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Each night, I read a couple of chapters of Dawn Dumont's Nobody Cries at Bingo and I was virtually guaranteed a gut busting fit of laughter every few pages. I am of European extraction, raised on a farm outside Sherwood Park.

There are more than 400 Scouts from across the country who are losing a lot of sleep this week. They are excitedly packing their bags for a jamboree adventure that has been four years in the making. One of those people is St. Albert's Annick Skrundz.

Being a child of the 1970s, I can only learn about the 1960s from the records that are left behind. Gerry Kopelow's book All Our Changes is probably as good a starting point as any.

Some teachers just don't care. For example, there's Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She's foul-mouthed, ruthless and inappropriate. She drinks, gets high and can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job.

Horrible Bosses, as unpromising as anything, barely took six minutes to make me laugh and subsequently earns high credit and praise. This is a sophisticated piece of work concocted and brought to life by a team of dedicated professionals.

The Poundmaker powwow is going back to its roots and that means free food and games for its guests. Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centre is holding its annual powwow this weekend.

The Mason Rack Band, live from Queensland, returns once more to LB’s Pub on Saturday, July 16 as part of a Canadian tour for its latest release.

It is the Year of the Rabbit, a fitting time for a unique duo of Edmonton-based artists to take the symbol of a hare and morph it into a shrine for art fiends and musical theatre gluttons.

Brian Ferguson doesn't get back to St. Albert much these days but he still holds the city in his heart. The 50-year-old has three young children to keep his hands full. "The idea of flying the whole family is daunting as anything," he laughed.

When Kimberly Smith starts talking about warm glass, I start to wonder whether or not it’s actually hot enough for her to mould and sculpt designs. Then she tells me it means kiln-fired glass still cooking at 1,400 to 1,700 C.