News
"Citizens Want A Diverse Economy"
Small, local businesses in Fort McMurray struggle to find space
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Angela Brunschot
Fort McMurray In Five Days
SEE's notebook of random sights and sounds from the streets of the bustling northern boomtown
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Angela Brunschot
Mammon, Monks, And Meditation
Lama Damcho Rinpoche teaches Edmontonians his version of the Golden Rule
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Jeff Holubitsky
So long, Northern Lights
Virginia Medleylane stuck with fort McMurray through the bust, but now she’s on the way out
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Angela Brunschot
Working Boys And Their Expensive Toys
The young workers in Alberta’s boomtown make big money fast — and they spend it just as quickly
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Angela Brunschot
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Comment
Rewind: Porn, Abortion, and China
Our comment on this week's news
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See Staff
Thinking People Actually Chose Me
Former MLA Maurice Tougas doesn’t miss the legislature, even if he does miss the pay
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Maurice Tougas
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City Life
My Look: Jeremy D. Taitlinger
Lawyer
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Andrew Paul
The Long Road Home
Now at summer’s end, The Last Road Trip Ever winds through the American heartland
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Scott Lingley
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15 Minutes
Jackie Stewart
Fortune Teller
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Andrew Paul
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Food & Drink
Drinking Games: Post-Sec Edition
A few more ideas to keep your study buddies on their toes at the back-to-class beer gardens by Melissa Priestley Puttanesca Or Pizza: Who Can Decide? At Il Forno, I was torn between crispy pizza and the pasta made famous by the whores of Napoli by Scott Lingley |
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Music Feature
Making A Realistic Living
The city streets started out as kids with big dreams; now they’re old hands on the indie-rock scene by Scott Lingley Oi, Brother! Why Art Though Such A Jerk? In honour of the brothers Gallagher, SEE looks at musical sibs, from Hanson to Jackson by Michael Hingston |
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Music Preview
CD Reviews
Glen Campbell, Madvillain, Los Updates and Alice Cooper by See Staff DJ Deployed The mash-up man tells tales of entertaining troops, playing weddings, and dodging dangerous marines by Yuri Wuensch TSE And Symphony The ESO debuts the work of composers each year at Symphony Under the Sky, now it’s Roydon Tse's turn by Prosper Prodaniuk |
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Screen Feature |
Screen Review
Asleep At The Wheel
Death Race begs the question: how can watching cars go this fast be so incredibly boring? by Tom Murray How Do You Solve A Problem Like Irena? The mysterious heroine of The Unknown Woman is a study in kaleidoscopic contrasts by Michael Hingston I’ve Seen Faris And I’ve Seen Rainn The House Bunny and The Rocker both fall well short of their starmaking potential by Paul Matwychuk The Teary-Eyed Terrorist Don Cheadle can’t stop misting up as a Muslim bombmaker with a conscience in Traitor by Scott Lingley |
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My Messy Bedroom
There’s No Shame In Seeking Therapy
A few sessions can often cure small sexual problems that might otherwise lead to divorce by Josey Vogels |
Books
In Excelsis Ditko
Strange and Stranger shines a light on Steve Ditko, the comics world’s prickliest genius by Fish Griwkowsky |
First Person
The Unexpected Roommate
My first day back in Edmonton reminded me Ii'd left my tropical paradise far behind by Paul Matwychuk |
Music Column
Hot Tickets: Lagwagon, The Real McKenzies and The Johnsons
This week's must see shows by See Staff SEEN It Live: Labatt Blues Festival and Darrek Anderson & The Guaranteed Great gigs you missed last week by See Staff The Invention Of The Air Guitar The straight dope from Cheech and Chong’s favourite songwriter on their smoke-laden recording days by Ann Vriend |
Screen Column
Beyond the Blurbs
This week: Traitor tries to turn the war on terror into a popcorn thriller by Paul Matwychuk Look Out, YouTubers: It’s Real! With the 2008 Democratic convention taking place, it’s a good time to revisit Medium Cool by G.H. Lewmer |
Arts Column
Eliminating Fat Cells
SEE’s resident visual critic weighs in on Koodo’s omnipresent aerobics-themed cellphone ads by Lindsey Rock What’s So Bad About A Sales Plateau? It’s crazy to expect the Fringe to sell more tickets, and other lessons from the Big Kahuna by Paul Matwychuk |