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Alberta: A Strong Presentation
 Posted 3/2/2010 8:30:00 AM
By T. Lightfoot
During the last Olympic week I checked out the Alberta Train and Alberta House in Vancouver.
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I’d been accepted as media in the media car, a double-decker car at the caboose end of the AB Train. The whole train was wrapped in multi-coloured plastic with the Alberta slogan, ‘Freedom to create, spirit to achieve.’
At 5:30 AM the media car quickly filled with media members and guests. A white cowboy hat on each train seat, courtesy of Calgary, seemed to thrill the travelers. Many guests immediately clapped them onto their heads, adding to the festivities.
The Train swooped along the Sea to Sky track to Whistler Village, a three-hour journey.
Sitting near me were Duncan Bureau, Marketing Director for Westjet, Julie Pegg, a writer for EAT Vancouver, and Rob Taylor, a professor of IT from the University ...
Nothing Like Being There
Posted 2/18/2010 8:35:00 AM
guest blog by Ashley Wiebe
Ever since I was a little kid, I dreamed of going to the Olympics.
The fact I don't play any sports was the only thing standing in my way.
When Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Winter Games, I was very excited to have the event come back to Canada. I'm too young to remember Calgary in 1988, so this was extra special.
I, like many others, applied to buy tickets when they went on sale. I was shut-out. So, I gave up hope of experiencing the Olympics and instead, looked forward to cheering on Canada from my couch.
Last Friday, just before the opening ceremonies a friend mentioned something about a trip to Vancouver. I thought about how much fun that would be -- just to be in Vancouver and to take in the atmosphere. Less than 24 hours later, our plane tickets were booked ...
Au Canada
Posted 2/16/2010 8:05:00 AM
guest blog by Brent Pushkarenko
It will go down in history as one of those, "Remember where you were moments."
It will also go down in the books as one of the many reasons why we should be proud to be Canadian.
Alexandre Bilodeau belted out a scream of euphoria that could be heard from St. John's, NL to Victoria, B.C., Sunday night after winning the men's freestyle moguls, ending an Olympic gold medal drought for Canada on home turf that dated back to 1976.
A night later, a teary-eyed Bilodeau would accept his gold medal, preceeding the much-anticipated playing of the Canadian national anthem. Thousands inside B.C. Place, and millions more at home across the great land of our's were singing that great song along with him.
The story that is Alexandre Bilodeau is almost as cherished as the gold medal that proudly hangs around his neck. It's a ...
Go home & hug your kids
Posted 2/3/2010 11:15:00 AM
by Brent Pushkarenko
Covering a story like the one in Millet this week is exhausting emotionally for even the most experienced of journalists, and in my case, parents.
At the end of a long shift, during which new detail after new detail of this troubling story came out, a colleague told me to "go home, and hug your son."
It's at that moment, I stopped to realize how important a moment in time that will be. We, as parents, don't stop to realize how quickly time goes by. It seems, every time you turn your head, your son and daughter is a year older -- and, at some point, you're faced with the realization that they're not at home anymore... and, likely won't be coming back.
That's why, regardless of the circumstances and challenges that life presents, one has to remember to look to the future. And, the future lies ...
The Feature Looking for a Title
Posted 2/2/2010 6:15:00 AM
Ever since Brittney Le Blanc posted her blog entry about her "Bucket List" I've been thinking about my time, and what I want to do with it.
I've been thinking about finding a place to volunteer regularly, and VoicePrint always intrigued me. You may have heard their ads on iNews880. They're a free service that allows the visually impaired to hear local news articles.
Think about how much text is in one copy of the local newspaper... getting all of that in brail, every day, would be downright impossible, and very expensive.
VoicePrint Canada provides a free(!) alternative. Volunteers come in for at least 2 hours a month and record a 30 minute news program made up of local stories. Though VoicePrint Edmonton's sole employee Jeff Samsonow provides a selection of material, the stories that YOU read are up to you! YOU get to decide what you want to share ...
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