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Edmonton paintings by Jason Blower

To help warm up the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus this season, we asked Calgarians to tweet their tips on how to keep warm in Calgary’s winter wonderland.

calgaryherald:

Every year, noted Calgary photographer George Webber climbs behind the wheel and takes off across Alberta. With a seasoned eye, he captures the unique images of the cities, towns and villages Albertans call home.

I would love to do this.

calgaryherald

beatingaroundthebush:

best of times in calgary

Bon Iver on “Calgary”:

This is an album about places — including Calgary. What’s behind that song? It doesn’t seem to be directly about Calgary.

Each song is different. Calgary is a place I’ve never been, for example. So I was able to look at it in a certain way. It’s like a wedding-vow song between two people that haven’t met. Having never been to Calgary, you tend to beautify it or put it into some form in your mind. When I think of Calgary, I think of an isolated capital city. I think about the Rockies. I think about high places. I’ve always sort of dreamt about it. So Calgary became this place that true love comes from.

Are you more eager to visit there now to see how it compares, or more wary of having the reality burst your bubble?

Kind of neither. If I went to Calgary, I would probably be there for a total of 36 hours. That’s not how you experience a place or judge a place. So it works just as well as a dream as it would if I moved there tomorrow and lived there every single day for the rest of my life. I would still have questions about it.

I’ve spent a lot of time in Calgary. I still romanticize it. There’s something special about that city.

beatingaroundthebush

Honeybee - Wool on Wolves

Oh Canada… so much Edmonton love!

The Ghost - Deer Tick

So stoked to see these guys at folk fest!

theoutsideinside

Love this!

maybeedmonton:

“The first of a new monthly ten jam compilation featuring Edmonton talent. These little compilations are for everyone but they are mainly curated from the perspective of introducing the world outside Edmonton to the exhaustive wealth hiding within it.”

Get it on bandcamp.

edmontonia.bandcamp.com

Canadians voted today…

…or at least 57%* of us did.

I recently taught a grade six class about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Part of the curriculum focuses on how each right has an accompanying responsibility.

Yes, Canadians have a right to vote. We’re lucky. This is a right many around the world do not have. It is a right many are willing to die for. But with that right to vote comes a responsiblity to vote. That is your duty as a member of this democracy. If you do not vote, you fail to uphold your end of the deal. Without your participation, democracy fails.

A classroom full of twelve year olds understood this perfectly. Did half of Canada miss that lesson?

(*votes are still being counted, that number might change slightly)

There’s a $33-million Lotto Max jackpot waiting to be claimed and no one’s yet stepped forward with the winning ticket that was sold in Edmonton.

$33-million Lotto Max jackpot remains unclaimed | Edmonton | News | Edmonton Sun (via mastermaq)

All I’m saying is that I better know whoever has this ticket. And they better be spending all that time figuring how much they’re going to share with me (hint - I’d be fine with $1 million).

edmontonsun.com