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It was announced in the news this morning that The Tories are committed to cutting $44.8-million in spending on arts and culture by April of 2010. Music and Arts programs in schools have been disappearing at an alarming rate over the last 10 years and this will certainly deal a blow to even more people [...]

So this morning I decided to ride the city’s pathway system to find the route I would take to ride my bike to work. Being the environmentally conscious guy that I am – even though I take my car to the train station in the morning and mainly commute via rail – I can do [...]

I know that after three years of living in Calgary that I should be used to seeing the orange barrels, three lanes squished down to one and the occasional closure throughout the city…but today was just totally insane.  I picked up my girlfriend and her niece and nephew way down in the SW and had [...]

I don’t really understand how someone so open to talking about his innermost feelings could have so much hurt inside. I don’t know how someone who I spoke to and laughed with so many times – even two days ago – could be so sad. Sean you were the kindest and sweetest person I have [...]

So in order to save money, I have brought my coffee-grinder and press from out of storage and placed them on my desk. I did a little math and realized that Starbucks was making far too much money off me going in each morning and getting my “quad-no-room-americano.” At $4.26 each per work day that’s [...]

The Calgary Stampede is a gong show. For an entire week some businesses basically shut down to head out and treat their clients and staff to endless free breakfasts, corporate parties, company functions and even the rodeo. You might think from a business standpoint that this would be a terrific time for networking (shaking hands, [...]