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When some people quit their jobs, they plan on raiding the office supplies or at least slipping an extra pen or two in their pockets before punching the clock for the last time.

Diane Way is a reclusive painter. If her shows weren’t so magnificent that the world had to know then she would be just as pleased as punch to never have to talk to a reporter again.

The lakeside setting of Hawrelak Park is dotted with red, white and blue tents, each mounted with a Canadian flag flapping in the wind.

Birds and dinosaurs really do go together. Nowhere is this more apparent than north of Gibbons, where Greg Suess is getting ready to open Jurassic Forest. Peeking inside the mouth of a robotic Styracosaurus, he's surprised to find a bird's nest.

There’s an Arthurian quality shining from the cover of SaveNone’s debut album Always Never. A mysterious twisted hand reaches out from a roiling lake while dark clouds hint at an upcoming storm.

Charlie St. Cloud (PG) Accomplished sailor Charlie St.

Chad Viminitz is as much a guardian angel as he is a writer. He cares about people and, more importantly, he cares about their pocketbooks.

Lewis Carroll had a pretty vivid imagination when he penned a story about a young girl named Alice getting lost in the fantasy world of Wonderland, but he could never have imagined his famous tale would get so corny, especially in Bon Accord.

Summer is typically the biggest party of the year, and one of most popular area events is the 26th annual Taste of Edmonton. Edmonton has a certain harshness that turns some people off. It’s far from any other major centre.

Vancouver’s thrash metal band Omega Crom is on their Summer Shred Canadian Tour in support of their first and long-awaited album dubbed Blood, Steel and Fire. Although they’d never visited St.