#Edmonton-Gold Bar

[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

April 8, 2024

Mr. Schmidt: We also see that the city of Edmonton is not treated fairly when it comes to maintenance of provincial roadways. The city of Calgary gets the Deerfoot Trail maintained as a provincial highway, but the city of Edmonton doesn’t get the same deal when it comes to Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard. Now, let me just be clear, Madam Chair, that I’m perfectly fine with Calgary Trail deteriorating because I think that it’s in the best interests of Edmontonians to stay in our city and not have to go to Calgary. I think that by letting that road collapse, you know, we’re doing the Lord’s work by preventing the people from Edmonton from having to go to Calgary. I may be in a minority, though, when it comes to that opinion.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Edmonton police were notified about vandalism at Gold Bar Park on Monday.

EPS said its Hate Crimes Unit is looking into what appeared to be a swastika and other hate-related symbols burned into the grass.

City crews were removing the symbols and cleaning the area later Monday afternoon.

Gold Bar Park is located east of the core near Capilano. It’s on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River at the end of 50th Street.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland, @abpoli

[toasttt11]

and again

January 5, 2021

Remington sat on a couch out on the balcony of the bar he was in, he has just played in the world juniors with Team USA and they won the gold medal game only a few hours ago.

Remington enjoyed being able to play with his brother, something the brothers haven’t been able to do much before.

He didn’t like that Luke was not playing as he was recovering still from an injury, it was still very werid to Remington not playing with Luke but that was something he would have to get used to as they would be getting drafted soon to separate teams.

Remington’s head shot hearing the door open and saw a smiley Cole walking out side onto the balcony and shutting the door behind him.

“What are you doing out here Birthday boy!” Cole teased softly trying to keep his eyes on Remington’s eyes and not get distracted by admiring him.

“It’s your birthday too.” Remington quipped back fondly rolling his eyes.

“Yeah but you can legally drink here.” Cole teased shaking his drink towards Remington, who just rolled his eyes.

The world Juniors that year was held in the Edmonton and luckily for Remington he can legally drink in Edmonton at eighteen.

“I just had a drink from Trev.” Remington told Cole, Trevor was so exicted to give his baby brother his first legal drink.

“Want more?” Cole smirked slightly titling his head at Remington.

“No i’m good.” Remington politely denied not really liking drinking much.

Cole shrugged accepting that and plopped down on the couch next to Remington, “Hey we’re cool right.” Cole nervously blurted out, he’s been worried that he overstepped on his draft night for one and half years now and he has never had chance to talk about it yet with Remington.

Remington blinked looking shocked, He knew why Cole was asking. It was a moment he could never forget and thought about it often, even if he wanted to admit he forgot about it.

“We are good Cole.” Remington gently reassured him, Remington never had a problem with Cole he was just trying to distance himself from Cole to lose his feelings for Cole but that did not work at all.

“Good.” Cole nodded looking less tense, “Still i am really sorry if i made you uncomfortable that night.” Cole looked at Remington with sad apologetically eyes. Cole noticed the distance between them since they almost kissed at his draft party and could not help but feel it was his actions that caused them to grow apart.

“You did not make me uncomfortable i promise.” Remington kindly reassured Cole reaching over and gently squeezing Cole’s arm.

Coles eye’s widen and he looked at his arm and Remington’s gentle touch, “Okay.” Cole shakily nodded getting distracted at Remington’s touch.

Remington’s eyes widen realizing he was touching Cole’s arm and quickly brought his hand back and awkwardly smiled thinking he made Cole uncomfortable.

“Sorry.” Remington awkwardly mumbled avoiding Cole’s eyes.

Cole shook his head snapping out of his daze, “It’s all good Rem.” Cole softly reassured him, he was not mad at all that Remington touched him, he never would mind if Remington touched him.

Remington nodded in response fiddling with his bracelets, he started at out the balcony with his shoulders tense from how awkward it is to be around Cole now.

“Really it’s okay.” Cole gently reassured Remington laying a soft hand on his shoulder feeling Remington tense more before starting to relax.

“Okay.” Remington nodded looking back at Cole.

“You have grown quite a lot.” Cole commented after a few moments of silence and he was just looking at Remington.

Cole noticed when he saw Remington for the first time in a while at the beginning of the tournament how tall Remington has gotten but also how much Remington has grown in looks, his face lost most of his baby fight.

“That’s what happens.” Remington nervously quipped, feeling way to nervous from being stared at from Cole to even think about what he just said.

Cole laughed at Remington’s words shaking his head fondly.

Cole’s laughter died down and he stared at Remington with a soft smile, “I have missed you.” Cole admitted his hand slowly and tentatively reaching out and brushing a strand of hair off Remington’s forehead.

Remington’s eyes widen drastically at Cole’s words and touch and stared at him shocked, “I missed you too.” Remington admitted as well, he has missed Cole even though it is his own fault for the distance between them.

Cole slowly leaned closer to Remington admiring him even closer. His hand slowly slid down and rested on the side of Remington’s face.

Remington’s eyes were sharply watching Cole as Cole continued to lean closer and closer to him until their noses brushed against each other.

Remington sharply inhaled as Cole went to lean forward so their lips could touch when the door of the patio slammed open making the two spilt apart quickly.

Remington quickly got off the couch turning away from Cole rubbing a hand over his face, he couldn’t believe he let himself get that close to Cole, again. He shook his head cursing himself, he needed to talk to Luke.

“My favorite boys!” A drunk Trevor yelled loudly as he stumbled onto the patio not knowing he had interrupted Cole and Remington again.

Cole didn’t even turn his head at Trevor to focused on Remington, Cole cursed himself for getting too close to Remington again and making him uncomfortable.

“I’ve got to call Luke.” Remington stammered out hurrying off the patio brushing past Cole and a drunk Trevor.

Cole opened and closed his mouth watching Remington rush off, Cole frowned seeing Remington walk away from him again.

“Where’s he going?” Trevor drunkly slurred plopping down next to Cole. His head flopping onto Cole’s shoulder

“I don’t know.” Cole mumbled distracted, he hoped that he hasn’t ruined his friendship with Remington and that Remington was okay. He can’t believe he almost kissed Remington again.

[eddieheart]

Brokeback Mountain

I re-wrote the ending to brokeback mountain because I hate myself

- Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist fall in love on a lonely old mountain. It's a whirlwind romance that grips them by the soul.

- By the end of the summer when they're asked to leave neither can bare to separate, so they don't.

- (at the beginning you don't see Ennis with a car but further on you do, so I'll just assume he had a car but lived in town) So they sell one of their cars (the worse one of the two) and get the little beginnings of a nest egg

- At first they're just driving around aimlessly, not putting down roots anywhere. While working at a ranch they hear some of the guys talking about going to Alberta to work on the oil rigs

- Jack is immediately all for it, Ennis isn't sure, but after a while they decide to go. It's really good pay, in a similar place to where they are now and they can avoid the draft. (Win win)

- (in Alberta, 1970, a roughneck would be payed approximately 27,000 dollars a year, in today's money that's about 212,000)

- They eventually make enough to buy an apartment together, which passes fine enough under the guise of two bachelor roommates, who can't afford a place of their own.

- Eventually they hear about club 70 and Flashback (both gay bars founded around 1970) in Edmonton, only about 45 minutes from where they live

- It soon becomes a common place for them to hang out.

- While at the club they discover 'Carousel Capers' (newsletter of club carousel) a monthly newsletter for gay people that had started in 1969.

- They also discover GATE (gay alliance towards equality) that started in 1971-72. The alliance had an actual building which included a drop in center and a resource center. They provided peer counselling and speaker referrals all while still fighting for gay rights. 

- It takes a long time but eventually they even visit the center.

-It's during one of these visits that they meet Margret 'Peggy' Walters and Winnifred 'Fred' Murphy, a lesbian couple in the same area

- They both share their woes about living as a gay couple in the area and how at a certain point it's hard to pretend to be just roommates

- They all become fast friends and continue to meet up regularly. While having coffee one day Peggy shares a thought, marriage, marriages actually. Those of Ennis and herself as well as Jack and Fred, for tax purposes and also convenience.

- It's during the spring that they get married and it's summer when they take a 'honeymoon' at Brokeback mountain.

- The girls love the solitude and everyone keeps their distance during the stay.

- The second day of their drip, when the sun gets real low, a mix of amber, crimson and violet, the sky peppered with ghosts of stars that Ennis falls to his knees before the love of his life and pulls out a small gold ring.

"I don't say much, and I don't know much either, but what I do know, is that I love you Jack Twist, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

- Jack let's out a brash fit of laughter, running off for no more than a minute. He jogs back to where Ennis is sitting and collapses to his knees, sliding towards him, a ring in hand. All the overwhelming fear and anxiety Ennis had been feeling quickly fell away.

- Jack stared deeply into the eyes of the man he's sure he wants to spend the rest of his life with, putting a free hand on the other man's cheek as he speaks.

"Ennis Del Mar, I- I just can't quit you, and I don't want to neither. I've spent every day since we've left thanking whatever god that'll listen for you, cus you- you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. So, Mr. Del Mar, wanna get hitched?"

- They end up laugh crying and falling into each other, both making slapdash moves for other's ring and pushing them onto they're fingers.

- One day while working on the rigs, Jack gets into an accident. Work normally last 16-20 hours a day, and they work almost every day, sometimes 7 days a week. Because of this, Jack in his sleep deprived and overworked state, passes out, hitting his head on piece of metal machinery.

- Ennis is rightfully terrified and it takes a few days for Jack to actually wake up. When he does, Ennis decides that they are never going back to the rigs.

- They merge what little nest eggs they've saved up with the girls and buy a ranch.

(The price per acre in 1988 was 374, and they bought 500 acres)

- There's a little house on the property which they all refurbish together. It's technically two smaller houses merged together, each with they're own mailboxes. One says Ennis + Peggy  (for Jack and Ennis) and the other says Jack + Fred (for Peggy and Fred)

- Each couple had their own side of the house, but they all spend most of their time together like one big family.

- Because they have so much land, they don't have to worry about anybody seeing anything they aren't suppose to, so they don't have to keep behind closed doors anymore.

- Fred learns to weld and becomes a trades woman, While Peggy prefers to say home, take care of the house and cook. Ennis and Jack get a herd of sheep, some cattle and a few horses.

- Now that they have the money Jack even gets himself a roping horse, a young mare named Sunny that he trains himself.

- The house and barn are near constantly filled with music, the radio is always playing. It's partly because Jack read something about animals being happier when they listened to music and partly because Ennis doesn't have the heart to tell him he's wrong.

- After a while when they're all good and ready, Peggy and Fred propose having children. So not long after that, Ennis and Jack get jiggy with a plastic cup and Peggy and Fred get real familiar with a turkey baster.

- Jack desperately wants a little boy and has for quite a long time, Ennis is the more apprehensive of the two, but as soon as the older man gets a glimpse of his little baby girl all his worries melt away.

- It's then that they're all renamed, Ennis becomes Daddy, Jack becomes Popa, Peggy is Moma and Fred is Mom. They all wear their titles with pride.

- Peggy had two girls each a year apart and Fred has a little brown eyed boy.

- As it turns out, it's quite difficult for four people to decide on baby names. But after a first 10 months of deliberation, and another year for their third they decide on Alison, Jackson Robert and Marie.

- After having the babies Peggy starts to work in town to help raise some more funds for the kids and Ennis and Jack become the best stay at home dads you've ever seen.

- Ennis actually learns to cook and Jack is a diaper master, though he'll never admit it to anyone else.

- Though the old clubs are closed by now and the paper long gone, GATE (which was renamed to GLCCE, the Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton) is still around. They all decide they can spare the extra money for a ranch hand and post an add at the center, hiring a young boy named Henry.

- Though they somehow end up with two hands because of Henry's codependent relationship with his girlfriend Danny.

- At first the guys are shocked that they hired a gay boy who turns out to have a girlfriend. But soon after, Danny the spitfire (as she's renamed) educated not only the boys but Peg and Fred too, on bisexuality, genderfluidity and what it means to be transgender.

- They all get very up to date on gay culture. (They haven't been getting out much since the kids... and the sheep)

- Each of the kids learns how to ride horses at four, but all of them have already (and continue to) gone on rides with their dads.

- Buts it's their youngest Marie that really takes a shine to it, horseback riding with such ease it's as though she's just walking.

- Eventually Marie even gets her own little colt, which she names boots, and starts training to barrel race (and to rope just like her popa)

- Their first trip as a family is to Brokeback mountain. Ennis and Jack sneak away in the night, watching the sunset and basking in the joy of their lives.

"Lookit how far we've come. I really love you Jack."

"And I really love you."

- On the last day they take one big picture as a family. The kids get it framed for their anniversary, it still hangs in their dads' room.

- Though they came to love Henry and Danny they eventually left the ranch. At the ages of 23 and 22 respectively the pair got married, the blended family being invited of course. They come empty handed, seemingly without a gift, but they're harbouring a splendid little secret.

- After returning from their honeymoon, they all meet up again at the shared house for dinner and their wedding present is finally given.

"Are you gonna tell them or am I?" Peggy asks with a smirk.

"So, I know y'all are grown now, but Ennis and I- and Fred and Peg," Jack adds after a side glance from the girls. "We made you a little something."

- The four of them, plus the kids, lead the newlyweds through the property and about ten acres in they peep a little dirt road. The road in turn is connected to the Main Street (on the opposite side of the property) and to a sweet little bungalow.

- Upon realizing the house is for them they both burst into tears and become (officially) member of the family.

- Marie goes on to become a rodeo star, a trick riding, barrel racing, calf roping badass. A true rodeo Queen.

- Jackie Jr. graduates early and gets a job as a mechanic in town and occasionally joins his younger sister at the rodeo, as a roping duo. At first he'd been interested in bull and bronk riding but after a long and stern conversation with both his dads about the dangers he decided against it.

- Alison turns out to be the wild card of the family, deciding to go to school to become a doctor. (Never did Ennis, or Jack or that matter, think that he could make a kid that intelligent, but fuck if she wasn't a smart cookie)

- Though he's a man of few words, Ennis gives heartfelt and genuine goodbyes to each of their children. Jack as well, tucking his head into the side of his now (really freaking tall) kids, hiding his tears in bursts of 'I love yous' and 'I'll miss yous".

- Now that they're all empty nesters the house feels a little too lonely, a bit quieter too, even though the radio is still always playing. So Jack and Ennis decide to start fostering, (though technically on paper it’s Ennis and Peggy and Jack and Fred)

- They take in the kids that no one wants, the belligerent teens, the abandoned toddlers, homeless kids, the reckless boys and the defiant girls. Kids that have no other options.

- They end up with 6 year old Toby, 14 Christin and 16 year old Randy and they love every minute of it.

- Jackie Jr. is the first to get married. His wife is a sweet young thing named Stella, she comes from a hard working family and desperately loves their son. They build and move into another house on the property, not too far from Henry and Danny.

- Allison finished her schooling at a big fancy, (as Ennis puts it, "smart kid school") and now lives in the city, she's had a few boyfriends, and girlfriends, over the years but still hasn't settled down.

- Ennis gets a little nervous every now and then, about Allison and if she feels as lonely as he did when he was a young kid. Jack always pulls him back though.

"Just because she isn't married doesn't mean she ain’t happy, I mean, think about us, about Peg n' Freddy, when we were kids we was happy, unmarried and very happy just being with each other."

"Allie knows she's loved, we tell her all the time, she knows her family will always be on her side, no matter what."

- Danny and Henry adopt a little boy named Tommy. (Ennis thinks the fact that all their names ending in 'y' is weird but only ever says anything to Jack)

- Marie is the next to get hitched, her and her partner Randi, whose full name they still don't know.

- Jackie Jr. and Stella have their first kid, a little girl, Ennis Jr. (Both her granddads cry when they hear the name)

-That fall Peggy has a stroke and can't work in town anymore. Now she stays home with the boys (and the kiddos). At first it's really hard for all of them, she can't do what she used to be able to, things Peggy had mastered are now nearly impossible. But over time they all become accustomed to the new normal.

- All the kids come home when they hear about moma. Allison quits her job in the city and becomes a family doctor in town, she says it's because she doesn't like the fast paced nature of the big city and prefers to be closer to her home anyway.

- Marie comes back from her rodeo tour but only stays a few weeks (at the request of her mother) and soon gets back to travelling.

- Jackie Jr. is blessed with a set of twin girls, Winona (Winny) and Pauline.

- Marie gets pregnant and has a baby girl, Jacklin (aka. Jack the third, or Jack Jr. Jr.)

- Needless to say the house is loud again, constantly bustling. Little kids running wild, their foster kids are grown, but Toby stays in the family house. He loves taking care of the kids, so he starts taking night courses at the  community college for childcare.

- Every once and while someone will come in (just out of the blue, with no warning, like it should be) and find the two men laying together, gently holding onto each other, radio playing softly in the background.

- As an anniversary present the kids arrange a trip to Brokeback, they take the whole family. Jack and Ennis fall asleep holding each other in the place they fell in love, the sounds of their children and grandchildren running around in the distance.

- They get a surprise about a week later when a new framed photo joins the other on their bedroom wall, this time with their grandkids too.

- Jack falls down the stairs. He nearly breaks his hip and Ennis decides to get a stair lift. At first Jack refuses to use it, but eventually folds one day. Ennis sits in the chair calling Jack over, he pulls the other man onto his lap and distracts him with a chaste kiss as he pushes the down button. Jack doesn't fight him over the 'stairs chair' anymore.

- Gay marriage gets legalized, they find out by watching the local news like they do every night. Ennis bursts into tears, looks over at Peggy and says 'I want a divorce' before turning back to Jack with a smile.

- They get married in the summer, on their anniversary. The kids walk them down the isle, Jack III brings the rings and both cry when reading their vows.

- They go to bed that night, staring into each others eyes, holding their husband, they're husbands now. Jack curls onto the bigger man's chest and they both stare at the pictures on the wall, where it all started, Brokeback mountain, the radio playing softly in the background.

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[oldguy56-world]

The Games People Play

Everyone likes to play some type of game. For my wife and I we have several favorites:

Where's my phone (daily)

Where's my glasses (at least once a week)

Who is that on TV and I thought they were dead? (multi times)

These are not the games I will be discussing however. I am of course referring to the Olympics. (Yes this is a follow up to the very popular Blog from last week talking about the opening ceremonies) I will not discuss the events because they are all shown 9 times a day and if you don't know what happened you are not interested so I will not waste my fingers. I will instead bring you up to speed on some of the happenings behind the scenes, which are interesting to say the least. Most names will not be used to protect the almost innocent so let's get going:

The triathlon was delayed but did you know they tried to have it happen by changing the first leg to a sprint across the Seine instead of swimming? What held them back was the test run where shoes seemed to melt on contact with the water.

A Slodovian weightlifter failed to read my last blog and as a result was not aware there was a video floating around showing a Bulgarian using the proper technique. As a result the Slodovian's testicles exploded when he tried to lift too much weight.

Canada was going to use a submarine to get some footage of swimmers from other countries in the pool but our only sub is currently being used at the West Edmonton Mall as a ride.

Snoop Dogg tried to entered the High jump, High dive, and the High Bar but backed out after the events were properly explained.

France tried to introduce their own version of the triathlon which featured smoking a carton of cigarettes, drinking a gallon of wine and eating two dozen croissants. Only Italy and Viet Nam were interested.

Another Slodovian accidentally ingested a full bottle of Viagra and had to change his discipline from the high jump to the pole vault. (really sorry about that one)

Another Slodovian (really rough Olympics for them) who was a boxer eliminated himself when he knocked himself out putting on his gloves.

The Turkish hitman in shooting purposely didn't take gold so that he could stay in the background and change disguises. (you really didn't think that was his real face did you?)

Finally, on a sad note, four French mimes were shot trying to escape from an imaginary box. Rumor has it police are searching for the shooter to present him or her with an honorary gold medal.

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: Every camera should focus on the faces of some of the athletes that were not on the podium but still performed a personal best. Joy does not have to come just when you win. As far as i am concerned anyone who qualifies to be there is a winner.

[jacquievandegeer]

Vivek Shraya How To Fail As A Popstar

06-02-2023

A show about what it means to not have your dreams come true. Presented at the Queer Performance Camp at La Chapelle, Montreal.

https://lachapelle.org/fr

Queer Performance Camp aims to create new ways to connect, grow and build community, while supporting the development of queer artists through workshops, gatherings and shows. Intentionally nestled into the dead of winter, QPC brings love, light, and queer self-care to a cold and dark time of year.

Yesterday I had the immense pleasure to see Vivek Shraya’s debut show How To Fail As A Poster. If you’re tired of success stories, relish this one that celebrates failure!

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her album Part-Time Woman was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, and her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is also the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books, which supports emerging BIPOC writers. She is currently adapting her debut play, How to Fail as a Popstar, for television with the support of CBC.

The stage is almost empty: in a circle of light we see a bar stool, a microphone and a guitar. Madonna sings when we take a seat in La Chapelle. Vivek Shraya welcomes us, dressed in a gold glittery outfit and starts the show.

Slowly but surely she draws in her audience, singing, dancing, sharing her story from being an immigrant child in a traditional family to where she is now: a writer, an artist in her own right and poet. She takes us back to her childhood where it all began. Having a beautiful voice, she would sing in improvised Sai Baba’s temples in sport hals.

She participates in the numerous talent contests in Edmonton’s shopping malls. Without success, she sings popular covers and tries various hilarious outfits. Shraya began writing her own songs at the age of 13 and released her first album, THROAT, in 2002. An expensive adventure in her quest to stardom, this album is the start of a series of hilarious chapters of an artist finding her own voice eventually at the cost of failure.

With cheeky humour and vulnerability, she shares her journey to 'not quite' pop music superstardom. A reflection on the power of pop culture, dreams, disappointments and self-determination, this astonishing performance is a triumph in finding one’s authentic voice.The play includes original songs written and performed by Shraya.

Play and original songs written and performed by Vivek Shraya. Composition by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton Directed by Brendan Healy Set and costume designer: Joanna Yu Lighting designer: C.J. Astronomo Associate lighting designer: Imogen Wilson Sound designer: James Bunton Choreographer: William Yong Photography by Heather Saitz A Canadian Stage production

[atlanticcanada]

Convincing win over Sweden gives Maritime fans new hope for World Junior gold

Canada's World Junior team closed out 2022 with an exclamation point on Saturday night in front of a Halifax crowd that was ready to party.

Three goals in the game's first 10 minutes got the New Year's festivities started early.

In the end, a convincing 5-1 win over Sweden -- a fellow tournament favourite -- had fans ringing in the New Year with new expectations.

"I think those who came out of the Scotiabank Centre last night were pretty excited by what they saw,” said longtime sports broadcaster John Moore.

Moore didn't disagree that local fans' appetites are newly-whet for a gold medal that now appears pretty realistic.

"This was a big test last night, and they passed with flying colours,” Moore said. “So yeah, going forward, I think that a lot of the Canadian fans now say, 'Hey yes, the gold medal is in our grasp. We've got a couple of wins to get to that gold medal game first.'"

"There's only one word - 'redemption', right?" said Sydney-based hockey fan Brent Desveaux, in reference to the only other time Halifax hosted the tournament.

Twenty years ago, Halifax fans went home heartbroken.

A whirlwind 2003 World Juniors ended with a one-goal loss to the Russians in the gold medal game.

However, the Russians aren’t playing this year, the IIHF barred them from competition.

The Canadians are looking to repeat as gold medal champions, having won the tournament last year in Edmonton.

"We all saw the reaction of the crowd, Desveaux said. “We all saw the enthusiasm -- pregame, post-game and everything right? So definitely redemption. If they win this, Halifax is going to go crazy."

Canada's next test is Monday against Slovakia in a quarterfinal.

Win, and move on.

Lose, and go home.

"The final script has yet to be written,” Moore said. “But I think that if Canada can win this tournament in Halifax, and knowing how successful it's been in the early going, I think this will go down as perhaps one of the greatest tournaments hosted in Canada."

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/o8tf7CV

[rinasmamoon]

A Black-capped Chickadee at Gold Bar Park - Edmonton, AB. Taken on Nikon D5100. It’s also my first time using the AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED lens, which I received last Thursday.

[kellygrantrealtor]

* SOLD * SE EDMONTON, GOLD BAR: 4315-104A AVENUE NW - VIRTUAL TOUR!!

[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

November 6, 2023

Mr. Schmidt: For example, the Health minister herself only a month ago was asked whether or not she would take the COVID vaccine. When she was asked that, she outright refused to take the COVID vaccine, stating that she was a healthy person. Not only does that fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of vaccines, because vaccines are not only designed to protect ourselves from infectious diseases but also to protect those around us from infectious diseases – I don’t know. Maybe the Minister of Health is only surrounded by people who are also healthy and not susceptible to infectious diseases, but I highly doubt it.

Not only does she misunderstand the important role in protecting public health that vaccines play; she is the Minister of Health overseeing a health care system that is burdened by COVID cases right now. She stopped publicly reporting the cases. In fact, it’s fallen upon investigative journalists to find out the true number of COVID cases that are being treated in our hospitals right now. I don’t trust a minister who lacks the fundamental understanding of public health and what it takes to protect her own health care system that she is in charge of to make the right decision when it comes to enforcing access fees and those kinds of things in clinics.

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[atlanticcanada]

A timeline of some of the deadliest mass killings in Canada's recent history

Here are some of the deadliest mass killings in recent Canadian history:

April 19, 2020: Seventeen people are killed after a man who at one point wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser travelled across northern Nova Scotia. An RCMP officer is among the dead. Police say the suspected shooter, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, was killed after being intercepted by officers in Enfield, N.S.

Aug. 10, 2018: A gunman opens fire in Fredericton, N.B., killing two municipal police officers and two civilians: Const. Sara Burns, Const. Robb Costello, Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright. Matthew Raymond is arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

April 23, 2018: Alek Minassian drives a white van along a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and seriously injuring 16 others. Minassian later admits in court to carrying out the attack in retribution for years of sexual rejection and ridicule by women. He's awaiting trial on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 of attempted murder. The judge has said the case will turn on Minassian's state of mind at the time of the attack, not whether he did it.

Jan. 29, 2017: Six people are killed and eight injured when a man goes on a shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque. University student Alexandre Bissonnette, who had taken far-right political positions on social media, pleads guilty.

Dec. 29, 2014: In the worst mass shooting in Edmonton, a man suspected of domestic violence shoots and kills six adults and two young children in two different homes. Phu Lam then killed himself in a restaurant where he worked.

June 4, 2014: A man uses a semi-automatic rifle to fatally shoot three RCMP officers and wound two others in Moncton, N.B. The rampage by Justin Bourque was the deadliest attack on the RCMP since four officers were killed by a gunman in Alberta in 2005.

April 15, 2014: Matthew de Grood kills five people at a house party in northwest Calgary. A judge in 2016 found de Grood not criminally responsible for the killings because he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.

March 3, 2005: James Roszko shoots and kills four RCMP officers near Mayerthorpe, Alta., before turning the gun on himself. Constables Anthony Gordon, Peter Schiemann, Leo Johnston and Brock Myrol were ambushed by Roszko, 46, at Roszko's farm northwest of Edmonton.

April 5, 1996: Angered by his wife's divorce action, Mark Chahal kills her and eight other members of her family in Vernon, B.C., before shooting himself.

Sept. 18, 1992: A bomb kills nine strike-breaking workers at the Giant Yellowknife gold mine in the Northwest Territories.

Dec. 6, 1989: A man with a semi-automatic rifle storms into an engineering classroom at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, asks men to leave and then kills 14 women before turning the gun on himself. Gunman Marc Lepine says he was "fighting against feminists" he blamed for his troubles.

Sept. 1, 1972: An arson attack on a downtown Montreal night club kills 37 people and injures 64. Gasoline was spread on the stairway of the Blue Bird Cafe and then ignited. Most of the deaths occurred in the Wagon Wheel country-western bar upstairs. Three young men from Montreal who had earlier been denied entry for drunkenness were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

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November 20, 2023

Mr. Schow: When the Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar was speaking in his second supplemental, with reference to the Premier and changes to the conflicts of interest, he said – and I have the benefit of the Blues: “the minister wouldn’t have his job if the Premier had been up front about her plan to line her own pockets during the campaign.” The Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar is clearly making an accusation that the Premier is taking bribes and lining her own pockets.

The Speaker: Order. That is an absolutely unacceptable gesture directed to the Government House Leader, for which you can return to your seat and apologize.

Mr. McIver: Jackass.

The Speaker: Order. The hon. Member for Calgary-Hays will rise to his feet and apologize.

Mr. McIver: I do apologize, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Schmidt: I apologize that the House leader is so sensitive and had to rise on that point.

The Speaker: No. You don’t apologize for that. You apologize for making an inappropriate gesture at the doorway to the Chamber. You will do so, or you will be named and you will leave the Chamber until a committee deals with it.

Mr. Schmidt: I have offered my apology, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

The Speaker: You will be well served that the Speaker spoke last week about not judging the quality of an apology. You behaved like my 12-year-old, slowly waltzing across this Chamber after being spoken to directly. It’s absolutely unacceptable and unbecoming of a member of this Assembly.