (10730 71 Ave; 780 430 4553; nurture-your-self. com) 1st Runner-up: Dr. Amber McKinnon 2nd Runner-up: TIE St. Albert Naturopathic Clinic, Dr. Janice Dacyshyn

Medical Clinic

Winner: Justik Medical Clinic (8225 105 St, 780 432 0211; justikmedical.com) 1st Runner-up: Shifa Medical Clinic

1st Runner-up: Reese Miranda 2nd Runner-up: Tatyana Rac of The Walnut Tree Massage Therapy & Wellness

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Chiropractor

We’re thrilled to be voted Best Amusement/Entertainment Centre.

Winner: Dr. Elisabeth Pang of Champion Chiropractic (7115 109 St; 780 439 9963; championchiro.ca) 1st Runner-up: Dr. Brian Galas of Parkview/Westview Chiropractic Clinic 2nd Runner-up: Dr. Scott Maybank of South Centre Chiropractic

2018

Float Tank

Winner: Modern Gravity Float Studio (10945 120 St; 780 424 0303; moderngravity.ca) 1st Runner-up: Float Wellness & Massage 2nd Runner-up: Float House

Personal Trainer Winner: Cheryl Schneider 1st Runner-up: TIE Kelly Gifford and Phil Daly 2nd Runner-up: Dean Guedo

Optometrist

Winner: Dr. Kelsey Ford of Lendrum Eyecare (5822 111 St; 780 437 1409; lendrumeyecare.com) 1st Runner-up: Dr. Michael Kreuzer of Glasses Half Full 2nd Runner-up: TIE Capital Vision Care, Dr. Larry Louie

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Winner: Andrea Yacyshyn of Elementum Massage (elementum.ca)

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TRAVEL TRAVEL Weekend Getaway

Winner: Jasper 1st Runner-up: Banff 2nd Runner-up: Canmore

Local Getaway

Winner: Elk Island 1st Runner-up: Pembina River 2nd Runner-up: TIE River Valley, Hotel Macdonald

Lake in or Around the City Winner: Wabamun Lake 1st Runner-up: Pigeon Lake 2nd Runner-up: Lake Summerside

Nearby Beach

Winner: Accidental Beach 1st Runner-up: Wabamun Lake 2nd Runner-up: Allan Beach

Adventure Supplier

Winner: MEC (mec.ca) 1st Runner-up: Cabela’s 2nd Runner-up: Campers Village

Travel Agency Winner: Vivid Travel (vividtravel.ca) 1st Runner-up: AMA Travel 2nd Runner-up: Travel Gurus

EDUCATION EDUCATION

Martial Arts School

Winner: Arashi-Do (arashido.com) 1st Runner-up: KPC Self Defense 2nd Runner-up: Straight Blast Gym of Edmonton

Dance Lessons

Winner: Bedouin Beats Dance & Fitness (11805 94 St.; 780 761 0773; bedouinbeats.com) 1st Runner-up: Sugar Swing Ballroom 2nd Runner-ups: Dance Code Studio Inc. and Marr-Mac Dance & Theatre Arts

Music Lessons

Winner: Resonate Music School & Studio (13222 137 Ave; 780 457 0090; resonatemusic.ca) 1st Runner-up: Backbeat—Music Lessons & Rock Bands

Cooking Lessons Winner: Tupperware Studio at Power of One (10042 167 St; 780 465 7911; facebook.com/twpowerofoneStudio) 1st Runner-ups: Sorrentino’s and Get Cooking

Continuing Education Classes Winner: Metro Continuing Education (7835 76 Ave; 780 428 1111; metrocontinuingeducation.ca) 1st Runner-up: NAIT 2nd Runner-up: Spectrum Safety Services

University

Winner: University of Alberta (ualberta.ca) 1st Runner-up: MacEwan University 2nd Runner-up: Concordia University

Private College

Winner: NorQuest College 1st Runner-up: MH Vicars School of Massage Therapy With deep and heartfelt gratitude, thank you for voting me the

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Solar Flare (Adam Marcinowski) gets put through the ringer in Once Upon a

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Fri., Sept. 21 (9:30 pm); Sat., Sept. 22 (11:30 pm) Once Upon a Superhero Directed by John M. Kline Metro Cinema at the Garneau

Director John M. Kline’s Once Upon a Superhero Gives Hollywood Blockbusters the Side-Eye

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ndie director John M. Kline is not a big fan of Hollywood and its big blockbuster pictures. His anti-Tinseltown stance permeates his new film, Once Upon a Superhero—a superhero movie very different from the ones pumped out by big studios. It’s filled with drugs and sex, and teeters perilously over the dividing line between fantasy and reality. But mixed in with the cynicism and misanthropy is a flare of hope—the dim vision of a humanity worth saving.

Once Upon a Superhero is Kline’s first film, and it shows promise— with strong cinematography, an immersive soundtrack, and a taste for the subversive. It tells the story of Solar Flare, a fallen superhero who appears on Hollywood Boulevard one day, sharing the story of how he was stripped of his powers and banished to Earth—but only for 189 days. In the meantime he’ll have to survive Hollywood.

Kline lives just blocks from Hollywood Boulevard, and says he often walks that way with this camera, and films what he sees.

“So a lot of the inspiration for the story was seeing these homeless people around here who live in superhero costumes—and I see them on a daily basis,” he says. “Sometimes, I’ll just be at a grocery store and, you know, Superman will be standing in front of me buying eggs or something.”

Kline says Once Upon a Superhe-

ro was both inspired by the real life superheroes on Hollywood Boulevard, and the idea of working outside of mainstream Hollywood—operating in the margins instead, much like he does.

And while the film holds Hollywood up for scrutiny, it also celebrates the people who survive on its fringes, and embraces the Hollywood Boulevard neighbourhood and the people who live in it. Without giving too much away, the story ultimately offers up a little redemption for humanity.

“I live in Hollywood—I’ve been out here for 20 years now. I love it. It is a part of my world, and I am trying to express something when I show people that this is a real place,” Kline says, “and on one level I’m showing the reality of what’s really going on here, and then on the other level I’m telling the story about the industry.”

Kline is also a street artist, has his own clothing line called Fat Nugz, and was a major advocate for the legalization of marijuana in California. His film features a lot of L.A.’s street art, something that he says just happened naturally.

“Los Angeles is covered in murals, and there’s artwork everywhere, and if something was there, I just kind of went with it,” he says.

Kline doesn’t specifically feature any of his own art work in the film, but Solar Flare’s lair, where he

hangs out when he’s not walking the boulevard or partying in strip clubs, was shot in his art studio.

“Anyone who came by, I would just have people ... write stuff all over the wall … and obviously, you could see, it was just covered in graffiti,” Kline says—adding that he did write a lot of the graffiti himself.

Once Upon a Superhero was shot guerrilla style—“no permits … no licenses, no rules”—which Kline says for the most part wasn’t a problem. There was only one instance where he and his team were caught filming somewhere they shouldn’t have been.

They were shooting in the abandoned L.A. zoo, and another crew happened to be shooting there on the same day.

“That’s the only time that somebody actually gave us a hassle, but … we got lucky. Am I allowed to say I threw the guy a couple of bucks, and he went away?”

Yep, if that’s what it takes.

“Always carry 100 bucks in your pocket, and if somebody comes and bothers you, just give them that, and tell everybody, ‘Pretend like this never happened,’” Kline says.

He and his production company, Behind the 8 Ball Productions— which includes producer Scott Weil—are also distributing the film themselves, and have been touring film festivals and small theatres.

“It’s not an easy thing right now to get your film out there, and for us

to get it to the right audience, we had to do it ourselves—just like everything else had to be done myself,” he says. “This movie would not have been made if I didn’t go out there and just do it myself.”

An interesting aspect of the film is that it’s subject to interpretation. As the viewer you can take the premise literally—believing that Solar Flare is exactly who

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and what he says he is—or more sceptically—believing Solar Flare is really just another homeless man in a superhero suit. And Kline says so far the audience response has been about 50-50.

“It’s always like that—split down the middle—and that’s what art’s supposed to do.”

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FILM FESTIVAL

Nasra Adem inWisdom Warrior by

Sir Reginald III Esquire in Mummified

Adam Bently. / Supplied

by Demmi Dupri. / Supplied

GOTTA MINUTE FOR SOME FILMS? Local Film Festival Brings Shorts to Commuters on LRT and CTrain

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dmonton’s LRT commuters are in for a treat next week, when the Gotta Minute Film Festival launches its fifth annual selection of short films—and for the first time, Calgary commuters will also get in on this silent, one-minute masterpiece action.

The festival is a partnership between the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) and PATTISON Onestop—the company that operates the ad screens at Edmonton and Calgary transit stops.

Thirty-six films will be shown in LRT and CTrain stations throughout the week, but if you don’t take the train, don’t worry. They’ll also be screened

in the Metro Cinema Lobby, Galerie Cité at La Cité Francophone, the Calgary International Airport, and select Edmonton Public Library (EPL) branches (gottaminutefilmfestival.com will have full details, starting Monday). Plus they’ll all be available on the festival’s website.

“I think it is a really unique festival in that it brings film and media art to un-expecting audiences, whereas as I think most festivals … they are designed for people who have a particular interest in film—in particular local film—so it’s a different kind of audience,” says Gotta Minute Film Festival coordinator Heather Noel.

“I think that’s what’s exciting about

this festival is that it might grab the attention of someone who hasn’t already developed an interest in this sort of thing.”

The festival also includes an awards celebration—taking place Sun., Sept. 30 at the Citadel Theatre at 4 p.m.—and while Noel couldn’t divulge this year’s prizes, last year the first place winner took home $1,000 and a Toon Boom Harmony Premium Animation License—giving the winner access to the animation production software valued at $99 per month.

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pensive art form to be involved in, and even making a one-minute film can cost someone a lot of money,” Noel says. “So we try to make these prizes useful for filmmakers who are emerging, who are tying to get started.”

Last year, local filmmaker Demmi Dupri won Best Animation, an honour that included a $250 cash prize and a $5,000 Edmonton Digital Arts College Scholarship. Dupri is making the most out of it, and started the college’s Illustration and Sequential Design Program at the beginning of September. Her winning film was a stop-motion short called The Monotonous Adventures of Sir Reginald the Third Esquire, and was inspired by her cat.

“My cats [including the real Sir Reginald] are just really hilarious, and they do funny things—so like when they’re making big leaps for items and just failing all over the place, I wonder what they imagine is actually happening—so I wanted to start making films inspired by what I think they’re imagining is going on in the world,” she says.

Dupri uses everyday items in her films, like cardboard and flyers. It was balloons that got her into stopmotion in the first place.

“I took a clown course when I was in theatre school, and so I started learning how to make balloon animals,” she explains.

Dupri learned how to make dinosaur ballon animals, and wanted to be able to make them move, leading her to shoot her first stop-motion picture, which she submitted to the Gotta Minute Film Festival. The film wasn’t accepted, but the next year she tried again, submitting a film about a rabbit magician.

“Because you can make things appear and disappear really easy with stop-motion, I thought making a magician would just be the perfect character,” she says.

Dupri has two films in this year’s festival: Sir Reginald in 612 Frames and Sir Reginald III Esquire in Mummified.

Another of last year’s winners was Adam Bently, founder of the International Festival of Winter Cinema.

“The Spirit of Edmonton Award is the award for the film that captures the most unique Edmonton

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Mon., Sept. 24 – Sun., Sept. 30 Gotta Minute Film Festival Various locations GottaMinuteFilmFestival.com experience,” he explains. “I won, and it’s because my short was about that very unique moment— that I think we all experience when we’re taking the LRT—between Grandin and University …

After being underground, it goes above ground for a bit and crosses the valley, and then underground again, and then everyone furiously checks their phones because they have signal again.”

That film—Illuminated—was Bently’s third film to show at the Gotta Minute Film Festival, and his second short, silent documentary. This year, he did something completely different, teaming up with former Edmonton Youth Poet Laureate Nasra Adem to create Wisdom Warrior.

“I helped make [their] vision come to life, so that’s why it’s sort of in a style that [they] preferred,” he explains.

Without giving too much away, the film features Adem shot against a neutral backdrop, and Bently describes it as a more political, activist film.

He grew up in Ottawa and moved to Edmonton to work as a land use planner for the Alberta government. That background has helped inform some of his films—including iCUP, a doc about the public bathrooms in Old Strathcona— and he is currently working on a feature length documentary called The Joy and Madness of Building a Garage Suite.

As previously mentioned, all of the Gotta Minute films are silent, but when the winners are shown on the big screen at the awards celebration, they’re accompanied by live music.

“Every year we hire a musician to compose an original score for the winners, and play it there,” explains Noel.

This year the musician is Jim Cumming, and Noel points out that the filmmakers don’t hear the score until the day of, since they don’t even know they’ve won—so it’s a total surprise for them.

“I’m interested to hear, if I won any awards this year, what that soundtrack would sound like,” Bently says.

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eviewing Mandy—the newest hyper-stylized, hyper-violent film from director Panos Cosmatos (made famous for his cult hit Beyond the Black Rainbow)—in a clear and exhaustive way is kind of like rolling an orange through a busy highway. Sure, the orange might make it over two lanes, but sooner or later, the fruit will be remodelled into a vibrant, imprinted pulp. That’s what Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage—or in this case, Rage Cage—does to your brain. It splatters it and forces you to rebuild each scene only minutes after stepping out of the theatre. This film kind of watches like a two-hour acid trip, plunging you into a universe filled with unthinkable nightmares and pulsating, hallucinatory synth. And it’s glorious.

The first part of your trip seems simple. It’s 1983 in the Shadow Mountains and Nic Cage plays a disheveled lumberjack named Red who lives a blissful life with the love of his life Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough), a painter who has an affinity for pulp sorcery novels and heavy metal. The setting is serene, backlit by a powerful red hue, hazy cinematic mist, and King Crimson’s “Starless.”

Nothing is wrong here … yet. We have vignettes that build upon the relationship between Red and Mandy, and you become quite attached to their weird intricacies as

a couple. But this is in the horroraction genre so something sinister must lurk afoot.

Cue the crushing synth chords/ colossal guitar lines, and enter The Children of the Dawn, a ‘true messiah’ cult made up of a family of abnormal characters that follow the long-haired, artfolk hippy, Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache), on his “deserving” path to ascension. Sand becomes infatuated with Mandy as he sees her walking down the road and bloody chaos ensues. The cult summons the Black Skulls, a group of mutant bikers that have an aesthetic you would find in a graphic novel written by Lovecraft and drawn by H.R. Giger— and they steal Mandy while she and Red are sleeping. Red wakes up tied by barbed wire to a metal pole and is forced to witness the cult’s sick and demented practices that leave Mandy in … let’s call it disrepair.

Red manages to escape after Sand and his followers leave him to bleed out, and he begins his path to crimson revenge. Cage’s performance has been called “The peak of his career,” and after watching the scene where he screams in his bathroom, forcing down vodka and pouring the liquid onto his wounds, and one where he snorts cocaine off a piece of glass, I’m inclined

Mandy Directed by Panos Cosmatos Now Playing at South Edmonton Common Cineplex  to agree. He only gets maybe 20 lines in the entire film while he hunts down members of the cult, but most of them are bloody gold (almost parodying one-liner action hero films). The action is brutally violent as Red cleaves through the mutant bikers and cult members—each finisher gorier than the last, almost living in slasher flick territory, but done cinematically superb.

The score—which deserves its own review—the last of composer Jóhann Jóhannsson in collaboration with drone metal gods Sunn O))), sets the tone of this twisted dimension perfectly. If Jóhannsson, or at least the sound editing team, don’t get nominated for an Oscar, I’m done with those awards. Cosmatos’ phantasmagorical, visual directing style once again stands on its own and also deserves high praise.

Mandy is going to live as a cult classic. It won’t be for everyone, but many will enjoy it for its chimerical cadence.

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eciding on a name for your musical project can be a daunting task. That word or collection of words now represents you and should encompass the personality of the music that listeners can latch on to. Singer-songwriter Alexa Dirks likens the process to naming a child, but she found her moniker in the word Begonia.

“I happened upon a rex begonia in a plant book and ‘Rex’ is a nickname people call me at home.

Begonia is a plant that has thousands of different species—some are dark and rough around the edges and some are really beauti-

ful little flowers,” Dirk says while on the highway to San Francisco.

Under the name Begonia, Dirks has released one EP called Lady in Mind and is slowly becoming one of the most talked about performers in the Canadian indie music scene. Her voice is on par with a powerhouse like Adele, but with the same moxie as Amy Winehouse.

“For me, it’s more about an emotional connection,” she says. “I’m not a technical singer, but I grew up practicing by singing to old records like Nina Simone and that style of singing. They had those

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Dirks put those talents to good use with her latest song “The Light,” which will also be featured on her upcoming full-length album, Fear. The song—like many Begonia tracks—is about female empowerment and striving to be the exact opposite of what society wants you to be.

“That song came with a collaboration between me and Matt Schellenberg who is my primary songwriting partner and in Royal Canoe. We were on a writing retreat and he had these cool jazzy chords we were working with,” she says. “We had the song for quite a while and we kind of rewrote it and I started to dive deep into my thoughts of being a woman in the world and the industry. It turned out to be this empowering message and one of my favourite songs on the upcoming album.”

The music video for the song adds another layer to the theme, featuring Dirks belting of her lyrics—decked out in a posh, purple,

glam dress—while in a Toronto storefront window surrounded by eerie girls’ dolls.

“The wardrobe made it happen, and the makeup made it happen … there were these creepy doll babies with wedding dresses on and that’s kind of what women or girls are told to aspire to be … this ‘beautiful, little, virgin doll baby,’” Dirks says.

She eventually takes the dolls out of the storefront window and leads them on a nighttime escapade throughout downtown Toronto. The concept for the music video came from a collaboration between Dirks and the director Emma Higgins.

“She [Higgins] had this pitch saying ‘I see you in this storefront window surrounded by these really creepy dolls,’ cause she was thinking of a specific store in Toronto where I would be performing in this window,” Dirks says. “That was only a small part of the video and she had this whole other narrative, but I read that and was like ‘Ok I want to focus on me and these creepy dolls and I want to take them on an adventure in the night.”

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The video is both surreal and comical and meshes well with the neo-pop jazz vibes of the song.

“It made me feel like this creepy mother of the dolls that shows them around town and that there’s more to life than being in a women’s clothing store,” Dirks says.

The song ties in with the overall feel and message of the upcoming album. Like all of us, Dirks has had anxieties and fears in certain situations. Deciding to perform as a solo artist (she is still one of the singers of Chic Gamine) she is no longer free from individual scrutiny from both the media and fans. It’s a big step as an artist and one Dirks now lives with and wails about in the song “Fear.” Do yourself a favour and check out the live, stripped down Audiotree North session.

“That song immediately summed it up for me. When I was thinking of the title of the album I was thinking of these poetic lines and then I just realized it needed to be ‘fear.’ It speaks to overcoming them and sometimes to overcome those fears, you have to speak to them.”

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t’s a drizzly Thursday evening around 7:30 when I call up Ryan and Rebecca Anderson for a chat.

The couple, who have been married 19 years, are the masterminds behind Edmonton-based band F&M. On Sept. 21, F&M will release its sixth album Lessons from Losers.

The album is inspired heavily by the act of creating—be it music, visual art, or whatever else. “[It’s about] creating beauty over financial success,” Ryan says.

To celebrate the new album, F&M is hosting an album release party at The Aviary on the same day. The party will feature performances from Tanyss Nixi, Mike McDonald, and Mark Davis—as well as poet Wendy McGrath and visual artist Amy Freelend, among others.

“I looked around at the people who have inspired us and we asked a few folks if they would do a show and tell,” Rebecca says.

Each of the artists will be bringing in an object that follows the theme of “Dark Arts and Lessons Learned,” and give a little talk about it, then perform their music or poems.

“I’m hoping [the show] will encourage a creative spirit,” Rebecca says.

F&M’s sound is one based in baroque-pop. But what exactly is baroque-pop?

“Usually it’s people who have a little bit of classical training; it’s a bit dramatic,” Rebecca says. “It’s not straight-up pop music that you’d hear on the radio necessarily. It’s a little bit quirky. It’s a little bit influenced by jazz or classical.”

This sounds like an ethereal, slow, and dreamy form of pop music with classically styled vocals. The funny thing is that the smooth and melodic sounds of baroque-pop aren’t necessarily Ryan and Rebecca’s first choice.

“We both enjoy punk and louder music,” Ryan says. “[But] we also enjoy sitting around and drinking wine and listening to records. We’ve actually been drinking wine [tonight],” Ryan says.

Rebecca lets out a laugh in the background.

One of the main reasons the couple decided to go this direction was that it forced them to become better musicians.

“We’ve always played around with much better musicians than us,” Ryan says. “I think baroque-pop forces us to raise the standard of what we perform.”

Hosting The Aviary show and tell is Rylan Kafara of CJSR’s “The History of Punk.” Kafara was actually the one who approached Rebecca and Ryan and wanted to be involved.

“We’ve never understood, but we’ve been asked to tour with D.O.A., we’ve played with punk bands,” Ryan says. “What is punk now? If it’s just three chords and being Neanderthalic, yelling and screaming—well that’s been done.

But if punk is something of an ethos of ‘Hey, I’ll do it myself. I will not quit just because you’re not liking what I do—’” “It’s a do it yourself attitude, and that’s always been what punk is,” Rebecca cuts in. “The music that we love isn’t always what we create, but it still has the punk attitude of do-it-yourself and pushing against the grain.”

Keeping with the wine-soaked theme of the evening, Rebecca and Ryan end our conversation by talking about one of their favourite pastimes—pairing wines with vinyl.

“We are big supporters of intentional evenings,” Rebecca says.

“This is what we want our city to start doing,” Ryan says. “Embrace our snowy, Nordic city. Buy a record you’re really into, and just delve into it. Turn everything off and just listen to it with a bottle of wine. Honestly, it’ll make your night better.”

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Nosferatu. Does this word not sound like the midnight call of the Bird of Death? Do not utter it, or the images of life will fade – into pale shadows and ghostly dreams will rise from your heart and feed your blood.”

The title card—which opens F.W. Murnau’s 1922 masterwork of German expressionism Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror—evokes a sinister miasma of malevolence and dread. From the cobweb infested

From Bram Stoker’s portrayal of Dracula, to the feminine archetype of the goddesses in myth, Tribulation tells stories that are both poetic, melodic, and tinted in despair but always rooted heavily in the traditions of heavy metal. From the banshee like shrieks and groans to the progressive guitar work and eerie psychedelic melodies.

“Nosferatu, both the silent movie, from 1922, I think, and Warren Herzog’s Nosferatu from 1979–both are equally inspiring to the band. The later one really helped shape the band into what it essentially became and a big part of that was the soundtrack created by the German band Popol Vuh and of course Italian films like Susperia,” Zaars says.

we really dug, but through touring I think, it has kind of taken on a life of its own. Each night when you apply makeup something new is bound to happen. We let it evolve over time. “ Tribulation is stoked to play its second Edmonton gig—with Arkansas doom metal group Pallbearer—having toured through once prior with Behemoth, and Cannibal Corpse.

“We were always exposed to the gothic scene; we had an industrial festival in our small town in western edge of Sweden. Each year it got invaded by like 20,000 goths, industrial and metal heads,” Zaars says. “I think that played a small part in getting us interested in music—I don’t know how it came to be where it is now, where people say we’re

“I don’t know how it came to be where it is now, where people say we’re a gothic band; I never saw us as a gothic band but I don’t think I’m the one to decide that.”

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crypts, to the nocturnal horror of vampyric legend, it’s this very dread and melancholy that Tribulation, a heavy metal quartet from Sweden, have spent over a decade refining.

Within their music there is a romanticism with literature and the horrors of the occult.

“Horror movies, quite specifically have always been a big part of the band,” guitarist Adam Zaars says.

“In the early days we took samples, and lyrical inspirations from horror movies but I think, from our first album [The Horror] onward the inspiration has been more about capturing an atmosphere or feeling from the movies.”

Makeup-clad in nocturnal garb, the members look similar to acts like Hellhammer, or Alice Cooper but distinct in its ghostly application. They do not portray the common aesthetics of the black metal underground: spikes and leather.

Tribulation is something more Byronic in both flamboyance, conception, and origin.

“It’s something that’s been developed over time. When we started out we were a bit more traditional.

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a gothic band; I never saw us as a gothic band but I don’t think I’m the one to decide that.”

Tribulation have however garnered a lot of acclaim through their recent record Down Below, through Century Media records.

“We see all kinds of people, from the metal die-hard to the regular Joe. Hopefully one of the selling points of the band is that a lot of people are interested in the music— I think it plays to the fact we’ve always tried to be in the heavy metal tradition. Exploring outside of it, while firmly staying within its sonic boundaries,” Zaars says.

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The first track “All You Gotta Do” is a slow, blue burn relying on a steady distorted guitar line that parallels Nolan’s hushed vocals.

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two forlorn lovers just trying to figure it all out. The frenetic guitar lead also adds another layer, playing off of Nolan’s rock ‘n’ roll past.

Songs like “Dead Ends and Damaged Hearts” and “Breaking Up and Out” are relatable to anyone who has seen a relationship slowly decay. I envision a few people chanting the words during the cold months of winter—especially during February—the month of ‘love.’ Regardless, Nolan understands love or at the very least, his version of it, using music as a form of moody catharsis. As a result, we get some soulful feels on a song like “Dynamite.” Nolan’s choice for the organ synth as the lead instrument was also an ear-pleasing, excellent choice.

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Cry Baby is going to take Nolan to some fantastic places. He just doesn’t know where yet and, probably, doesn’t want to.

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I am newly divorced and have started a relationship with a man I’ve known and deeply cared about for decades. The sex is amazing— from start to finish, I feel better than I ever did even in the best moments with my ex. And in the most intense moments? He makes me see stars. He is a very generous lover—he turns me on like crazy and I regularly come while sexting with him. But I have yet to have an orgasm with him. In the past, I have had an orgasm with a partner only from oral or very occasionally from digital clit stim. My ex-husband was not skilled at oral, so I always had to fantasize pretty hard to get there (and regularly chose not to bother). My new partner has amazing moves and amazing oral skills.

And he is willing to keep at it for as long as it takes. But regardless of how amazing I feel when he’s going down on me, every single time I eventually hit a wall where I am just done. I haven’t had a single session with him where I’m left feeling unfulfilled, despite the lack of orgasm. In contrast, any sex with my ex that didn’t end in an orgasm left me feeling frustrated or, worse yet, bored. (There were also times when I’d ask my ex to leave the room so I could masturbate after sex.) Do you have any ideas as to why I can’t get over that hump?

I wonder if I just need him to be more boring and repetitive so that I can focus. But if that’s the case, is it even worth it? Why would I want to make the sex worse to make it “better”? Or should I just be satisfied with the mind-blowing sex I am having, even if it means I don’t have an orgasm? Is it OK to give myself permission to give up on partner-based climaxing?

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with Mr. Amazing Moves means giving up on “partner-based climaxing,” NOPE, you’re increasing the odds that you’ll never have an orgasm with this guy or any other guy ever again.

Here’s what I think the problem is: You had tons of shitty sex with your ex, but you could climax so long as you focused, i.e., so long as you were able to “fantasize pretty hard.” Your ex provided you with some half-assed oral and/or uninspiring digital clit stim that didn’t interfere with your ability to focus/fantasize. In other words, NOPE, with your ex you were able to—you had no other choice but to—retreat into your own head and rely on your own erotic imagination to get you there. You may have been physically present during sex, but you were not emotionally or erotically present.

Because Mr. Amazing Moves’ moves are so amazing—because he turns you on like crazy, because whatever he’s doing feels great, because sometimes you see stars—you aren’t able to retreat into your own head. For years, you had to figuratively leave the room so you could focus/concentrate on whatever it was you needed to focus/concentrate on in order to come; sometimes you even asked your ex to literally leave the room.

You created a powerful association between going to a private, safe, sexy place—pulling away from your partner emotionally, erotically, and sometimes even physically—and climaxing.

You aren’t able to pull away from your current partner in the same way. Nor do you want to. And, hey, wanna know why you come when you sext with him? Because sexting is assisted fantasizing. You’re alone when you’re swapping those dirty messages with Mr. Amazing Moves, NOPE, kind of like you were alone when you were having sex with your ex.

It’s going to take some time to carve a new groove, i.e., you’re going to have to create a new association, one that allows you to be fully present (emotionally, erotically, physically) during partner-based sex and able to climax during it. The trick is not to rush it and, again, not to box yourself into negative selffulfilling prophecies like the one you ended your letter with. So instead of telling yourself you’re never going to come again during partnered sex, tell yourself that your orgasms will come again. It may take some time, sure, but trust that your body and your brain are already hard at work carving that new groove.

One practical suggestion: The next time you have sex with Mr. Amazing Moves—the next 10 times you have sex with him—tell him in advance that you’re going to ask him to stop eating you out long before you hit that wall. Then stimulate yourself, either digitally or with a vibrator, while he holds you. If you need to lean back and close your eyes, lean back and close your eyes—but do not retreat into your own head. Maintain physical contact and ask him to say dirty/sexy things to you while you get yourself the rest of the way there, so you’re always aware of his presence. A couple of dozen self-administered orgasms with both of you in the room—in the room emotionally, erotically, and physically—will speed that newgroove-carving process along.

woman for three months, and it’s time to lay my kink cards on the table. But I’m really afraid to open up, thanks to my kink-shaming ex. My new girlfriend and I read your column together—so if you publish my letter, I’ll be able to gauge her likely response if I decide to disclose.

HELP A GUY OUT? My pleasure, HAGO, but be careful: Sometimes people react negatively to any mention of a kink, not because they’re necessarily turned off or grossed out but because they assume their partner is. So don’t panic if your new girlfriend’s first reaction is negative (“Ew, gross! Feet and FemDom!”), because it may not represent her true feelings and/ or openness to your kinks. To learn how she really feels, you’re probably going to have to make the disclosure you’re trying to sidestep.

NEW SQUEEZE

I’m a 24-year-old woman, and three weeks ago I got out of a long-term relationship with a guy in his mid-30s. Over the last few months of the relationship, I started falling for someone else and began dating the new guy pretty much immediately after the breakup. When should I tell my old boyfriend? We agreed to

stay friends, and we still talk and see each other at least once a week. I want him to hear it from me, but I’m not sure how much time is appropriate/respectful.

DON’T WANNA BE AN ASSHOLE Meeting up too soon after a breakup has a way of keeping emotional wounds open and fresh, DWBAA, particularly for the person who was dumped (I’m assuming you did the dumping here). And once-a-week meetings definitely qualifies as too much, too soon. That said, if you think your ex-boyfriend is likely to hear about your new boyfriend from mutual friends, telling him yourself (and soon) is obviously the right (and difficult) thing to do. But if your ex is going to find out about your new boyfriend from, say, your Instagram account, encouraging him to unfollow you and letting some time pass—enough so you can fudge the start date of your new relationship—would be the right (and ego-sparing) thing to do.

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EVERYBODY HAS A LITTLE KINK

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1 Address for a general, sometimes 5 Mythical flyer 11 Zig’s counterpart 14 Both, at the beginning 15 EGOT winner Rita 16 Part of SUV, for short 17 Internet addict, slangily 19 Christmas tree sale site 20 Quirkily creative 21 Mess up 22 Bellybutton lint 23 “___, about that ...”

26 It’s picked in Maui 28 Pacific salmon 31 Irish singer with the albums “O” and “9” 37 Isaac’s older son 38 “I ___ the opinion ...”

39 Email receptacle 40 ___ Soundsystem 41 Publisher within a publisher 43 Martinique, par exemple 44 Weird Al song that states “I don’t care if you’re full” 46 “___ & Roy” (2018 HBO kids’ show from Sesame Workshop) 47 Kingpin 48 Ate (together) 50 E, on a map 51 Cassowary’s kin 52 WWI battle river through Flanders 54 Bluish green 57 Man-made (abbr.)

60 Hidden loot 64 Vehicle where the driver gets thanked 65 Short horror tales shared on the Internet 68 Mason jar’s topper 69 Petting zoo noise 70 Leaning type (abbr.)

71 Letter from Greece?

72 Atomizer amount 73 “The Godfather” composer ___ Rota

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1 The middle-sized bear 2 Love, in Latin 3 Border (on) 4 Text to an s.o. while away on a trip, maybe 5 Mischievous one 6 Pigeon sound 7 “Laugh-In” comedian Johnson 8 Hitchcock’s “___ Window”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee.

It blossoms and the bee comes.”

So says poet and philosopher Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening. Now I’m transmitting his observation to you. I hope it will motivate you to expend less energy fantasizing about what you want and devote more energy to becoming the beautiful, useful, irresistible presence that will attract what you want. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make plans to produce very specific blossoms.

9 Trumped-up 10 Great Lakes’ ___ Canals 11 One of South Africa’s official languages 12 The whole thing 13 “The Girl From Ipanema” saxophonist 18 Evil ___ 22 Frond-bearing plant 24 Devine of “Pitch Perfect” 25 Laundry container 27 Like a brow, at times 28 Talk show guest, often 29 November follower?

30 Was forced 32 Colin Dexter’s crossword-solving inspector 33 “Excuse me, but ...”

34 Majorca’s neighbor 35 Fizzy drinks 36 Go all out 41 Couple, to tabloids 42 “Grey Cell Green” band ___ Atomic Dustbin 45 Furniture store to meander through 47 Sure 49 False accusation 53 Zener cards test for it 54 Up to it 55 Back out 56 Abbr. on meat packages 58 Coulrophobia, e.g.

59 Mazar of “Entourage” 61 ___ spumante (sparkling wine) 62 Obsessive fan 63 Xbox series since 2001 65 Network that’s now Les-less 66 “Wheel of Fortune” host Sajak 67 Nickname of a Red Sox Hall-ofFamer ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Budi Waseso, the former head of the Indonesian government’s anti-narcotics division, had a radical plan to prevent escapes by people convicted of drug-related crimes. He sought to build detention centres that would be surrounded by moats filled with crocodiles and piranhas. But his replacement, Heru Winarko, has a different approach. He wants addicts and dealers to receive counselling in comfortable rehabilitation centres. I hope that in the coming weeks, as you deal with weaknesses, flaws, and sins— both your own and others’— you’ll opt for an approach more like Winarko’s than Waseso’s.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In one sense, a patron saint is a Catholic saint who is a heavenly advocate for a person, group, activity, thing, or place. St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, for instance. St. Francis of Assisi is the guardian of animal welfare and St. Kentigern is the protector against verbal abusers. “Patron saint” may also be invoked poetically to refer to a person who serves as a special guide or influence. For example, in one of his short stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to a veteran nurse as “the patron saint of young physicians.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to fantasize about persons, groups, activities, things, or places for whom you might be the patron saint. To spur your imagination, here are some appropriate possibilities. You could be the patron saint of the breeze at dawn; of freshly picked figs; of singing humorous love songs in the sunlight; of unpredictable romantic adventures; of lifechanging epiphanies while hiking in nature; of soul-stirring music.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In August 1933, author Virginia Woolf wrote a critical note to her friend, the composer Ethel Smyth, lamenting her lack of emotional subtlety. “For you,” Woolf told Smyth, “either things are black, or they’re white; either they’re sobs or shouts—whereas, I always glide from semi-tone to semi-tone.” In the coming weeks, fellow Cancerian, you may encounter people who act like Smyth. But it will be your sacred

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duty, both to yourself and to life, to remain loyal and faithful to the rich complexity of your feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “People think of education as something they can finish,” said writer and scientist Isaac Asimov, who wrote or edited over 500 books. His point was that we’re wise to be excited about learning new lessons as long as we’re on this earth. To cultivate maximum vitality, we should always be engaged in the processes of absorbing new knowledge and mastering new skills and deepening our understanding. Does that sound appealing to you, Leo? I hope so, especially in the coming weeks, when you will have an enhanced ability to see the big picture of your future needs for education.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo businessman Warren Buffet is among the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire Hathaway adds $36 billion to its already swollen coffers. But in 2017, thanks to the revision of the U.S. tax code by President Trump and his buddies, Buffet earned $65 billion—an increase of 83 percent over his usual haul. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re entering a year-long phase when your financial chances could have a mild resemblance to Buffet’s 2017. I’m not predicting your earnings will increase by 83 percent. But 15 percent isn’t unreasonable. So start planning how you’ll do it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As he stepped up to use an ATM in a supermarket, a Scottish man named Colin Banks found £30 (about $40 U.S.) that the person who used the machine before him had inadvertently neglected to take. But rather than pocketing it, Banks turned it in to a staff member, and eventually the cash was reunited with its proper owner. Shortly after performing his good deed, Bank won £50,000 (about $64,500 U.S.) in a game of chance. It was instant karma in dramatic action—the positive kind! My analysis of the astrological omens reveals that you’re more likely than usual to benefit from expeditious cosmic justice like that. That’s why I suggest you intensify your commitment to doing good deeds.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As you dive down into your soul’s depths in quest for renewal, remember this testimony from poet Scherezade Siobhan: “I want to dig out what is ancient in me, the mistaken-for-monster ... and let it teach me how to be unafraid again.” Are you brave and brazen enough to do that yourself? It’s an excellent time to douse your fear by drawing wild power from the primal sources of your life. To earn the right to soar through the heights in November and Decem-

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ber, delve as deep as you can in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to author Elizabeth Gilbert, here’s “the central question upon which all creative living hinges: do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?” When I read that thought, my first response was, why are the treasures hidden? Shouldn’t they be completely obvious? My second response was, why do you need courage to bring forth the treasures? Shouldn’t that be the easiest and most enjoyable task imaginable? Everything you just read is a perfect riddle for you to contemplate during the next 14 months, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger named Sage Grace offers her readers a list of “cool things to call me besides cute.” They include dazzling, alluring, sublime, magnificent, and exquisite. Is it OK if I apply those same adjectives to you, Capricorn? I’d like to add a few more, as well: resplendent, delightful, intriguing, magnetic, and incandescent. I hope that in response you don’t flinch with humility or protest that you’re not worthy of such glorification. According to my astrological analysis, now is one of those times when you deserve extra appreciation for your idiosyncratic appeal and intelligence. Tell your allies and loved ones that I said so. Inform them, too, that giving you this treatment could help mobilize one of your half-asleep potentials.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many educated Americans and Europeans think of reincarnation as a loony delusion, even though it’s a cornerstone of spiritual belief for over 1.5 billion earthlings.

I myself regard it as a hypothesis worthy of intelligent consideration, although I’d need hundreds of pages to explain my version of it. However you imagine it, Aquarius, you now have extra access to knowledge and skills and proclivities you possessed in what we might refer to as your “past lives”—especially in those past lives in which you were an explorer, maverick, outlaw, or pioneer.

I bet you’ll feel freer and more experimental than usual during the next four weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When the winds of change blow,” says a Chinese proverb, “some people build walls while others build windmills.” Since the light breezes of change may soon evolve into brisk gusts of change in your vicinity, I wanted to bring this thought to your attention.

Will you be more inclined to respond by constructing walls or windmills? I don’t think it would be foolish for you to favour the walls, but in the long run, I suspect that windmills would serve you better.

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